ComicBook spoke to Geoffrey Thorne about adding a new villain to the X-Men mythos, someone else pulling La Diabla’s strings, how La Diabla has been watching X-Force since the very first issue, and his future plans for Tank. ComicBook can also exclusively reveal interior pages for X-Force #7, which feature La Diabla taking an interest in Betsy Braddock and Rachel Summers.
Geoffrey Thorne: La Diabla is formidable and very much designed to give both Forge and Sage fits. I wanted to put some new villains with new agendas and new powersets into the mix and La Diabla is just the first. As X-Force learns more about her, so will the audience but she is absolutely not to be trifled with or underestimated.
As for the rest, “spoilers,” is all I can say.
La Diabla says she “met a boy” who is later teased when she makes her exit after attacking Forge and Sage. What can you tell us about this mystery person and their connection to Forge?
I can’t tell you anything except La Diabla is not her own boss. She’s the Darth Vader to an Emperor we haven’t yet met. Or… have we?
Issue #6 ends with Betsy and Rachel suffering an attack from La Diabla while they’re in the middle of one of their psychic sessions. Why has La Diabla switched her focus to these two? And how will she test their relationship going forward?
La Diabla’s beef is with all of X-Force (with Forge getting special focus for some reason). She’s been monitoring them AT LEAST since Issue #1 and she’s had it up to here with their shenanigans.
Tank has been the wild card of X-Force so far. What do you have planned for the bruiser in upcoming issues?
Oh, quite a lot, I suspect.
Not gonna lie, I feel a bit cheated when I saw that it wasn't pink. However, much like Lorna's "original" design has evolved (read: modernized) throughout the years drawn by different artists, I believe that this original Psylocke outfit has the potential to be used again in today's comics.
ReplyDeleteHell no... She will never be taken seriously wearing that... The outback armor... Maybe. Not this (I mean this becoming her permanent costume, its fine for a one off)
DeleteLooking forward to this issue. @Daud I see what you mean, but its pinkish enough I think lol.
ReplyDeleteIs this the same person drawing??? The art seems much worse then previous issues
ReplyDelete@James no.
DeleteI believe Marcus had a commitment he had to go to (maybe wedding? I think Thorne said in recent interview).
I believe he is gone for 2 issues then is back.
Thank you very much 😉
DeleteI wanna get this now, just because of the outfit. But Psylocke needs to be much taller and heavier than Rachel, they are not the same size, lol.
ReplyDeleteHeavier? She’s a super model turned super hero, she’s never been heavy
Deletejeezey honey bun baby phoenix only 5'7" and pyslocke is 5'11" but I agree wit u dat won't look all thiccems like tazi like to make his betsy wit dat kim kardashian bbl-deluxe he like ta give da gworls
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ReplyDeleteHell no... She will never be taken seriously wearing that... The outback armor... Maybe. Not this (I mean this becoming her permanent costume, its fine for a one off)"
I'd take her seriously. Why does a costume need to be some Aggressive angsty thing to be taken seriously? It's a costume that many fans have wanted to see again, hence why they did it, most likely. I'm a fan of both, and took her seriously in both. It's part of her history and personality.
If some fans think it's girly cuz it's pink, remember Pink used to be the color for royalty, and blue the color for peasants. Because the reads were seen as more emotion, power driven, than the passiveness of blue.
History helps. Lol.
It's not about the colour... I love the Australian outback armor and that was pink and purple... Its the whole design... I think it's a very bad idea... But hey if you love it that's great... I'd rather see her in the armor
DeleteOH PINK COSTUME HOW I LOVE YOU! This is the best she has looked since Disassembled. Love it.
ReplyDeletemother lindsay been told yall pretty in pink n purple is comin n dis only da beginning
ReplyDeletewhats old is new again
DeleteEveryone if you can tweet Tom Brevoot or email Marvel and let them know you love the pink look. We should continue to let them know we love the OG BetsyPsylocke and not CB
ReplyDeleterandybear honeybun my sources tell me dat coats of shiny armor may be in da forecast
Deletepretty in pink n purple
I'll definitely e-mail @Randybear, but maybe not this costume specifically, still pushing for Dissasembled or the one Lindsay is hinting at lol.
Delete@Lindsay I hope so!
Delete@Xman agreed! I meant I guess let them know we love the pink in general but yeah request the dissambled look too! They should realize by now the fans love that look the most!
I've always liked the Pink costume better than the Outback armor, so I'm truly happy! I thought of lindsay when I saw this.
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Deletenathaniel x thank u honeybun
Deletei been telling yall n foretold kwannita's outfit change first n then betsy's... betsy's just took longer to come
maybe now my doubters like lady iá¹£hola dat say lindsay a troll who ramblings dey disregard will now learn dat dey should always bet on mother lindsay since mother lindsay is da truth
Honestly, if this world is kind, we'd definitely have gotten the JSway-designed costume for Betsy by now. The one with silver armor shaped like her blue bathing suit with pink leotard underneath. I remember a little pretty butterfly brooch near her thigh also. That's a seriously lethal design; I hope anyone in the official X-Men team has looked at that art.
ReplyDeleteThat look was so good!
DeleteI like what Ayodele is doing with Ororo; rotating uniforms. I wish all the writers would do that and we would able to get multiple looks for Elizabeth and the others.
ReplyDeleteCall me nostalgic but I was so surprised that I liked even the pink sky lol!!!
ReplyDeleteBack in her own body and in the pink uniform with which she joined the X-Men!!