Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site uokvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uokvax!lmaher From: lmaher@uokvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: re: X-Men Annual Message-ID: <11900036@uokvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 20:17:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uokvax.11900036 Posted: Wed Sep 19 20:17:00 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 21:11:44 EDT References: <3646@decwrl.UUCP> Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:decwrl:-364600:uokvax:11900036:000:1092 Nf-From: uokvax!lmaher Sep 19 19:17:00 1984 >> By the way, did anyone notice that Claremont has lost the ability to tell >> how much power a person has? I mean, Ilyana's power has shown markedly >> different qualities in New Mutants and Xmen recently. First, she is called >> a "Sorceress of power greater than Belasco" then she has to whimper >> plaintively, "My powers aren't really that strong in this plane of existance" >> >>Hutch > >Yeah, when I came across that line, I stopped short and said "What?!" It seemed >to me that that restriction on her powers came totally out of left field. > >--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) I just thought the line meant her powers were great in Limbo, but limited on Earth. So far all she's done on Earth is astral projection and the soulsword/armor. Eventually she'll grow more powerful - powerful enough to "lay the world at Kitty's feet." But right now she's still a child. Belasco's powers were much greater in Limbo, too. Carl, President of the Deadly Midget Fan Club* ..!ctvax!uokvax!lmaher -------------- *Ok, so she's not a midget - but she *is* short and nasty.