comparisons of the mutants

was reading the newest x-men re-issues and hmm... find that the x-men team really does SUCK big time.

on the surface, it sounds pretty cool. you have a psychic (Rachael), a teleporter (Nightcrawler), a tin man (Colossus), a phase-wisp (Kitty), a laser shooter (Cyclops), a power-sucker (Rogue), an animal (Wolverine) and their leader, a powerless yet ingenious Storm.

but Rachael is uncontrollable and inexperienced, Cyclops is traumatized by Madelyne, Rogue gets overwhelmed by the super-villian psyche's she absorbs, Kitty can't do much except escape, Colossus does nothing much except get thrashed and thrown around and Storm is seriously POWERLESS.

no wonder it's so easy to whack them out flat. Tsk tsk.

My opinion on under-powered mutants?

Colossus - to the hell with his amoured body. He is but putty to Polaris, Magneto and Harry LeLand, useless against people like Arclight, Psylocke and so on. So often he needs saving that honestly, he doesn't do much help.

Rahne - tell me HONESTLY, does shapeshifting into a wolf with heightened senses help much more than.. say shapeshifting into a guinea pig ala Sky High?

Calisto - she gets thrashed by a powerless Storm. end of story.

the entire Morlocks community- to have infinitely more powers than the Mauraders and yet get wiped out so completely is a VERY SAD FACT.

Prism - his swansong? getting telekinetically smashed to bits against the wall by Jean Grey. wow. nuff said.

Mirage - what's the point of being able to possess people when you can't possess half of them!? and mostly you only possess your own team mates.

for those who dun understand the heck i am saying.. aiyah.. just go read the comics lor.. to each his own..