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Even Kitty Pryde goes through a gender-deviant period in the early 80s, with a shorter hair-cut and ninja aesthetic (earned in the Kitty Pryde and Wolverine Mini), before reverting after the Mutant Massacre. 4/7
Similarly, the first Phoenix was highly effeminate, where Rachel Summers, the 2nd Phoenix host (introduced in the early 80s), was again gender-deviant, while Madelyne Pryor, the 3rd Phoenix host (as revealed in the late 80s), went back to highly femme. 3/7
Kitty helped draw out Logan’s mentoring side, Ororo’s nurturing side, Kurt’s self-awareness, Piotr’s innocence, Scott’s patience, and Professor X’s overbearing leadership style. 3/4
In addition to opening up new storytelling opportunities, C’s transition matures Scott, shifting him from a focal novice character to a mentor and guide character (who is often, but not always focal) bridging the two generations of X-Men. 6/6
While Claremont would play with themes of slavery and pilgrimage with Storm, the greatest exploration of this juxtaposition comes in UXM 122, “Cry for the Children,” in which Storm visits her old family home in Harlem, now a drug den. 3/6
In this same interview, C also clarifies that Scott doesn’t love her anymore because the relationship has run its course or he knows intuitively that she has died. This would be altered in DPS with Scott and Jean forming a stronger emotional bond and becoming a love story. 4/4
In this perspective, Jean is more like Dr. Manhattan of Watchmen than a human being possessed by an external entity. This point of distinction has important ramifications for the Dark Phoenix Saga, and for the decision to have Jean commit suicide. 3/4
Through this intersection of symbols – amnesia as a state of becoming, Katie as the value of innocence, and Deathstrike as the lingering consequence of violent delights, this one issue defines who Logan is, was, and will be, as a character for the entirety of the run. 7/7
With the help of Katie Powers, he starts to heal and regains enough composure to say, in Japanese, “Boku wa dare?” which means “who am I”, then he speaks again: “what am I?” also in Japanese (as indicated by < > marks), but this time translated into English for the reader. 3/7