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@adamtrmm: you bring up some very good points. i never even thought about having SW depowered. it would be such a very fitting fate for her. Also I never even liked her being as powerful as she is even after losing the power boost she had in Children's Crusade. I also agree that the writers need to get together and come to an agreement with how to deal with people who are guilty of similar offenses such as being possessed by a power they couldnt hope to control. the avengers are trying to make the phoenix five seem ultra terrible for what they did but if im correct they gave food to the hungry, stop warring countries, gave power to where there wasnt any and because the avenges didnt come up with a way to do it first they got pissed and baited the P5 into battle which ultimately drove them crazy and then blamed Cyclops and the others for the fallout and treated them as criminals. Then there's the Scarlett Witch, who had a break down because her children (fake as they may or may not have been) were gone, and loses it and then wipes out all the mutants because she was mad at her daddy. and oh look she gets to say sorry i didn't mean it and proceed to go about her business. It's bad form for that to happen.

Well I know pre new 52 Superman had taken steps to ensure that he couldnt be mind controlled I'm not sure if this is something that transferred over into the new 52 era.

Superman would kill all them. If he ever lost control there'd be no stopping him because he wouldn't be holding anything back. Currently Superman holds his power in check afraid he might hurt someone, without that he'll do serious damage

It's pretty good so far, I like how both teams are splintered and broken up with their decision on how to handle the Pandora situation

@backflip: after reading your last post I'd agree that Warpath might not fit the team simply due to personality. And I was never really a big fan of Magma anyway. Magneto has to be there because he's like the necessary evil you need around as a reminder of what Cyclops could become if he goes to far (I'm not counting the Phoenix stuff because he was corrupted by the power). The Cuckoos have to be around while Emma's powers are still broken. Monet never crossed my mind but she'd be awesome on the team.

Which mutants do you think should join Cyclops and his team as he continues to defend the new mutants popping up all over the world. My picks would be as follows:

Polaris

Dani Moonstar

Warpath

Cloak and Dagger

Frenzy

this book has its ups and downs to me. i do agree that some of the characterizations are a bit off, like Havoc coming off as some unsure of himself leader, i mean come on the guy lead X-Factor for years before leading a faction of X-Men into space then ultimately leading the Starjammers. his leadership resume had a lot of depth to it. Scarlett Witch just seems like this super diva type who apparently is now all for fighting for mutant rights when she hasnt really given a crap about the mutants fight for equality in years. I LOVE Rouge, Thor, Wasp and Sunfire. they pretty much keep to the normal personalities in the book. Sunfire is still arrogant as hell and I love it. Rouge is the sassy southern belle who doesnt hold her tongue for anyone. Thor is Thor. and the Wasp is just awesome with her bubbly optimism. I think also think that the Apocalypse Twins story arc should have been something that took place in an X-Men book. just my opinion on that.

My Avengers Dream Team is as follows:

Captain America (this is an obvious choice)

Thor (also goes without saying)

Iron Man (someone has to fund them)

Spider-Man (the peter parker verison. he's the everyman superhero)

Black Panther (because he's awesome)

Luke Cage (he'll keep everyone grounded)

Captain Marvel (she's a dynamic powerhouse)

The Hulk

Dr. Doom (with the right plan)

Sebastian Shaw

Thor

Overall I like SSM however I just think that they are making certain too dumb like how MJ hasn't concluded that this isn't the Peter she knows/knew. Also I'm all for SpOck staying awhile so long as they have GOOD story to bring Peter back because the way he 'died' was pretty good in my opinion from the ends of the earth storyline all the way to the recent SSM issues where his memory was actually from his body by Doc Ock