Star is Born: All Messed Up Like the Rest of Us

Kelly Thompson got her hands on Captain Marvel, the character who introduced her to the wild world of writing for Marvel, and decided to go all out. She hit misogyny with 37 Chun Li kicks to the face when she had the good Captain bust Nuclear Man’s chauvinist ass. Thompson got on her milk chocolate snuggle bunny flow when Capta Carol and War Machi Rhodey started knocking the boots again. She had Captain Marvel strategically take out Avengers one by one like a fuckin cerebral assassin!! On top of all that Kelly Thompson has introduced the world to Star, one of the more complex Marvel characters in recent memory! Whether she goes down as a hero or villain is still up in the air, but there have been plenty of heroes who were assholes, womanizers, killers, and maniacs before they decided to save lives and inspire hope every day. Suspect Heroes All Around! For me, Rogue is at the top of my list of heroes who has less than savory starts to their careers in heroism. Raised by her foster mother Mystique and surrounded by The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Rogue was destined for villainous things. On top of all that, her superpower is inherently staticky. Rogue absorbs powers, typically knocking heroes out, and in extreme cases even removing their powers and memories. So, she was born for the smoke. Luckily for all of us, Charles Xavier is a miracle worker and was able to bring Rogue over to the heroic side of the fence and is now easily regarded as one of the greatest X-Men of all-time…