Comments on: Pregnancy in Comics, Revisited

By: M

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:54:51 +0000

And siblings are immune to each others power as well, remember Inferno the battle between Havaok and Cyclops…

lots of relatives apparently, Banshee and Black Tom, Emma Frost’s pointless little sister.
Makes a certain amount of sense for energy wielders, especially if you tack on enough layers of supposition about the physics of their powers, because if they’re closely related maybe there’s a significant overlap in the mechanisms of their powers… So Cyke and Havoc can absorb each other’s energy bolts with little harm and maybe Tom has a field that scrambles Banshee’s ability to focus and amplify sound (ah epicycles) since he’s presumably no more immune to sonic attacks in general than Banshee himself.

The question with Emma’s sister, other than ‘Why? Why? Why?’, would be does she have powerful natural psi-defenses which could be a credible coincidence given that her sibling has a psionic power, telepathy, or is she just immune to Emma because ….

Almost forgot Mystique’s immunity or resistance to the displacement shock associated with Nightcrawler’s teleportation. Would be easier to explain if the teleportation didn’t seem to have come from his father. Of course it seems a little odd that he’s maybe mid-thirties now if he was conceived before the German principalities united into Germany.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 16:27:50 +0000

Forgot Snow White, who is pregnant in Fables

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:15:39 +0000

Thanks M, fixed the error.

And siblings are immune to each others power as well, remember Inferno the battle between Havaok and Cyclops…

By: M

Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:24:18 +0000

You meant fraternal or identical not ‘fraternal or paternal’ right?
I’ll let it go as a cause they said so thing, but most Marvel mutants seem automatically immune to their own powers, rather too conveiiently most often,so why would Firestar’s make her sterile? She can channel enough energy to burn through solid rock with no visible strain or injury, but it might make her sterile.

By: David Lawson

David Lawson — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:14:02 +0000

Whether or not Son of the Demon, and as a result Ibn Al’Xuffach (sp?), is canon varies from DC writer to DC writer. Talia was never shown as being pregnant as far as I recall. Though she lied about miscarrying so as not to keep Batman tied down.

By: David

David — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:36:05 +0000

Regarding the Firestar thing in Avengers, Hank Pym fixed that by developing a suit that would drain off enough of her energy to allow her to build up a resistance to it. Or something. The final result was that she could use her powers at will without risking her fertility or health.

By: matthew rossi

matthew rossi — Wed, 11 Aug 2004 10:53:35 +0000

It’s kind of terrifiying that I could honestly say that I’d simplified that, and be honest and accurate.

Say, does the Batman graphic novel Son of the Demon count? I can’t recall if they ever showed Talia pregnant in that one.