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[thequiver]

Who is...Theresa Cassidy | Siryn? - A Reading Guide

Theresa "Terry" Cassidy is an X-Men affiliated mutant from Marvel Comics first introduced in 1980. Terry is the daughter of Sean Cassidy (Banshee) and was raised by Tom Cassidy (Black Tom Cassidy) and Cain Marko (Juggernaut). She possesses her father's super-sonic scream and a hypnotic voice. Terry is most known for her affiliation with teams like X-Force and X-Factor, and having taken on the mantle of the ancient goddess, the Morrigan, in the 2010s.

Terry's central story deals with topics that may be triggering such as alcoholism, infant death (X-Factor 2005), and suicide (X-Factor 2020). These are all central themes to her story across the years, if you struggle with triggers related to these topics please proceed with caution and make sure to take care of yourself.

Reading list under the cut!

Crime and Muir Island

Terry's appearances open with her as a criminal alongside Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut. Her heart, however, was not in it, and Tom helped her to reunite with her father, Sean, and Terry then split her time between her father's home and the Muir Island Mutant Research Facility.

Spider-Woman (1978) #37-38 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #148 Fallen Angels (1987) #1-8 Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #43D Uncanny X-Men Annual (1986) #15A X-Factor (1986) # Annual 6A Uncanny X-Men (1981) #278 X-Factor (1986) #69 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #280

X-Force

Terry initially joined X-Force to stop her former father-figures, Tom and Cain, from bombing the World Trade Center but stayed with the team for its entire duration. While on the team Terry would become deputy leader, and with the help of Warpath would recover from alcoholism. Towards the end of the team's tenure Terry lost her voice and subsequently her powers- and would regain her voice/powers (bad), lose them again, and then regain her voice/powers again (good) with the help of her recurring romantic mistake, Deadpool.

X-Force (1991) #3 Spider-Man (1990) #16 X-Force (1991) #4-7, 9, 11-15 X-Cutioner’s Song X-Force (1991) #19, 21-26, Annual 2, 27-28 Cable (1993) #5, 7-8 X-Force (1991) #29-33 New Warriors (1990) #46 X-Force (1991) #34, Annual 3B Cable (1993) #14 X-Force (1991) #35-36, 38-41 Deadpool (1994) #1-4 X-Force (1991) #42-44, 46-50 X-Force and Cable '95 (1995) #1A X-Force (1991) #51-58 X-Force and Cable '96 (1996) #1A X-Force (1991) #59-61 Deadpool (1997) #2-5 X-Force (1991) #63-71 Deadpool (1997) #12 X-Force (1991) #72-84 Generation X (1994) #44 X-Force/Champions Annual '98 (1998) #1 X-Force (1991) #85-91, 99-100 Wolverine (1988) #154-155 Deadpool (1997) #56, 61

X-Corps and X-Corporation

Despite what the name might suggest, these are in fact different things. Terry's father, Sean, formed the paramilitary X-Corps, which was frankly a disaster that had to be reigned in by the X-Men, leaving Sean wounded. Terry joined X-Corporation, a secret branch of the X-Men who operated internationally.

New X-Men (2001) #128, 130 Domino (2003) #3 (just at the beginning) Cable and Deadpool (2004) #15-18 X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2006) #6 (Sean is buried in this issue and Terry is present for the funeral in one panel at the end, important for her character)

X-Factor Investigations

Following the events of M-Day, Terry would join X-Factor Investigations and restart her relationship with Jamie Madrox that had first started back on Muir Island. During this period of time, Terry and Jamie lose their baby, and Terry will come to take on the mantle of the Morrigan.

X-Factor (2005) #1-19, 21A-39, 41-44, 46-50 Nation X: X-Factor (2010) #1 X-Factor (2005) #200, 205-209, 211-213, 217-219, 221-224-228, 230, 233-235, 237-239, 241, 243-244, 262

Krakoa

After disappearing from comics for around 6-7 years following becoming an ancient Irish sovereignty, war, and death deity- Terry, like many mutants, came back on the mutant island nation of Krakoa. Things were not quite paradise here for her courtesy of some things with her dad (not his fault this time)- and also Leah Williams' complete bastardization of the Morrigan arc (in X-Factor 2020) which was literally Terry's last appearances, how fucking hard is it to read like 5 issues of comics Leah? How fucking hard could it possibly be? Terry has less than 300 appearances, get it together.

House of X (2019) #6 Hellions (2020) #1 X of Swords: Creation (2020) #1 X-Factor (2020) #4-10 (THIS IS LEAH WILLIAMS' AWFUL MORRIGAN ARC, BUT IT HAS TERRYLORNA CRUMBS AND REMEMBERS THAT SHATTERSTAR AND TERRY ARE CLOSE WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON IT'S EVEN READABLE) X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #26 X-Men: Hellfire Gala Confessionals Infinity Comic (2022) #1 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #50-55

After the Fall

Krakoa fell apart (as all things run by Charles Xavier do), and things are ROUGH for mutants now. We find Terry now imprisoned by the anti-mutant terrorist organization, Orchis, in the Greymalkin Prison.

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EXTRA:

Wolverine: First Class (2008) #6, 16 (there's no clear place for these in continuity OR in Terry's established backstory, but it's cute and supposedly 616 so it's here)

[nathanbellamy]

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Hi!! Your Cherik is so good and gorgeous 🤩🤩 If you don't mind wanna try to draw some Fall of X Cherik please?

thank you so much !!

i have a couple of ideas relating to the fall of x period specifically since theres. A Lot i wanna play with, so i hope this lil thing may be a satisfactory start :]]

and the obligatory bonus:

[pacing-er]

The Krakoa Era Reading List Cherik Version (PART 1):

(In order of timeline)

1. House of X/Powers of X

Tons of Cherik interactions with a lot of emphasis put onto their relationship. Moira/Charles is mentioned but very minor and in the end Charles chooses Erik over her. Highly recommend reading the whole thing since it establishes the universe and has a lot of ship bait.

2. Dawn of X

Some cute moments but overall they do not play a huge part in this series. A majority is dedicated to world building and other characters. Worth reading for the small parts they are in which are unfortunately dispersed throughout 15 volumes. I recommend skimming through it since the moments they are in are good but it is overall skippable.

(Highlights: Charles is assassinated and revived. There are a few angsty scenes with Magneto and their reunion is a little lackluster but sweet. Charles and Erik go to speak at an international meeting and it's cool. Logan gets Magneto drunk so he can steal his helmet, Magneto is a cute chatty drunk. I recommend reading that part at least bc I love it sooo much.)

3. X of Swords

Most of their appearances are in silent counsel meetings and Charles is shown several times in the resurrection chambers. Again they play a much smaller role in this series. The most noteworthy things to come from this series are the cute co-parenting moments between Erik and Charles. Since this one is much shorter (5 volumes as opposed to 15), I will include the moments I personally enjoyed. Aside from these moments I think this series is skippable.

Erik and Charles co-parenting an angsty Polaris (Magneto's daughter):

Erik and Charles being proud of their son Cyclops:

And I just really loved this scene XD Someone hatched from their egg mad as hell and Charles was NOT having it

I am planning to make a series of posts as I read through the Krakoa Era, so for now this is only Part 1. My memory isn't great and I pretty much just scroll until I see Erik or Charles and only read those parts so I'm missing some major context LMAO but I hope this is helpful to anyone

[monthlyseer]

Do you have comic recs for Chamber? He's one of those characters I've always been interested in just based off his design but I've never actually looked into what to read for him.

omg tysm for asking i love talking abt Chamber !!!!

There are two options; you could either read in chronological order and start with Generation X (1994) #1, or you could start with Chamber (2002) (his 4 issue solo series) just to get a good introduction to Jono's character and then read Generation X (1994)

If you already know that you really like Jono and don't need an introduction then I'd say go ahead and start at the beginning with Generation X.

These won't be all of his appearances, i'm limiting this just to 616 and these are just comics that I think are essential reads for any Chamber fan.

Ayda's Chamber Reading Recommendations

1. Generation X (1994)

This is his debut series and has so many great moments, I'd even recommend reading the Annuals (especially the '97 and '98 ones) as well as the Generation X Underground Special (1998) these aren't required they're just great reads)

2. Uncanny X-Men #395-398

These issues follow Chamber after he graduates from Gen X but before he accepts the offer to join the X-Men. Incredible character moments for Jono

3. Chamber (2002)

This one could even be your starting point, it's that good. It's only 4 issues but it follows Chamber on an undercover mission at ESU. I recommend it as a starting point because it's so isolated, (its disconnected from any other stories going on at the same time) and allows the reader to focus on Jono's character without having to also focus on other characters/events. Just great all around imo.

4. Weapon X (2002) #15-21

Chamber plays a major part in this arc, and it gives you important context for the next comic on this list.

5. Generation M #1

This issue follows Chamber after he got depowered during M-Day.

6. New Excalibur (2006) #9

This issue continues to follow Chamber after getting depowered.

7. New Warriors (2007) #2-20

I'd personally skip over this i'm ngl... he's certainly in the book but he does next to nothing and his character design and abilities are completely different. you can read it if you'd like but it's unneeded.

8. X-Men Legacy (2008) #248

He doesn't really play a major role in this issue, it's just here for context as to why his powers were restored lol

9. Generation X (2017)

As much as I bemoan some of the creative decisions made in this comic, I loved Jono being a teacher and coparenting with Jubilee.

10. Uncanny X-Men (2018) #11, #14, #15, #17, #18

This is during X-Men Disassembled, and I personally loved the decision to make Chamber join the Morlocks. However while i only listed the issues Jono was in, you may want to read the whole series (even the Chamber-less parts...) in order to be able to follow along with the plot.

11. Weapon X-Men

This one hasn't come out yet but it releases on the 19th! Chamber's going to be a main character and I'd definitely recommend reading it when it comes out.

I hope this list wasn't too confusing. I tried to limit it to stories where he actually did something important instead of just being a side character that talked every once in a while.

Hope you enjoy these recommendations !!!!!

[ffverr]

I'm still fascinated by the X-Men fans who are obssesed with like two characters and just read everything they've ever been in. HOW do you do that???? I fell in so deep with the X-Men because I'm obssesed with too many of them 😭

[sugarlesswriting]

Not going to lie the Avengers have always been boring as hell. The movie didn't make them less boring.

X-men though? Always sexy. Never not going to be sexy. Feige is going to ruin them in the MCU but they're going to be sexy as hell as they fail for the fourth time in the cinemas.

[mildmayfoxe]

the book i posted a screenshot of yesterday ended up being pretty ok if you ignored the bad bits and i actually enjoyed quite a lot of the middle but then it ended so abruptly and with so little real feeling that i keep wishing the middle part had just gone on for like another 200 pages. anyway guess i gotta find some more books to download once again i've run through my little digital library

[wanderingmind867]

My reading list for the comics has stagnated. So now I need to list everything I've got. If anyone sees this and knows of any characters I missed, tell me. I don't know if I'll be interested in them or anything, but it'd be good to know. And while I do only read stuff I can find online, the list does help me keep track of stuff:

Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four Vols 1-19

Marvel Masterworks: Iron Man Vols 1-12

Marvel Masterworks: Thor Vols 1-20

Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers Vols 1-16 and (maybe) Volume 18

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men Vols 1-6

Marvel Masterworks: Daredevil Vols 1-13

Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vols 1-4

Marvel Masterworks: Nick Fury Vols 1-3

Marvel Masterworks: Doctor Strange Vols 1-7

Marvel Masterworks: The Incredible Hulk Vols 1-12: I'd go beyond this, but there's an issue in volume 13 I don't want to read so my indescive brain stopped me from writing more.

Marvel Masterworks: The Sub-Mariner Vols 1-8

Marvel Masterworks: The Silver Surfer Vols 1-2

Marvel Masterworks: The Defenders Vols 1-7

[misspickman]

^guy who cannot finish comics

[thequiver]

Who is..... Melody Guthrie | Aero? - A Reading Guide

Melody Guthrie is an X-Men affiliated mutant from Marvel comics first introduced in 1986. Melody is the younger sister of Sam Guthrie (Cannonball of the New Mutants), Paige Guthrie (Husk of Generation X) and Jay Guthrie (Icarus of the New X-Men). Melody is the fourth of her siblings to have manifested mutant powers, hers being flight resulting in her codename of Aero. Melody was never part of a team having only been a student at the Xavier Institute. She was depowered during M-Day and was later the first mutant to regain her powers on Krakoa by undergoing the Crucible.

Below you can find a record of Melody’s appearances through August 2023 complete with totally legal links ;)! She does not have many appearances so the following list is very short! I've included some comics that while not necessarily showcasing Mel do help to highlight her family dynamics at the time of her introduction!

Rom Annual (1979) #3 New Mutants (1983) #42 Uncanny X-Men '95 New Mutants (2003) #9 Uncanny X-Men (1963) #444 New X-Men (2004) #20 New Avengers (2005) #18 New X-Men (2004) #32, 42 X-Men (1991) #203 Avengers World #17 Fearless (2019) #1-4 X-Men (2019) #7 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #101

[iroukem]

the thing is that the crimes Magneto has commited during the silver age aren't real and should be completely ignored, that's not who he is as a person and it should not define his character, but every crime Charles Xavier commited during the silver age should be considered canon and remembered for eternity

[xxplastic-cubexx]

sorry just got reminded of the entirety of uncanny x-men #309 and how it's charles having a therapy session with himself about his love life and desires and how he kept sacrificing himself and his wants for The Cause and the whole time he imagines erik to represent his innermost thoughts in the form of a therapist to have him unravel all this

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Krakoa Era Reading List Cherik Version (part 7)

Disclaimer! There are a lot of titles I'm skipping in this period, simply because they focus on characters and plotlines that I don't care about. This story is complicated enough without side plots.

22. Hellfire Gala: Fall of X

I really liked this one! Any comic that shows off Charles powers is a 10/10 for me and this one is no exception. Added bonus is that he is wearing this super cute angel-inspired costume:

Also he looks so freaking pretty here omfg.

As is standard for all Hellfire Galas something goes horribly wrong, but this time it is much harder to come back from. Moira and Orchis show up with a bunch of Nimrods and reveal that they had interfered with the Mutant's medicines for mankind and installed a kill-switch which they use to take humankind hostage. Threatening Charles with mass human death, they force him to mind control all of the mutants on Earth to send them into the portals and off of Earth. Little did he know that they also hacked the portals, effectively turning them into meat-grinders which he just forced all of his people into (as far as he knows at least). Orchis then activates the kill-switch and many humans die anyways, but Charles in an act of desperation extends his powers to make it so they feel no pain and die peacefully. Idk I just thought that was a nice detail. The comic ends with a majority of mutant kind presumed dead, Emma leading the few survivors and an emotionally broken Charles sending Rogue off to "Avenge Krakoa". Very bleak stuff. It's all downhill from here folks!

23. Immortal X-Men (Issues #14-18)

Very cool, very convoluted. Basically covers two storylines: Xavier uncovering vital truths with the help of the Sinister that had been implanted inside of him, Hope and Exodus leading the mutants in the Noplace they'd been sent to after Hellfire Gala. A whole lot of twists and turns and it ends with a big reveal that I thought was super cool so I won't spoil it. Mother Righteous continues to ruin things for the mutants, and it's revealed that she was the one who hacked the portals to send them all to the White Hot Room (the mutant afterlife) in order to use Jean's power to become a Dominion. I liked Charles part in this comic a lot despite him spending a lot of it sitting around depressed in the ruins of Krakoa. At first we are led to believe that he is using his telepathy and newfound telekinesis to massacre the Orchis agents that Shaw brought there, but it is revealed to be the remnants of Sinister inside of him doing the killing. I like that it allows us to see how efficient and deadly he could be without conflicting his morals. He also has a beard in this comic which is... Something. I don't hate it.

Charles dynamic with the Sinister inside of him was very enjoyable imo. Hope and the other mutants were also very interesting, and I dig the Jewish parallels with them all stuck wandering in the desert "diaspora" in search for the Promised Land. They actually use those exact words.

That's the end of the Immortal X-Men run! This title in particular had some of my favorite moments so I'm definitely gonna pick up a physical copy for it

24. Jean Grey

Technically a prelude to the previous entry, in which we see Jean explore several different potential outcomes for mutantkind as she waits to be resurrected. It explains her appearance in the White Hot Room. Charles and Erik are in the first issue of this title, with special emphasis put on their relationship. We see Jean put Magneto into a catatonic state, believing that it would be better for mutants if he was out of the picture. Charles of course freaks out and immediately kicks the X-Men out of the mansion, and when they later return they find that Charles has restored Erik's mind and the two of them are living together. Due to the lingering effects of Jeans powers Erik is now wheelchair bound, so they're matching! The rest of this title covers Jean's various relationships and sort of serves as a character analysis.

25. The Resurrection of Magneto

I think that enough is explained at this point to read this story. Arakko was not affected by Charles command to walk into the portals, but they were busy dealing with a civil war so they are late to the game. Ororo goes into the mutant afterlife to retrieve Magneto's soul, since after the events of the Hellfire Gala Charles is no longer stable enough to lead the mutants. Some really epic symbolism and references to various moments in Magnetos history are shown, including the iconic scene from the original Trial of Magneto comic. Overall a great analysis of Magneto as a character, but the cherry on top was the focus put on Charles and Erik's relationship. Man is obsessed with Charles and it shows. Definitely a must-read for Cherik fans. I'd include some screen caps but I'd basically be sharing the full comic so I recommend you just read it.

I'm taking another break to read some older X-Men comics I got for the holidays so I'm cutting this one shorter than anticipated. Next are Fall of the House of X, Rise of the Powers of X, and X-Men: Forever! Then I need to go through Duggan's X-Men comics and see what I missed since the reading order lists I'm using and the titles on the free comic site don't match up and it's a whole thing. But I'm almost to the end! The next Krakoa era reading list should be my last 🎉🎉🎉

[wiihtigo]

Maybe a less intimidating sampling than "if you like JLI you might like THE ENTIRELY OF SILVER AGE SPIDER MAN" is the miniseries Spider-Man Blue (some nostalgia-glasses character revisionism but a good recap) and the Giant-Size Gwen Stacy release (only has like half the gang but gets the Vibe a lot more)

THANK YOU 😭😭😭😭 maybe I will dip my toes into spiderman