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Pretty much every story involving a group or team comes down to a delicate balancing act. Obviously, each member of the group needs to be highlighted in some appropriate fashion, but there is the problem that with some of the menaces faced, not everyone is on an equal footing. (Contrary to what some fans think, Batman could NOT defeat Galactus!)

When we're dealing with a character like Angel, it's sometimes surprising to realize he is the weak sister of the group. Unlike Scott, Jean and Bobby, for instance, he cannot strike from a distance. And unlike Hank, he does not have tremendous strength (tho he is, logically, stronger than a normal man of his size). In most stories, Angel's job very often becomes simply to LOOK GOOD! He is, obviously, the most SHOWY member of the original team.

Look! The Weak Sister is charging at Juggernaut!

Just read it this morning. JB is right: this team is darn endearing!

Edited by Flavio Sapha on 16 August 2010 at 9:51am

Excellent comission.

I'm of those folks who like early Scott slim, and New X-Men Scott; who trained for years, atheltic as you draw him back in the days (yeah, even if it was because you were told to.), on the other hand, what i really do not like is super-heroes drawn as body-builders on steroids like many of them have been since the 90s.

I used to think that becoming DEATH had been the best thing that ever happened to him (and part of me still thinks it´d have been smarter to keep him on Apocalypse´s er...stable).