John Byrne is still complaining about the incestuous lesbian kiss Kitty gave herself at the end of "Days of Future Past," a story which told us Kate Pryde was given an "intentionally-humiliating examination" before she entered the concentration camp.
BUT this is ignored when they show up a few pages later to torment Rogue again.īUT doesn't Rogue have a cute butt? And she's naked! And powerless! What I wouldn't do to that!!!īasically, this is the worst example of Claremont being Claremont. Chief Anderson is very clear that those who took liberties with Rogue have been disciplined, because discipline is the main part of her job, and they went beyond the requirements of their mission. The Magistrates aren't just random mutant-hating goons, they are authorized by to implement specific tasks, and use military force when needed. A MAN would be expected to handle a rude glance.īUT there's also the point Claremont is trying to make of being an organized nation, with political and military structures with a recognized chain-of-command. If a "ruder glance" is all it takes to make her collapse like this, then she's not much of a superhero. The former requires other people to turn off their eyesight at your command, the latter requires them to keep their hands to themselves, a much simpler task.īUT reading the story (and Carol's post-facto exposition in #244) from Rogue's devastated withdrawal from reality, and the nasty gleers on the Magistrates' faces when they come into assault her again, there's no doubt what they intend to do, and it's not Code-approved. Unwelcome glances should not be treated the same as unwelcome touches. How many times has she flown around naked because her costume blew apart? BUT looking is not the same as touching. BUT we also know how isolated Rogue is by her powers (and I think Rogue is one of the most original supercharacters in comic book history) that we can believe even under those limitations, it would/could be a potentially-traumatic experience.īUT Rogue has long proven herself a superhero, and she can certainly take a little exposure. "Rude hands, ruder glances, taunting promises of worse to come," that isn't rape, that's a bad encounter at a club. However effective it was, the CCA was still the CCA, and Marvel was whole-heartedly behind the CCA.
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He gets to have it, not just both ways, but every way possible.Ĭertainly, it was done with an eye towards Comics Code Approval.
Regarding the 'rape' of Rogue, that's one of the worst examples of Claremont being Claremont.
It's the Right's ability to contact N'astirh in Limbo that surprises him (and he says it's "unusual", not unprecedented).Īnd N'astrih's interest in mutant babies can happen prior to X-Terminators #1 since, as he references in the PP #40 issue, his demons have had an interest since PP #20. And it's possible that the Right had an earlier deal with N'astirh (that may even explain why N'astirh tells Hodge here that he already has his soul), but only because he was able to contact them, not vice versa. To No Prize an explanation, we'll say that Carmody is correct that at the time he's contacting N'astirh, he thinks the Right is in shambles and Hodge is dead because it's prior to their resurfacing and the revelation that Hodge is still alive here. And when i have a choice between placement based on "physical" evidence (Mirage's powers in PP #40 obviously in a 4 state) and the dialogue of unreliable characters, i'll pick the former. Yeah, like you said in the comments for PP #40, N'astirh's introductory appearances were obviously bungled.
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