Casey our hero??????

**Spatula Gal** · February 26th, 2001, 08:57 PM

Got this from x-fan:
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Originally posted by vik929:

Joe Casey - despite all his posturing on in his Crash Comments - just doesn't like women.
Look at Wildcats for example - a book that I really like actually - but it's blatantly obvious that he doesn't like women in it.

a) Void loses all traces of her personality.
b) Voodoo loses her legs.
c) Ladytron gets burnt to a crisp & is now "inert".

And that's not even mentioning the random acts of horror done to a number of faceless female "victims".

This is the only thing that prevents me rating Casey far higher as a writer. He's good, but if he can get over his tendency to trash women for cheap thrills, he'd be bordering on great.

Still looking forward to seeing what he does with Uncanny though

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Does anyone know Casey's previous work? Can anyone verify this? If this is the truth, I will not be buying Uncanny, or any marvel book. I HATE mysogyny for entertainment. It's why I don't listen to popular music anymore, or catch very many movies. If the x-men go like this, they can plaster NC on every cover, but I will not spend my money on them. If I wan't it bad enough, I will steal it.

Here's a link to the thread: http://messageboard.fandom.com/x-men...ML/000982.html

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**Rex Luscus** · February 26th, 2001, 09:21 PM

Hmmm, well, at least what they said about Wildcats is true. I was actually pretty pissed off about what he did to Voodoo. It has become a very masculine book -- not that it wasn't before, since most comics are, but even the obligatory female presence seems to have dropped out for the most part. As I haven't really read anything else by him I can't speak to his other work. Anybody read Children of the Atom? That oughta be the acid test, seeing as it was an X-book.

-Rex

**BAMFCentral** · February 26th, 2001, 09:30 PM

I dont know about the whole woman bashing thing. I never really got that impression from reading Casey. Either in his X-Men run, or in WildCats.

Was he the one involved when Celicia Reyes and Marrow joined the team? If yes, here is an obvious and good example that he isn't a woman basher. Both these woman, were written as very strong minded and they never really got pushed around.

**Drags** · February 26th, 2001, 09:33 PM

Yeah I saw that.It makes me wonder....anyways Spatula I wish you could have used a different title because I already feel foolish enough about "Joe Casey our heroe!"anyways I am going to wait and see before passing judegment.

Knighty,Slarti if Casey ends up killing Nightcrawler,turns him into a perv or horribly brutalizes and degrades women you can delete that post.

Still as I said I am going to wait and see......

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**BAMFCentral** · February 26th, 2001, 09:33 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Rex Luscus:
Hmmm, well, at least what they said about Wildcats is true. I was actually pretty pissed off about what he did to Voodoo. It has become a very masculine book -- not that it wasn't before, since most comics are, but even the obligatory female presence seems to have dropped out for the most part. As I haven't really read anything else by him I can't speak to his other work. Anybody read Children of the Atom? That oughta be the acid test, seeing as it was an X-book.

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I read Children of the Atom. Young Grey came across very well in the book.

**Drags** · February 26th, 2001, 09:35 PM

BAMFCentral your thinking of Joe Kellys stint on X-Men.

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**MoonbeamDancer** · February 26th, 2001, 09:59 PM

Okay, I haven't read Wildcats in a few years, what the hell happen to VooDoo? She's my fave. She looks kinda like me, was one of the reasons I liked her.

**Spatula Gal** · February 26th, 2001, 11:37 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Drags:
Yeah I saw that.It makes me wonder....anyways Spatula I wish you could have used a different title because I already feel foolish enough about "Joe Casey our heroe!"anyways I am going to wait and see before passing judegment.

Knighty,Slarti if Casey ends up killing Nightcrawler,turns him into a perv or horribly brutalizes and degrades women you can delete that post.

Still as I said I am going to wait and see......

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Didn't think you would feel that way Drags. I wasn't trying to embarrass you, I just wanted to create a an eyecatching title. I don't think you should be embarrassed about your thread, you had good reason to be elated. I was prety happy too, until I read this. Now I'm feeling really depressed frown

The world is going to hell.

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**BAMFCentral** · February 27th, 2001, 12:25 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Drags:
BAMFCentral your thinking of Joe Kellys stint on X-Men.

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Oops...thats what happens when you are stuck at work and you dont have access to the comics.

Oh well, I tried.

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