Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: X-Factor review (and spoiler) Message-ID: <6137@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Wed, 13-Nov-85 19:04:35 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.6137 Posted: Wed Nov 13 19:04:35 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 19:04:35 EST References: <679@ihlts.UUCP> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 31 > ...The X-Factor commercials would just encourage increased mutant hatred. Worse than that, consider X-Factor's actions. New, dangerous mutant appears. The authorities are chasing him. Suddenly a bunch of recognizable mutants show up, chase the authorities off (violently: destruction of property, injury, and possible deaths involved), and disappear with the newly-appeared mutant. In other words, mutants taking care of their own kind, never mind what it costs to ordinary humans. This could hardly be better calculated to make normal humans see mutants as united against them. Also, offhand I can't remember a time when even the X-Men -- who have a reputation as sort of a mixed blessing -- have ever made quite such an open frontal attack on the legitimate authorities. There have been a number of occasions when the X-Men have come into conflict with the cops through doing their own thing in suspicious circumstances, but this seems a new level of escalation. X-Factor, in their costumed identities, are already just as much outlaws as the X-Men are, if not more so. > And then when they are in costume they don't want people to know they > are associated with X-Factor. Which of course explains why they have > huge X's across the costumes. And surely it won't take long for anybody with brains to put two and two together and correlate X-Factor involvement with the new costumed group. Furthermore, note well that Warren's identity as the Angel is *PUBLICLY* *KNOWN*! Any competent police/FBI man investigating the affair would be knocking on X-Factor's door with warrants -- both search warrants and arrest warrants -- within hours. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry