(Not that I can keep track of which ones would fall under being part of the "New X-Men student body" anymore... )
From: If you don't want my peaches, honey... | Registered: Sep 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Future: Let's shift gears to Marvel and all things X (as it was the first piece of trivia that came to my mind).
Which member of the New X-Men student body owes their codename to a fan's suggestion on a message board?
Rockslide?
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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Both good guesses, the latter two more close than Elixir as my next hint will explain:
Hint #2: This character appeared in both the New X-Men series as well as the Young X-Men series.
Randomly, on Quis' guess, I do believe Rockslide's last name was created by a fan first but not his codename. Not positive about that, but I seem to recall that tidbit.
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Pixie's a great guess, but not the answer. Don't believe she clocked much to any time in the Young X-Men series.
Wallflower isn't correct either. She has sadly passed on (barring resurrection crossovers, of course).
Let me rephrase my previous hint a little to help: The character was a member of both the New X-Men and the Young X-Men.
Hint #3: The character was created by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and debuted in the second volume of New Mutants. The codename in question was supplied after the character had debuted in publication.
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Another hint in the hopes to not kill the thread.
Hint #4: Despite being a member of both the New X-Men and Young X-Men, this character was not a founding member of either team.
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Hint #5: When the students were broken up into squads during the early New X-Men days, this character was on the team called Alpha Squadron mentored by Northstar.
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Not Rubbermaid, either! She was RIP by the time Young X-Men rolled around.
Hint #6: The character originally wasn't supposed to live long enough to get a codename. The writers had originally intended to have the character commit suicide in a particular story arc, but editorial intervened and that aspect of the story was scrapped (resulting in delays for a few issues).
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Oh, despite never having read an issue of X-anything in my life, I think I remember reading that last anecdote somewhere. I can picture the character (I think) you're talking about - but I'm not sure of his/her name.
Is it Anatoli or something?
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Haha. Very close on the codename, Blacula, at least letters-wise! You're probably thinking of the right character.
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