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Just the three of us... against a joker with the power to knock down a mountain! Whatever happened to the weak villains... like Magneto and the Sentinels?
Just the three of us... against a joker with the power to knock down a mountain! Whatever happened to the weak villains... like Magneto and the Sentinels?
Funny. When you get the high-level government clearance The Defenders received after the Secret Empire Affair, people start believing whatever you tell them! I don't think I like that.
At home I was always the baby boy -- being coddled and protected! In the X-Men, I was the weak link -- the kid who couldn't hold his own! Is it any wonder I was never sure of myself!
Oh, you don't. You're not getting me to fly you to Mississippi. That "hypnotic charm" of yours only works on people who don't know about it......and that doesn't include me. Sorry, big guy.
Surrender? What planet are you from?! You may be the new super-charged edition, but the day hasn't come when the X-Men can't take down one lousy sentinel!
My name is Bobby Drake. Iceman. I've been an X-Man, an X...Factor-ian, a Defender, a Champion (don't ask). I've been a super hero since before I was old enough to shave. I've stood side by side with the toughest, most powerful heroes in the known universe and always held my own. But today... today I need to be something more. So go ahead, call me a joke if you want. Label me the X-Man with the lamest power ever. But a man of untapped potential? Don't you dare ever call me that again!
The thing is, Ororo, I've known Scott longer than anyone. Me andHank. We've known him forever. We were the originalX-Men. The Scott we grew up with-- he would hate this. He would slap the holy crap out of the Scott we have now and he wouldn't stop slapping him. Right?
Being grown up doesn't have to mean being endlessly morose and having fun isn't just for five-year-olds. No, the day I can't laugh at how ridiculous this all is, while still loving every single second of it, is the day I walk away and find a new line of work.
I been having nightmares doc. I mean, I've never had great dreams, not since I was a kid, but... these are different, they feel real.[...] That's just it. I'm not doing anything. Just sitting in the dark, in the snow or in the middle of the ice. The nightmare comes from what I'm feeling. Hunger.[...] Because I not hungry for food. I'm hungry for something else...[...] It's the end of the world. That's my other dream. There's nothing left. Not even me, I feel my soul breaking apart, like I'm the snow. And what scares me is that I don't care, sometimes I think I'd like to lose myself. It would be easier to disappear, become someone new , but I don't think I could even if I could. I'm not that lucky.
''What?! No! No, absolutely not, I mean, of course not, I didn't see him leave, What? No, not leave, I mean I didn't see him at all. If I saw him leave I would have said something because no, that's just ridiculous. ... What was the question?
Oh, look, youtwo have a cute father-daughter thing going now, huh? Or I guess more like grandfather-daughter, right? Wait... it is a grandfather-daughter thing, right? Because if it's not, that is just creepy.
Don't you see? This is just another test. That ark... a week ago we thought there would never be any more of us and now... that ark is 600 potential newmutants. So, maybe this place... this whole crazy Apocalypse Worldisn't the end, maybe it's an opportunity. An opportunity to start again.
In a lot of ways, I envy you. You just do whatever you want, and no one can stop you. You basically stole Zach from the X-Men by saying "YOLO" in a cute suit. Yes the formalwear looks good on you. Swagger can only get you so far, Daken. We'll get our student back. Have fun festering.
She's been dead forever and has no idea what you're raving about. But I do, and I'll be damned if some other version of me is going to get to say this to you.
Regardless of the method, you can't deny that we've accomplished a lot! We've saved at least two young mutants from an unbearable existence and taught them to use their powers wisely! Why don't you ask Rusty and Arthur how they feel about our set-up?
Listen, Boom-Boom! X-Factor isn't what you think it is! We have a place where mutants can come and be safe and learn to use their powers... ...where they won't have to live on the streets or rely on villains or thievery....
First I can't get over the fact that they purposely made Wolverine... and now I can't get over the fact that after they saw what Wolverine turned out like, they thought it might be a good idea to clone him into a teenage girl.
Whatever it is, we can handle it. 
