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Phoenixx9

Aug 19, 2013, 12:46 pm


Wonder Man (Simon Williams) originally was framed for the embezzelment his brother Eric (Grim Reaper) did; later it changed and Simon who was the criminal in this situation, not his brother.

Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) originally was just a widow who used her grief over her husband's death and loyalty to her country to help her native Russia by becoming a spy, and she only had the training they briefly gave her at that time (1960's) and she did not have any varient of the Super-Soldier serum.

Quicksilver (Pietro) originally (at least by him with no contradictions from his sister) was the eldest of the twins and hence his paternal outlook towards his twin Wanda (Scarlet Witch). Later Wanda would reveal that she was actually older by a few minutes. Much later we would see Bova's memories of the birth. Pietro was already born and on a table and it appeared as if Wanda had just been born and Bova was holding her (as Wanda shimmered with Chthon's Power) as Bova was about to place her on the same table next to Pietro.

The Human Torch (Johnny Storm) once hurled Blue-Flame-Balls at an opponent, used a Blue-Flame Lasso as well as using a White Heat blast. None of the three were ever seen again.

Invisible Girl (Sue Richards) once used an Invisible Force Screen to simultaneously make invisible and shield Mr. Fantastic as he rescued the Thing. This was at a time when Sue could only use one of her powers at a time. This combo-power of Sue's was not seen again.

Invisible Girl (Sue Storm) once used Judo on Dr. Doom and flipped him (armor and all)! (I believe this was when she stated that Reed was the world's foremost authority on judo.




William Keogh

Aug 19, 2013, 01:10 pm


Peggy Carter originally referred to as Sharon Carter's sister, then retconned to niece, because of the passage of time.




Zach Kinkead

Aug 19, 2013, 09:03 pm


I miss the fully functional webbing constructs from the Ditko Spider-Man days. Heck, in the original cartoon he was basically Green Lantern (“I know, I’ll make a speedboat…somehow”)

Namor used to have a ton of fish-related powers he never uses anymore. I smiled that time in the original New Warriors series where his cousin mimicked his seldom-seen electrical absorption/projection powers. Of course, swelling like a blowfish isn’t exactly dignified behavior for Atlantian royalty.




Phoenixx9

Aug 20, 2013, 12:03 pm


Quicksilver (Pietro), after being a member of the Avengers for several years, had suddenly developed the power of flight! By vibrating his legs/ankles he could assume flight for limited duration and at low altitude.

However, by the next issue, this power was forgotten! We have never seen nor heard anything about it since, even with all the power-ups and power maturation that has happened since that initial appearance of the flight power. I don't think the Handbooks even mention it.

When Jean Grey became The Phoenix, her power-set initially seemed to be totally different than what they had been as Marvel Girl and what they would later become as Phoenix. (This is at the time she fought Firelord.) Jean was throwing energy bolts that hurled Firelord 12 miles from NY into NJ and even the info box stated that her Cosmic Powers "were backed by the power of the sun itself!"

This first appearance after the transformation showed Phoenix Jean as having red skin, white eyes, longer wilder hair and an energy glow about her body. While this look changed to what we now think of as Jean as Phoenix during the very next issue with the space story and the Imperial Guard, it was her powers that changed the most, becoming a cosmically enhanced version of telepathy and telekinesis. No mention of cosmic powers, energy bolts nor the sun playing any part of her powers.

And while sometime later, when Jean became The Dark Phoenix and absorbed Storm's lightning bolt, DP hurled some type of energy back at Storm, defeating her. Cyclops thinks: "Black Flames consuming her soul...with mystical allusions I don't understand!" This was never seen again nor explained.