[Jason Abbadon]

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Originally Posted by Hobgoblin238

I got a story way back from 1992. I had read Uncanny Xmen prior to that but somehow got into other titles etc. So....When Wizard number 9 came out and showed the next wave of Xmen figures I was excited. But who the hell was this Mr. Sinister guy? Had no idea who he was. He looked ALOT like Colossus painted blue. So in my universe Colossus turned into a bad guy against the Xmen. Had a hell of a time playing that out. Then I saw the cartoons and read Age of Apocalypse finally to find out who he was.

I got to BS with Chris Claremont at a con a few years back -he's super cool and was starting sorta the same thing you're talking about- X-Men Forever.
He got me all psyched for the book, but it complely sucked donkeys.

Anyway, it turns out that the original idea for Sinister (which they sorta used later) was of a geneticist that took samples from mutants and tweaked himself to be all powerful. Sorta like that Heroes character, but way before.
So the Colossus resembelence was no mistake- the mistake came when Claremont for got to have everyone say "Why does he look like Colossus in drag?!?!"

Fans hated it and they dropped the character for a long time afterwards in the comics while the cartoons made him strangely popular and gave him this sissy voice.


Anyway, as to the idea of the post, Exiles had many worlds where things were crazy different and characters from those worlds bacame members of the team. One issue has AoA Thunderbird meeting his alternate-reality self that has embraced peace and self control and become the new Shaman from that universe's Alpha Flight when the old one retired.
Seeing them compare notes and talk was just so well written- I hiighly reccomend the title to anyone: it's in big Omnibus editions that are great- a dozen issues at a shot.


I'd love to see a world with all roles reversed- like the cartoon version of DC's Crime Syndicate. Only, instead of useing alternate version of the costumes we know, I'd go with all new designs-
For example, Doom would be the natural leader of such good guys, but I'd leave him unscarred and not in an armor. Maybe play up the magic-useing aspect to the character.
Nightcrawler would be the evil and insane son of the noble Mystique.
Captain America would be the result of a super-soldier master program that would have conquored the world, Bullseye would be like how 616 Nightcrawler used to be: trying to see the best in people and very moral.

AIM (American Independence Movement) would be the core resistance organization with members wearing identical uniforms so the oppressive world government could not make their families suffer for their actions and trying to educate a populace that's kept illiterate by the oppressive upper classes (with powered people at the very top, of course).