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Posted: 23 June 2025 at 3:24pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

I have a rule against posting anywhere but here. This includes attempting to contact some of these people.

I’ve been impersonated too many times.

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Wise choice. 
More than likely they would just double down and delight in being worthy of your ire, and report accordingly.
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I believe that those who CARE TO KNOW will find the truth HERE.

If they don't know this forum exists, they have no business writing about this stuff... or to be taken seriously.

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Not to get myself accused of speaking ill of the dead, but a few decades back Peter David used his CBG column to “report” on the Marvel/Wolfman lawsuit in which I had been called as a witness. David was present for no part of the proceedings, so what he wrote was at best second hand.

He misrepresented parts of the proceedings, most especially my participation, and I called upon writer Jeff Rovin, who had also been a witness, to offer clarification.

David’s response was to say he preferred his version and intended to continue repeating it, even though he knew it was false.

Truth can sometimes be a rare commodity on the world stage.

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Yes, I remember you mentioning that the original intention was to turn a hero into a villain, if I remember correctly. But shooter decided she needed to be punished for all eternity in a cosmic prison because of all the deaths she caused, so it was decided to just kill her instead.

(Also, I remember Phoenix's powers being tested in an issue, and they were so great that someone, I think Xavier, was thinking something like: "I what I'm suspecting is correct...", but it was never mentioned what he was suspecting)
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As noted earlier, even before we set out on the path toward turning her/it into a villain, Chris had been sowing seeds of a greater—and darker—force behind the Phoenix. Tossed off lines spoke to concerns by some for what Jean might become. (Still just Jean at that point.)
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In retrospect, is there maybe something George-Lucas-y about this Phoenix character, as if the "tossed off lines" had been part of a bigger plan from the get-go -- but not really?


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In retrospect, is there maybe something George-Lucas-y about this Phoenix character, as if the "tossed off lines" had been part of a bigger plan from the get-go -- but not really?

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A fair assessment.

Keep in mind Chris' habit of scripting MORE than was actually on the page--often contradicting what was on the page!

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