Copycat pages from X-Force V1 #19-24

Addendum to my post about Vanessa Carlysle. Her story arc in the Nicieza's original run weaves its way through the early X-Force issues (#1-24), the first arc of Cable (#1-4) and Deadpool's first solo mini (The Circle Chase #1-4). Though it hangs together surprisingly well as a whole, the relevant parts of X-Force #20-24 amount to only a page or two per issue, with the rest taken up with unrelated stories about the main team. Nevertheless, those pages do do a lot to put events from both Cable and Deadpool's early solo series in context (and are lucky enough to be after the end of Liefeld's run, so the art is much less eye-bleeding than it might have been). To save others the trouble of tracking them down, I've uploaded just the relevant pages here.

( Shenanigans, starring Copycat, Tina, Domino, Deadpool, Grizzly, Hammer and Cable-as-Sir-Not-Appearing-In-This-Comic )

Copycat/Vanessa Carlysle

When I originally wrote my Who's who of Six Pack post, I meant to include an entry for Vanessa – who was never strictly a member of the team, but got lots of scenes with them and played a comparably significant role in both our heroes' backstories. I eventually took her entry out, not because I'd changed my mind but because I have such a soft spot for her that her entry was getting large enough for a whole post of its own. This is the finished version.


( Detailed bio + a little editorialising )