Iceman 2012 Preview

[tobias]

What's Happened So Far: Bobby Drake, along with his Astonishing X-Men team mates, have become media celebrities and now mutants are accepted within society. Bobby's enjoying the celebrity life with photo shoots, interviews, and the non stop barrage of insanity that comes with the life of being an X-Man.

So far, Bobby's been attacked by a psychotic robot from the future, visited a dying child via the Make-A-Wish foundation, and made friends with a robotic android named Jacob. He's also reconnected with former flame Opal Tanaka, who is Bobby's new talent agent.

What's Coming Up: The Power Pack hits Chicago! When one of their own is brutally attacked, Bobby steps in to help them find the culprit. Bobby gets the chance to stop the Terminator who was sent to kill him from coming into existance at the cost of his closest friend, and Ronny Drake's life falls apart when he ends up at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Down the Road: The Power siblings are in bigger danger than anyone realizes; Opal realizes that cares more for Bobby than she thinks; Ronny tries to make the most of his new life; Bobby gets more admirers than he can handle; A friend comes back, but not quite in the same way he was.

[ryanjericho]

Is your Ronny sort of in line with the Ronny that we saw in X-Men 2?

[tobias]

Ronny's more or less a brand new character in Marvel Anthology personality wise. We'll see shades of the X2 version, but ultimately MA's version of the character will be more than a mutant hating sibling.

[ryanjericho]

Dec 7, 2011 11:19:47 GMT -5 tobias said:

Ronny's more or less a brand new character in Marvel Anthology personality wise. We'll see shades of the X2 version, but ultimately MA's version of the character will be more than a mutant hating sibling.

Oh ok cool. Any other relatives of Iceman showing up?

[tobias]

At some point we'll see Bobby's parents show up, but other than that there are no real plans for other relatives to appear. At least, not yet.

[ryanjericho]

Dec 7, 2011 11:37:11 GMT -5 tobias said:

At some point we'll see Bobby's parents show up, but other than that there are no real plans for other relatives to appear. At least, not yet.

Didn't he have a cousin who was a mutant somewhere?

[tobias]

Possibly, but for now I'm treating Ronny as Bobby's only real cousin. That might change down the road, but between Bobby, Ronny, Opal, Jacob and the Power Pack (who make their first appearance in #8), the cast is just the right size to work with.

[ryanjericho]

Dec 7, 2011 11:45:10 GMT -5 tobias said:

Possibly, but for now I'm treating Ronny as Bobby's only real cousin. That might change down the road, but between Bobby, Ronny, Opal, Jacob and the Power Pack (who make their first appearance in #8), the cast is just the right size to work with.

Oh ok. So the Power Pack sticking around for the long haul? Is Katie going to be bisexual in your book?

[tobias]

Yes, the Power Pack will be around for the long haul, some of them possibly more than others. As for Katie, she will have a romantic interest in someone, but I'm not saying who just yet.

[ryanjericho]

Dec 7, 2011 11:58:32 GMT -5 tobias said:

Yes, the Power Pack will be around for the long haul, some of them possibly more than others. As for Katie, she will have a romantic interest in someone, but I'm not saying who just yet.

Ok cool. Well I'm interested to see who.