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Post by harley on Nov 10, 2010 6:20:39 GMT -5
Nearly 20 issues covered in two weeks! Are you going to post them to a website as well, or perhaps a blog? I suggest blogspot because it lets you use keywords / tags. I've been posting a greater number of timeline entries than usual because I finished study ahead of time this week. Soon as study starts up again, I'll likely be back to doing one entry per night again. I like the idea of creating a blog for the timeline, but it'd have to wait till I have significantly more entries out of the way. Truth be told, I have hopes that one day there'll be a Claremont World website, dedicated to informing people about the guy's work. Certainly there are a few projects besides the timeline that I'd like to contribute to any such enterprise! |
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Post by harley on Nov 11, 2010 8:48:34 GMT -5
The New Mutants Vol 1 #19
Siege
Mid-County Medical Centre: A triage team is assigned to Dani. Tom Corsi interviews the New Mutants. Sharon Friedlander supplies them with sleeping gear. Sam determines to defend Dani. Three hours pass. Rahne keeps watch on the emergency room.
Space: Warlock and Magus cross the path of the Starjammer.
Mid-County Medical Centre: The Demon Bear captures Tom and Sharon. Illyana casts her wards. The Demon Bear severs the hospital power lines. The New Mutants defend the emergency generator. The Demon Bear is forced to draw the team to its otherworld domain.
NOTES: Tom Corsi served in Vietnam. Black Hawk's will asked that Charles be made Dani's legal guardian. Dani received a belt from her mother as a keepsake. A force directed at Illyana's magical wards redounds against her. First appearance of Illyana's eldritch armour.
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Post by harley on Nov 12, 2010 4:25:49 GMT -5
The New Mutants Vol 1 #20
Badlands
Demon Bear's Domain: The Demon Bear enslaves Tom Corsi and Sharon Friedlander. In the ensuing conflict, the creature darkens the land and attempts to enslave Amara. Illyana rescues her teammate. Rahne divines the Demon Bear's weakness from Dani. Illyana cleaves the creature in two, freeing William and Peg Lonestar. All return to Mid-County Hospital.
Mid-County Medical Centre: Dani is saved but paralysed. Charles Xavier dispatches Ororo Munroe and the Healer to Mid-County Hospital. The Healer works his power upon Dani's injuries, and the Cheyenne is reunited with William and Peg.
NOTES: The exact nature of the Demon Bear's domain is unclear. It is vaguely described as "a virgin America, untouched by the white invaders from across the sea [...] pure, unspoiled [...] rich with [magical] power". Where the bear's shadow falls, "day becomes [cold] night", and the creature's strength increases.
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Post by harley on Nov 13, 2010 5:36:00 GMT -5
The New Mutants Vol 1 #21
Slumber Party!
At some point before the events of this story, Charles Xavier suggests to the New Mutants that they invite friends to stay over at the mansion. Dani is released from hospital.
Xavier's School: Illyana instigates a slumber party. A number of young women from Salem Central High attend.
Space: Warlock collides with Asteriod M. He enters Earth's atmosphere.
Xavier's School: Warlock strikes Breakstone Lake. Sam recovers him from the waters. He and Roberto place the alien in the school laboratory. Warlock awakens and goes in search of a power source. After several violent encounters with the alien, the New Mutants summon Doug Ramsey. Doug is revealed to be a mutant. He establishes friendly relations with Warlock. Later, Charles returns. He inducts Warlock into the New Mutants.
NOTES: Louise Simonson cameos. William and Peg Lonestar own a buffalo ranch. A Salem Central High student remarks that adolescents from the town have not previously been permitted to visit Xavier's School. Rahne was bullied at school. Roberto supports the New York Mets; Sam, the New York Yankees. Sam's father favoured Mickie Mantle, and his grandfather, Joe DiMaggio. Emmanuel da Costa took the young Roberto to soccer matches and theatre performances. Sam is a science-fiction fan with a preference for Robert Heilein. He is reading Door into Shadow. The title of Stranger in a Strange Land is referenced twice in this issue, once by Amara, and once by Dani. Sam is considering leaving the Xavier Institute.
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Post by harley on Nov 13, 2010 13:48:10 GMT -5
The New Mutants Annual Vol 1 #1
The Cosmic Cannonball Caper
At some point before the events of this story, Lila Cheney discovers a Dyson sphere and makes it her base of operations. She conceives an ambition to auction Earth and places stargates around the planet. Charasūlla contacts Lila outside auction to negotiate a private purchase and is scorned. Phil Hovannes bargains with Charasūlla. A Vrakanín bounty hunter is dispatched to murder Lila. On Earth, Dani Moonstar commenes physical therapy with Stevie Hunter.
Xavier's School: Charles Xavier tests Sam Guthrie's abilities in the Danger Room.
New York: The Vrakanín bounty hunter appears.
Xavier's School: Roberto da Costa obtains tickets to the Lila Cheney concert for his teammates.
New York: The night of the concert. The Vrakanín bounty hunter sabotages a speaker tower. Sam rescues Lila. The New Mutants engage the bounty hunter. Lila teleports herself and Sam to the Dyson sphere. Warlock activates the stargate. The New Mutants teleport to empty space one light year from the Dyson sphere.
Dyson Sphere: Charasūlla again contacts Lila. He is scorned a second time.
Space: Warlock transports the New Muants to the Dyson sphere.
Twenty-four hours pass, during which Charasūlla enters the Dyson sphere and subdues Lila and Sam.
Dyson Sphere: Dani, Rahne, and Warlock are captured and brought before Charasūlla. Amara and Illyana rescue their teammates. Doug Ramsey deactives the stargate web around Earth. Lila teleports the team to her London home.
London, England: Sam pardons Lila.
NOTES: Lila Cheney's end-of-tour concert takes place on August 21st. Roberto has had previous dealings with Lila's tour promoter. First appearance of Lila Cheney. Illyana states that the New Mutants' rescue of Kitty Pryde from Emma Frost took place the previous winter. Sam has read Larry Niven's Ringworld. There are two colouring errors. In the first, the characters are given the wrong skin colour. In the second, Rahne is shown blonde. Lila has a grudge against Earth.
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Post by harley on Nov 15, 2010 13:48:04 GMT -5
The New Mutants Vol 1 #22
The Shadow Within
At some point before the events of this story, Selene strikes out for New York. Moira MacTaggert visits Xavier's School to assist Charles in his study of Warlock.
Xavier's School: Kurt Wagner oversees Sam Guthrie in the Danger Room. He attempts to befriend Rahne, who flees to her room. Roberto da Costa spars with Peter Rasputin. He manifests Tyrone Johnson's power and injures Peter. Charles and Moira examine Warlock.
New York: Selene meets with Friedrich von Roehm. Friedrich alerts her to the existence of the Hellfire Club. At the Hellfire Club, Emmanuel da Costa is prepared for his initiation into the inner circle.
Xavier's School: Roberto attempts to impress Amara. Rahne composes a fairy tale, during which she manifests Tandy Bowen's power. She departs for New York.
New York: Rahne assaults Tandy and Tyrone Johnson at the Lincoln Centre. She seizes Tandy's necklace and enters an expensive hotel. Tandy and Tyrone are hospitalised. They are treated for shock.
Xavier's School: Dani experiences Rahne's activities as a dream.
NOTES: Sam is afraid of heights. Charles can read Warlock's mind but has difficulty comprehending the metamorph's thoughts. Dani owns a pony called Starbow. Peg Lonestar is particular about grammar. Rahne secretly writes fiction. Charles suspects that Amara's intelligence equals Kitty Pryde's. The New Mutains maintain good relations with the students of Salem Central High School. The villains in Rahne's fairy tale are Tandy Bowen and Tyrone Johnson.
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Post by harley on Nov 15, 2010 14:54:49 GMT -5
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Post by Soundwave on Nov 16, 2010 8:39:01 GMT -5
I like the idea of creating a blog for the timeline, but it'd have to wait till I have significantly more entries out of the way. Starting a blog while you have less material is ideal because you're less likely to have a backlog later on. You actually have a fair number of entries already! |
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Post by harley on Nov 16, 2010 10:09:24 GMT -5
Starting a blog while you have less material is ideal because you're less likely to have a backlog later on. Very true. I'll look into it as soon as I have New Mutants Classic #3 out of the way. EDIT: theclaremontrun.blogspot.com/ |
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Post by harley on Nov 16, 2010 13:44:52 GMT -5
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Post by harley on Nov 16, 2010 13:45:23 GMT -5
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Post by harley on Nov 18, 2010 16:56:03 GMT -5
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Post by Soundwave on Nov 19, 2010 10:40:41 GMT -5
Looks good!
You should play with the options so the tags catalogue appears on the right, with the Blog Archive.
I think that story was important for Rogue because Xavier was able to inhibit specific elements of Rogue's absorption power via their psi-link. It suggests that her power (like most other mutants powers) is triggered by thought. Ergo her inability to control it must be a result of a trauma (perhaps the kiss with Freddy in Classic X-Men #44) -- she believes that she can't control her power therefore she can't control her power.
I liked that scene with Emma and Empath from #26.
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Post by harley on Nov 19, 2010 12:53:26 GMT -5
You should play with the options so the tags catalogue appears on the right, with the Blog Archive. I can't find an option for that. There is a gadget called Label Sphere, but it isn't very good. Interesting thought. Hadn't occured to me. EDIT: New entry: theclaremontrun.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-mutants-vol-1-27.html |
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Post by harley on Nov 19, 2010 16:09:51 GMT -5
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