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From: interran@Shasta.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Darkover's Sharra <=> X-men's Phoenix?
Message-ID: <1668@Shasta.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 21-Jan-86 19:10:23 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 21 19:10:23 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 23-Jan-86 10:55:51 EST
Reply-To: interran@Shasta.UUCP (John Interrante)
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Summary: connection or coincidence?

Some of you may have noticed that there's a remarkable resemblance
between Sharra (of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series) and
Dark Phoenix. It isn't just Phoenix and Sharra, too. Darkover esps
(those with laran) almost always had red hair, and Jean Grey/Marvel
Girl originally was an esp with red hair, too.

Anyone think this is just coincidence? Sharra originally appearred
in Sword of Aldones, which certainly predates Phoenix since it was
published in 1962. Maybe Sword of Aldones even predates the entire
X-men (Marvel Girl) series.

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