When is it Dazzler’s Turn?
When the X-Men made their move to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2008, one of the things Marvel’s editorial team kept promoting was the return of Dazzler to the X-Men. Dazzler hasn’t been part of the team since the 1980’s, where she began a relationship with fellow X-man Longshot. During the 90’s, both Dazzler and Longshot had disappeared into the Mojoverse, making only a few scant appearances throughout the years. They were gone, but not entirely forgotten.
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After the events of House of M reduced the number of mutants on Earth by a large but questionable percentage, Dazzler suddenly reemerged in the cast of Chris Claremont’s New Excalibur comic. Though an X-Men spin-off and included within the general ‘X’ franchise, Excalibur wasn’t officially The X-Men. Also, practically no one read (or particularly liked) New Excalibur. It’s like she wasn’t back at all.
So when the X-Men moved from their home in upstate New York to the Marin Headlands just outside of San Francisco, one of the many things we were promised was the triumphant return of Dazzler. She’s coming back! Dazzler reporting for duty! Let’s see some lights!
So far, Dazzler has done jack diddly shit. I’m serious. In fact, here’s a full list of everything I’ve seen her do since the X-Men moved to San Francisco:
I may have missed another night club performance and a few “standing around to fill out a scene” appearances, but I think you see my point. Frankly, I’m not even a Dazzler fan. I’m just severely disappointed at how underused the character has been after so much hype was made of her return. You’ve got me interested. How about you make the effort to actually make me care about the character, Marvel? How about a little effort, hm? You’re taking the time to make me care about new characters like Pixie. When is it Dazzler’s turn?
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I agree 100%!
I have read plenty about Dazzler and have awaited the return(FORREAL RETURN) of Dazzler, and was expecting some Dazzling affects with her returning to the Uncanny X-Men, but so far I’m disappointed in how writers totally disregarded my favorite superheroine/x-man. There were die-hard fans out there like myself expecting Dazzler to just come back and shine like the true beauty she is, but I haven’t seen SHIT! So far all they’ve done in Uncanny X-Men is focus on Emma damn Frost and dumbass Pixie! They both are possibly the most uninteresting characters ever! Atleast Dazzler is like Marvel’s Katy Perry of the bunch. There disregarding a mutant pop-sensation, for a sleazy blonde, and a shitty ass wannabe fairy! I’m highly upset with Marvel at this point!