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From: lmaher@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Tue, 30-Oct-84 22:09:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Oct 30 22:09:00 1984
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Nf-From: uokvax!lmaher    Oct 30 21:09:00 1984

>> From: dartvax!mwm     (Mark Modrall)
>> Just a quick note about x-men 137.... i agree with the way
>> that it was handled. Jean had just killed a star system, but
>> more than that, what  ...  would that do? you would
>> have one normal person who used to be god that would have to
>> fade into the wood-work... no, the way they did it, they got rid
>> of a too powerful character, and made a hell of a good tear-
>> jerker out of it....

> decwrl!boyajian
> Apparently, you're not aware of Claremont's plans for her
> if she had lived. Magneto finds out about
> Jean's "lobotomy", and convinces her that he can restore her
> powers to her if she'll betray the X-Men and help him. It
> doesn't really matter whether or not he *can* do it, just as long
> as she believes that he *might* be able to do it. Her inner
> struggle to decide whetheror not to go along with him would've
> formed the basis for #150 (if you had lost all of *your* senses,
> wouldn't you really consider doing *anything* to get them
> back?). 
> I'm sorry that this storyline wasn't able to be pursued.

So am I, deeply.  In an interview Claremont said that the speech
the Watcher gave at the end of #137 was originally intended for
#150, after Jean turns down Magneto's offer.

#150 is one of my favorite issues anyway, for what it shows us
about Magneto, but I wish...

Carl
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