They've actually been letting the dead rest the last few years. Thunderbird died back in the 80s (maybe the late 70's) and has never returned. and in more recent years casulties have included Illayana(sp?) Rasputin(Magick), Moira MacTaggart, Peter Rasputin(Colossus), Betsy Braddock(Psylock), even Magneto seems to be staying dead this time around (of course, due to him and a few million other mutants being murdered by a supersentinel doing a good impression of Hiroshima, he's become something of a martyr).

Short version: Marvel has a book that's a revival of a revivial of an old book that first premiered back in the mid-90s, called eXiles. The original eXiles I remember as being violent, blackly humorous, and more interesting than most X-books. Today's eXiles is just comedic insanity, and it brings back every X-character ever considered dead. Magik. Colossus. Morph. Blink. Ad infinitum.

Illyana and Piotr are new additions (most recent two issues, in fact) to the cast. The other members of the cast I didn't care about, because their deaths were never confirmed. Illyana and Piotr died notable onscreen deaths. Their deaths MEANT SOMETHING. And now this stupid highflyin'-adventure-lovin' comedy series resurrects the two characters who had the most reason to stay dead?

I swear, it pisses me off. I expected better from Marvel.

Are they from a parallel dimension? eXiles does that sometimes.

--G.
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