Shirtless Cypher & Naked Captain Britain
There has been much discussion of Captain Britain, Cypher and even Psylocke in a recent post, so I'm happy to bring you some scans featuring all three in the same issue! In various states of undress! In New Mutants Annual #2 pencilled by Alan Davis (who seems to include members of the Braddock family in anything he does), a blind, pre-ninja, pre-asian Betsy Braddock has been kidnapped by Mojo, and like all characters that have been kidnapped by that bloated bastard, she was forced to star in her own (reality) tv show.
Naturally, her brother Brian aka Captain Britain tries to rescue her, unfortunately he runs into Template who de-ages the hunky brit, and that's when Doug & Warlock find a naked boy-aged Brian. But Cap isn't the only piece of beefcake in this issue, Doug gives the boy part of his costume and spends the rest of the issue shirtless! I'm sure that there was much squeeing for this double dose of beefcake back in the day. There's even some cheescake in the form of a naked Betsy!
Aw, I love the hug in the end!
And here's some hoyay featuring BFFs Doug & Warlock. "Those bums'll never be the same"! Context is for the weak!
Comments
So, how do you feel about Cypher's recent resurrection? They seem to have aged him up a bit, which makes no sense since he died as a teen.
What I miss is his... ordinariness, his function as a benchmark for weirdness.
I want to know things like; Has he told his parents he's alive again (He never told them he was even a mutant and they think he died in an accident). Have he and Kitty said hi? He and Rahne even? I'd love there to be a "Welcome back" party for him!
Doug was (is) certainly a cutie.
The hug with older Brian (with the smile in Doug's face) is so great. I always loved that pic.
And by the way, I'm putting together all the Thor Hollywood variant covers in my blog, so you are all welcome to check those and try to guess which movie has inspired the variants.
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@DAN, I like how Warlock basically wrapped himself all over BETSY'S NAKED BODY! lol I also find Doug and Warlock's friendship adorable. So bromantic!
@César, I love the hug too because it managed to be sweet and sexy at the same time. Sweet because Brian is hugging Doug who he barely knows because he's grateful that he helped rescue Betsy, sexy because it features a hunky man hugging a shirtless teenager! I can see how this issue inspired your fanart.
@icon-uk, those are some great commissions! I especially love the newest one. I'm gonna try to find as many old New Mutants issues as I can to read about the Doug/Warlock bromance.
@Arion, I'm also pleasantly surprised that Doug has gotten such a great response here. It seems that Marvel did the right thing in resurrecting him. I'll check out your blog to see what exactly the "Thor Hollywood " variant covers are. =)
@Arion: Of course you are not alone. Doug is loved by many, as well he should.
@Pan: Your blog is also a source of inspiration (too bad I didn't have enough free time these past years). I guess there should be some more new shirtless fan-art pics coming from me sometime soon. I hope.
Part of what made Doug such a fun character was that he was geeky in ways comics fans tended to be at the time, into computer games and computers, a little shy, loved reading etc
On the other hand look at his track record with the ladies; Kitty, Cyndi (one of Legions female personalities), Betsy, Marie-Ange and Jenny (sort of) AND Rahne (though that one never worked for me, Louise Simonson making Doug a LOT more of a social misfit than he'd ever been and randomly putting him and Rahne into a romance). That's better than Sunspot has managed before or since put together! :)
@Arion, from what I've heard (and from what César said in a previous comment), the current New Mutants book is pretty good. The team is composed mostly of the original roster, its as if the Liefeld's X-Force never happened! Heh.