Boom Boom Goes the Dynamite! My New Favorite X-Man

Thinking about X-Men: Evolution and the handful of times I’ve seen her in an X title, I don’t recall being too impressed with Tabitha Smith. Now that Hickman has taken over the reins in this new age of X, I’m rethinking all of my previous stances. Interesting enough, it’s been the villains and troublesome mutants like Sinister and Boom Boom that I’ve come around to and been most impressed with. Boom Boom comes from a particularly troubled past and has grown up to become a woman many can relate to. She makes rash decisions, knows her way around hard liquor and honestly, a girl just wants to have fun! Here’s how I swiftly fell in love with Boom Boom as she catapulted herself to my number 3 spot, after Cyclops and Nightcrawler. While she’s only been in the Dawn of X relaunch for a whole 2 issues, Boom Boom has already solidified herself as a reliable loose cannon and straight gangsta, and I’m loving every second of it! Now, things admittedly started off a little shaky. Her first appearance was kinda scary, creeping into Roberto’s bed in the middle of the night variety. Andddd although she asked Armor to keep things hush-hush, we all know she doesn’t give a damn about being discovered as the potential reincarnation of Ali Larter from Obsessed.

She came into this new Age of X as a bit of a creep and then quickly changed subjects once she figured out that Sunspot was nowhere to be found. Anybody got some anti-mutant cult, extraterrestrial egg laying in your ears, ass-kicking adven…