Comments on: The Comic Speculator: The Death of Kitty Pryde

By: Altheus

Altheus — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:39:03 +0000

Ahh Kitty!

I read somewhere that people though she was “everyman’s girlfriend”. Maybe they have a point as she’s always adorable, but I think they weren’t seeing the whole picture.

Kitty’s popularity is based on being as normal and as un-superheroesque as possible and yet still fit into an X-Men comic. She’s easy to relate to, which is a rare commodity in comics.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:40:27 +0000

Kitty’s back on March 17th!

By: Darren Brennan

Darren Brennan — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:17:48 +0000

Realy! yes! i must read that!

By: Matt Baum

Matt Baum — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:36:55 +0000

You guys have to Check out Marvel’s SWORD #1. The back-up story was all about Kitty and how SWORD is trying to rescue her. Yeah I said “Rescue”. She’s not dead!

By: Darren Brennan

Darren Brennan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:15:34 +0000

i dont know what ye guys are saying…Kitty Pryde is 1 of the most loved females in Marvel comics! And what a stupid way to kill her off! i am furious about her now non existance! Shadowcat is, and always will be my Fav X-man because shes braught the team together i dont know how many times and she sacrefised her life for the team proveing she is a true x-man more than some other team members would so i hope most of you people read this and understand what im saying and u hope the bring her back into the x-men comics.

thank you.

By: ender8210

ender8210 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:55:46 +0000

I personally loved tKitty Pryde in everything she did. I have never read the Wolverine/ Kitty Pryde mini-series, but it is on my list. Gorezodd, I do not know what you consider a good comic book, but as far as comic books go, it doesn’t get much better than Whedon’s AXM. You need to re-evaluate your criteria for a good comic book. Entertaining? Yes. Well-written? Yes. Beautiful and depicting artwork? Yes. Action-packed? Yes. Character development? Hell-yes. I rank very few comics above Whedon’s AXM. These include BKV’s Y: The Last Man, Watchmen, and Batman: Year One. It is my favorite X-men story followed closely by the Phoenix Saga, and Grant Morrison’s entire run. “Lame”? Hardly. You are the lame one, dear sir. You are the lame one…

By: Golgotha

Golgotha — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:10:00 +0000

People are entitled to their opinions I guess. The Kitty Pryde character however is one of the “majors” in the marvel universe. She provided a much needed link between the readers and the situations common in most super hero fiction. An almost normal girl with the ability to phase, throw in the aftereffect of technology scrambling and you have a character that had to earn her place on the team. Training and sacrificing all the way. The readers can relate to this as opposed to the many “uber” powered entities that litter most supe stories. Now as to her death….what an easy setup to bring her back whenever they want. Of course they will have to tweak the character with whatever experiences she went through. That bullet is going in a straight line into the universe and can encounter anything. Leave aside whatever “cosmic event” that can happen with this open ended goodness, we have the strange effect of the metal she phased into. Can anybody see a truly hackneyed story line there. She becomes one with the metal and you have a shiny skinned phase shifter who resembles her “true love”? Colossus girl etc etc…..so this character is no where near dead. She is just out of sight out of mind for now. At least it won’t be the umpteenth rising reinvisioning of the phoenix, or hopefully it won’t. But some marvel writers have been known to have their heads up their arses, so you never know.

By: Shadow

Shadow — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:13:20 +0000

One could say that her power is lame and boring, and she’s kinda whiny and weak, but she’s still my fave along with fellow nightcrawler. She fights the best she can and she risked her life to save the world with her powers. Doesn’t that make up anything?

By: Gorezodd

Gorezodd — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:18:10 +0000

Saying that she’s dead (or has “passed”) is a bit misleading. Rocketing through space in a giant bullet that she can’t escape is more like it. I can’t say that I’ll miss this highly loved, lame character. This character hasn’t contributed anything to the X books except for being one of their many damsels in distress. Claremont wasted an interesting super power (mutation) on this “girl next door” character that has no business being on a super team. Aside from search and rescue missions there is no purpose for her. If Kitty were evil she would be much more interesting. Imagine an assassin like Mystique or Electra with Kitty’s power. Honestly, why is she so beloved? The only thing lamer than Kitty Pryde was Joss Whedon’s run on Astonishing X-Men. Now don’t get me wrong it started out great. Great artwork, great characterization and the return of Colossus. After the first 6 issues…..snoresville. A sentient Danger Room, a lackluster Casandra Nova story and the dumbest/longest space “adventure” ever. All totally LAME. Seriously, how could it have been that bad and that late? It’s not like Whedon was writing Wonder Woman (dropped out) or Buffy (handed it over to B.K.V.). There was nothing else on his plate. The quality of writing decreased so much from beginning to end that I didn’t even want to finish the story. However, I’m glad that i did. It was almost as if Whedon knew he was letting me down and apologized by taking that poofter down with him. Bring on Warren Ellis.