TrintenJoined: September 15, 2004Status: OfflinePosts: 6Rep:
Woohoo! I made it in time! Fri Jul 7, 2006 5:52:14 AM#18886Perm Link
And Aron, the Juggernaut is probably the niftiest Marvel character ever. (excluding the slight permutation that they did to him for the sake of the third X-Men movie).
There was a GREAT "AlterVerse/What If" comic where Juggernaut managed to kill Xavier and the X-men waaaay back in his first appearance, and it showed the repurcussions of his actions. Because there was no X-Men, the whole "Days of Future Past" timeline came true, but WAAAY earlier. On top of that, the Sentinels decided that overtaking humanity wasn't enough, so designed new power cells that gave off a radiation that was leathal to all humanoid life.
So the story revolves around Juggernaut wandering the desolate wasteland, starting to be a little remorseful and lonely, gets into a fight with a group of Sentinels, wins, and then wistfully considers that if he didn't fight back, they might have been able to find a way to kill him.
He goes back to the Sentinels original factory, where he destroyed Master Mold, and then runs into Magneto, who tells him that when Magneto was a prisoner of the Beyonder he was able to see alternate futures, and state of the planet is solely Juggernauts fault. Shortly thereafter, Magneto dies from the radiation.
Juggernaut goes on a rampage through the old factory, falling into the sublevels, and discovers a room that's sealed, and 'guarded' by an inexperienced Iceman (who in his ice form, is immune to the radiation). Juggernaut kills Iceman, smashing him apart to get into the room, and the group of refugees immediately curse him, making him aware that he's now breached their protection, and the radiation will kill them all now, and to leave them so they can die in peace. After some bumbling and trying to apologize, he does leave, and goes back to wandering the wasteland, ending with the narrative of "What was once a boastful battlecry has become a sourful reminder of damnation.... nothing can stop the Juggernaut."