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Sunday Trade: Longshot
Longshot written by Ann Nocenti, drawn by Art Adams, inks by Whilce Portacio, letters by Joe Rosen, colors by Christie Scheele
X-Men. Alien Messiah. Rebel Leader. Hero. All that and the dreamiest eyes in all of Marvel-dom. I mean according to the ladies. I haven't noticed. Ahem...
Anyway, Nocenti's origin for Longshot has him awakening on Earth as a complete tabla rasa, no memories of his past and no clue about the present. So of course he's immediately involves himself in the rescue of a baby from a pack of alien beast-men. What else do you do when your mind is blank but your heart is pure?
Nocenti delivers a story where Longshot is confused, lost, innocent, naive and above all heroic. And she manages what I've rarely seen since. She makes Longshot's nemesis, the other-dimensional tyrant Mojo seem both alien and terrible. Plus she adds in Dr. Strange for the second half and actually makes the character fit. Another rarity...
