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[Jabroniville]

What's sad is that garbage power would've been fine on the New Mutants. But on THIS team?

[Jabroniville]

GAIA
Created By: Larry Hama & Andy Smith
First Appearance: Generation X #37 (April 1998)
Role: Cosmic Buddy, Side Character
Group Affiliations: Generation X
PL 8 (149)
STRENGTH 1 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 6 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 1

Skills:
Athletics 2 (+3)
Deception 3 (+4)
Expertise (Cosmic Stuff) 6 (+8)
Insight 3 (+5)
Perception 8 (+10)
Stealth 2 (+5)
Technology 2 (+4)

Advantages: 
Power Attack, Ranged Attack 6

Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Telepathic Telekinetic" 
"Telepathy" Communication (Mental) 2 Linked to Mind-Reading 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (25) -- [26]

• Dynamic AE: "Psychokinesis" Move Object 8 (Feats: Dynamic) (Extras: Perception Range) (25)

"TK Flight" Flight 5 (60 mph) [10]
"TK Field" Force Field 5 [5]
"Reshape Reality" Transform (Anything to Anything) 6 (Feats: Increased Mass 4) (Extras: Continuous) (Flaws: Distracting) [34]

Offense:
Unarmed +6 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
TK Thrown Objects +8 (+8 Ranged Damage, DC 23)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +3 (+8 Force Field), Fortitude +5, Will +5

Complications:
Motivation (Discovery)- No longer held to her role in protecting The Universal Amalgamator, Gaia now just wants to see the world.

Total: Abilities: 40 / Skills: 26--13 / Advantages: 7 / Powers: 77 / Defenses: 12 (149)

-Gaia was a character devoted to protecting some Cosmic Macguffin, but when that storyline ended, she had nothing holding her there, and so she hunt out with the Gen-X kids for a bit. She decided to go wandering the Earth for a while instead, and has never reappeared. Her powers are pretty generic, except she's ALSO a low-level Reality Warper, though I'm not sure to what level.

[Jabroniville]

Best picture I could find. Swear to God.

MONDO
Created By: Scott Lobdell & Chris Bachalo
First Appearance: Generation X #3 (Jan. 1995)
Role: Absorbing Man Lite, The Mole
Group Affiliations: Generation X
PL 8 (117)
STRENGTH 3 STAMINA 4 AGILITY 2
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 0 AWARENESS 0 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Athletics 4 (+7)
Deception 6 (+8)
Expertise (Criminal) 3 (+3)
Intimidation 3 (+5)
Perception 2 (+2)

Advantages: 
Power Attack, Ranged Attack 2, Startle

Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Object Duplication" 
Variable 7 (Effects of Any Material) (Flaws: Limited to Objects Touched) [49]
Movement 3 (Permeate 3) (Flaws: Limited to Organic Substances) [3]
Speed 4 (30 mph) (Flaws: Limited to while Permeating) [2]

"Sample Power-Sets"
"Metals or Stone"
Growth 6, Protection 6, Immunity 10 (Life Support), Increased Mass 2 -- (30 points)

"Particulates"
Insubstantial 2 (Feats: Subtle, Selective), Slithering -- (14 points)

Offense:
Unarmed +7 (+3 Damage, DC 18)
Stone Body +7 (+9 Damage, DC 24)
Initiative +2

Defenses:
Dodge +7 (DC 17), Parry +7 (DC 17), Toughness +4 (+9 Certain Forms), Fortitude +5 (+11 Certain Forms), Will +4

Complications:
Secret (Villain)- Mondo is at first a clone working for Cordelia Frost, then it turns out he's a Black Tom Cassidy minion.

Total: Abilities: 40 / Skills: 18--9 / Advantages: 4 / Powers: 54 / Defenses: 10 (117)

-Mondo is sort of like what happens when you want to write a "Terra" rip-off storyline for your team book, then change your mind after the ending so you can use him again. See, Mondo was initially partnered up with Cordelia Frost, and joined Gen-X upon her request to Emma, but he was fatally shot by Bastion during Operation: Zero Tolerance (The potential big cross-over that had the most hilariously anti-climactic ending in history, with Bastion just giving up because S.H.I.E.L.D. came after him). But then they revealed that this Mondo was actually a CLONE, and that the real guy was working for Black Tom Cassidy all along. He briefly fought the Gen-X kids, then disappeared and hasn't been seen in comics since. Yet another sign that Generation X really had little effect on comics.

-Mondo is basically a lesser version of The Absorbing Man, plus some Speed-tricks and Permeate ability. He's only PL 8 because that's what most of the Gen-X kids were at this point, and I don't see him being any tougher than the lot of them.

[Jabroniville]

"This one," he said, pointing at Storm, "must be Banshee." 
"No, that's Storm," I said. "Here's Banshee."
"Jim, don't you know that banshees are FEMALE?"
"Yes, but, you should take that up with Roy. He created this guy a long time ago."
"ROY?!" Stan had that look of horror and incredulity you get when you discover that the guy who's been doing your taxes can't add or subtract.
"ROY doesn't know banshees are female?!"
"I guess he thought it didn't matter." 
-Jim Shooter, talking about the day he & Stan Lee checked out the rosters of the Old and New X-Men

BANSHEE (Sean Cassidy)
Created By: Roy Thomas & Werner Roth
First Appearance: The X-Men #28 (Jan. 1967)
Role: Ethnic Stereotype (especially at first), The Old Cop, The Retired Hero, The Guy Who Gets Written Out
Country of Origin: Ireland
Group Affiliations: The NYPD, Interpol, The X-Men, Generation-X
PL 10 (164)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 7 DEXTERITY 5
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 2

Skills:
Close Combat (Unarmed) 3 (+10)
Deception 5 (+7)
Expertise (Interpol/Police Officer) 7 (+10)
Insight 5 (+8)
Investigation 7 (+10)
Perception 5 (+8)
Vehicles 2 (+5)

Advantages: 
Equipment (X-Uniform), Improved Aim, Improved Critical (Sonic Scream) 2, Improved Smash, Jack-of-All-Trades, Power Attack, Ranged Attack 5, Set-Up, Teamwork

Powers:
"Mutant Powers: Sonic Scream"
"Sonic Flight" Flight 8 (500 mph) (Flaws: Winged Costume) [8]

"Loud Scream- Burst" Dazzle Hearing 10 (Extras: Area- 60ft. Burst +2) (Flaws: Touch Range) (30) -- [39]

• AE: "Loud Scream- Cone" Dazzle 10 (Extras: Area- 60ft. Cone) (Flaws: Touch Range) (20)
• AE: "Stunning Scream" Affliction 10 (Fort; Dazed/Stunned/Incapacitated) (Extras: Cumulative, Ranged) (30)
• AE: "Shake Apart Objects" Weaken Toughness 10 (Extras: Ranged, Penetrating) (Flaws: Limited to Objects) (30)
• AE: "Hypnotic Trance" Affliction 8 (Will; Dazed/Compelled/Controlled) (Extras: Cumulative, Area-Perception) (24)
• AE: "Nauseating Scream" Affliction 8 (Fort; Impaired/Disabled/Incapacitated) (Extras: Ranged) (16)
• AE: "Concussive Scream" Blast 10 (Feats: Precise) (21)
• AE: "Concussive Cone" Damage 10 (Extras: Area- 60ft. Cone) (20)
• AE: "Concussive Ram" Damage 10 (Extras: Area- 30ft. Line) (20)
• AE: "Neutralize Scanning Equipment" Concealment (Hearing) 10 (Extras: Affects Others, Area- 30ft. Burst) (Flaws: Limited to Machines) (20)

"Specialized Hearing" Senses 6 (Accurate Extended & Ultra-Hearing) [6]
"Screaming Deflection Field" Enhanced Advantages 2: Defensive Roll 2 [2]
Immunity 1 (Sonic Dazzles) [1]
"Cassidy Clan" Immunity 1 (Black Tom Cassidy's Blast Powers) [1]

Equipment:
X-Men Uniform (Communications, Wings for Flight)

Offense:
Unarmed +10 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Loud Screams +10 Area (+10 Affliction, DC 20)
Stunning/Nauseating Screams +10 (+10 Ranged Affliction, DC 20)
Shake Apart +10 (+10 Ranged Weaken, DC 20)
Hypnotic Trance +8 Area (+10 Affliction, DC 18)
Concussive Scream +10 (+10 Ranged Damage, DC 25)
Concussive Area Screams +10 Areas (+10 Damage, DC 25)
Initiative +3

Defenses:
Dodge +10 (DC 20), Parry +10 (DC 20), Toughness +3 (+5 D.Roll), Fortitude +6, Will +8

Complications:
Prejudice (Mutant)
Responsibility (Cassidy Keep)- Sean is the heir to Cassidy Keep, and technically in charge of the entire Clan.
Relationship ("Black" Tom Cassidy)- Sean and Tom were as close as brothers in their youth, though Tom was a bit of a bad boy- when they competed for the heart of the same woman (Maeve Rourke), Tom willingly stepped aside when he discovered she loved Sean. But when Maeve died in a terrorist bombing, Sean blamed Tom for her loss (he was away at the time), and the two became bitter enemies. Tom has since tried to murder Banshee and take Cassidy Keep for himself.
Relationship (Theresa Cassidy)- Tom raised Sean's daughter Theresa without telling Sean of her existence, as punishment for Sean crippling him. He did not meet her until she was an adult, though the two seemed close.
Relationship (Moira MacTaggart)- After Maeve, Moira was the love of Sean's life, and he was devoted to her, eventually retiring to Muir Island with her. He was heartbroken when she left him (needing to be alone, out of guilt for brainwashing Magneto), and again when she was killed by Mystique.
Power Loss (Screams)- All of Banshee's powers are dependent on his ability to scream. If he is gagged, choked, injured in the throat area or otherwise unable to scream, none of his powers aside from Extended & Ultra-Hearing (and the Cassidy Clan bit) will be effective. He will also be depowered immediately if he ever uses Extra Effort for his scream- this happened A LOT. The effect often lasts for months if the power is used continuously in such a manner.
Relationship (Generation-X)- Sean became a father figure to the Generation-X kids.

Total: Abilities: 56 / Skills: 34--17 / Advantages: 16 / Powers: 57 / Defenses: 18 (164)

Banshee- The Forgotten X-Man:
-I actually liked Banshee a lot. The guy just didn't have much luck, though- he's a HUGE part of the original Giant-Size line-up (having actually debuted in the late '60s as a brainwashed enemy-turned-ally), constantly saving the day, and got tons of lip service from the writers early on, as he was arguably the most powerful and versatile member of the entire team, and lasted an amazing FOUR YEARS on X-Men... but of course got injured in a 1979 issue and retired, meaning he missed out on the most legendary stories the book had- he wasn't there for The Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past or anything! As a result, if you ask most people who weren't there, they'll never realize that Banshee was ever such an important member of the X-Men!

-His backstory is also a bit elaborate- a former Special Agent with a great deal of undercover work, he fathered a child (Theresa- aka Siryn) without his knowledge, as his wife Maeve Rourke-Cassidy died soon after Siryn's birth in an IRA terrorist attack. He badly injured his cousin Black Tom for not protecting the woman they both loved (they competed over her, but even Tom admitted that Sean was the better man), and out of revenge, Tom hid Theresa's existence from Sean until very recent times.

Banshee's Debut & X-Years:
-Banshee made his debut in 1967 as part of Factor Three- an alliance of villains led by the Changeling. He had rejected their offer, but was controlled via technology in order to carry out their bidding. He is freed by Professor X, and turns on Factor Three and beats them. He appears a couple more times after that, but only in one-off roles (again in Thomas's X-Men against Factor Three, and once as a mistaken adversary in Captain America. After that, he joins the All-New, All-Different X-Men, intended to be one of a few "early" characters to "fail the entrance exam", alongside Sunfire & Thunderbird. However, Chris Claremont, the new writer, decided he liked the guy too much, and so kept him around as a bit of an "elder statesman" and a maturing influence on some of the others. In the book, he actually gets a LOT of cred (at one point, Magneto flat-out states that "among you, only HE is my equal!"), and even got a personalized villain, in his cousin- the vicious "Black" Tom Cassidy, who by this point was palling around with old X-foe, The Juggernaut! Hell, I remember being SHOCKED when reading those awesome Essential collections that not only was Banshee on the book for YEARS (getting a big rivalry with his cousin Black Tom Cassidy, as well as his best friend THE JUGGERNAUT), but he was given tons of credit! Once he gets hurt (a recurring trend with him), he left for over a decade! Along the way, he had a thing with Charles Xavier's ex-lady, Moira MacTaggert, resulting in a bit more romance on the book.

-Alas, it wasn't to last- Banshee was de-powered after straining his vocal cords saving the team from Moses Magnum, and soon moved off to the Scottish coast with his lady-love, thus missing out on the Dark Phoenix thing (he was there when Jean first became possessed by the entity). And so of course Sean missed out on countless legendary, life-changing storylines for the X-Men, only popping up once in a while (and usually because the team needed MOIRA, not him). So there Banshee sat on Muir Island, boinking Moira MacTaggert, and only showing up occasionally (he was kidnapped by James Proudstar, angry over Banshee having been there, watching his brother John die). A long-lost daughter was introduced as an enemy of Spider-Woman's, as well. It wasn't until the early '90s that saw him return, wearing a modified, Jim Lee version of the original X-Men uniforms (which looked REALLY GOOD under Jim's work, don't get me wrong- this is one of my favorite art styles for the team, with most of the group temporarily wearing them). He helped out the team a couple of times, and was there for Claremont's send-off in X-Men #3, fighting the brainwashed Blue Strike Force on Asteroid M.

Generation X:
-Banshee would split up with Moira after that, as she felt unworthy of love once word got out that she'd been trying to genetically engineer an infant Magneto in hoping that he'd turn out differently as an adult (Magneto was piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiissed). They'd be off-and-on a bit after that, continuing when Banshee was chosen as one of the mentors/schoolmasters in Generation X, with a whole new group of Mutant kids. He gets a bit more backstory, but not as much character development as Emma Frost (who gains TWO long-lost sisters!). He went back on the shelf after the book was canceled, ending up on the "X-Corps" disaster, where he ended up killed off unceremoniously while trying to stop a bomb. Sucks to be him, especially since he's come back under the control of evil people THREE FRIGGIN' TIMES (Selene, Amatsu-Mikaboshi & The Apocalypse Twins all did it). As of now, he is currently alive, but possessed by a Celestial Death Seed, which renders him evil, so he's trapped in X-Men Jail.

-Banshee thus remains an underrated character with a very unique power-set, albeit one that his equally-interesting (and more "current") daughter also has, so he doesn't get to do a whole lot anymore. The fact that his legacy was damaged by leaving the X-Men so "soon" (a four-year run is nothing to sneeze at) holds him back a lot, too. 

Banshee's Stats:
-Banshee's fully-balanced on Offense, with a powerful Area Attack Blast & Dazzle, with a few handy Alt-Effects attached to it, making him a VERY versatile Blaster, capable of wiping out entire SWATHS of guys in one shot. However, this is a tricky ability for someone who fights on teams (it's REALLY easy to catch your teammates in the crosshairs of a Cone Effect that's 60-feet wide at the end. Plus, he's vulnerable, like most Blasters in comics tend to be. Not AS bad of a Glass Cannon, but he's only PL 7.5 in that regard- he's one or two bad saves from going down to almost ANY decently-balanced attack. He's also one of the more skilled X-Men, though honestly that didn't come up a whole lot during his first run- it was boosted in the Gen-X years and more, once he'd gotten more of a solo focus.

[Ares]

Yep, Banshee are traditionally female.

And Thor was a a red head.
And needed gloves to wield his hammer.
And couldn't control the weather.
Or fly.
And Loki was actually Odin's adopted brother in some stories, not Thors.
And wasn't evil so much as a trickster.

But clearly, an Irishman whose powers is based around screaming taking the name of a supernatural creature known for screaming is way worse than getting almost everything about Norse Mythology wrong.

[Horsenhero]

Yep, Banshee are traditionally female.

And Thor was a a red head.
And needed gloves to wield his hammer.
And couldn't control the weather.
Or fly.
And Loki was actually Odin's adopted brother in some stories, not Thors.
And wasn't evil so much as a trickster.

But clearly, an Irishman whose powers is based around screaming taking the name of a supernatural creature known for screaming is way worse than getting almost everything about Norse Mythology wrong.

It should be noted, that while you're throwing shade at Stan Lee here, Thor's Marvel appearance was designed by Jack Kirby, not Stan and while Loki may be Odin's adopted brother in some stories, maybe Stan & Jack thought evil brother worked better than evil uncle.
While he may have been a trickster, he was definitely a traitor, killed at Ragnarok by Heimdall. Beheaded with the guardian's ironically named sword, Hofud (Head).

Regardless, Banshee was one of my favorite X-Men. During Magneto's first appearance under Claremont, Magneto pretty much wipes the floor with everyone, except Banshee. Magneto has to work hard for that win. Banshee sends Weapon Alpha (Guardian) running for the hills when he comes for Wolverine because Mr. Hudson accidentally injures Moira which set Banshee off, using his sonci scream to near lethal effect (it's liquefying everything it hits). When Wolverine, Jean Grey and Banshee are kidnapped by the Sentinels Banshee picks up Jean and Wolvie and flies off, blowing the snot out of every Sentinel that crosses their path (they would've escaped too if they hadn't been on a space station) and of course he pushes his powers to their limit to stop and earthquake (courtesy of Moses Magnum) powerful enough to sink Japan (though I'm willing to chalk that up to hyperbole).

During those early years Claremont gave huge love to Banshee, but I guess he eventually got tired of him and wrote him out. It's really too bad because he had some extremely good showings in the Claremont/Cockrum years. He didn't last horribly long into the Byrne era, which leads me to believe maybe JB wasn't so fond of him (as opposed to Wolverine who did...okay...during the Cockrum era, but nothing like he grew into under Byrne). Things like that lead me to believe that Claremont collaborated with his artists maybe a little more than people give him credit for.

[Jabroniville]

Yeah, it's safe to say the artists had a lot of "sway" on the book, and Claremont seemed good about sharing. With Cockrum, there was a LOT of "Space Stuff", what with the Shi'ar, Legion of Super-Heroes expies, and more. With Byrne, it felt more "classic superhero" to some degree, and Wolverine of course started his push around that time (though he didn't REALLY take off until shortly before Byrne left, with the "Now it's MY TURN!" Hellfire Club comic). With John Romita, Jr., suddenly things felt horribly gritty, moody and intense.

Dude seemed pretty giving, honestly- I've not heard too many complaints about him from his creative partners. Even Byrne is more full of good-natured jibing and the occasional complaint about his quirks ("Claremont Syndrome" was the name he gave to "giving more and more complicated backstories to every character so that NOBODY is ever 'normal'- at least, until it infected everyone in the industry"), but given how Byrne is like regarding EVERYONE ELSE, that's practically worship.

[M4C8]

Yep, Banshee are traditionally female.

And Thor was a a red head.
And needed gloves to wield his hammer.
And couldn't control the weather.
Or fly.
And Loki was actually Odin's adopted brother in some stories, not Thors.
And wasn't evil so much as a trickster.

But clearly, an Irishman whose powers is based around screaming taking the name of a supernatural creature known for screaming is way worse than getting almost everything about Norse Mythology wrong.

I've read that as well as Thor, Balder, Tyr, Hermod, Vidar and Bragi being Odin's children so were Heimdall, Sif and all the Valkyrie's.

[MacynSnow]

Yep, Banshee are traditionally female.

And Thor was a a red head.
And needed gloves to wield his hammer.
And couldn't control the weather.
Or fly.
And Loki was actually Odin's adopted brother in some stories, not Thors.
And wasn't evil so much as a trickster.

But clearly, an Irishman whose powers is based around screaming taking the name of a supernatural creature known for screaming is way worse than getting almost everything about Norse Mythology wrong.

I've read that as well as Thor, Balder, Tyr, Hermod, Vidar and Bragi being Odin's children so were Heimdall, Sif and all the Valkyrie's.

My Brother Tatsuie know's more about this stuff then i do(at least the Norse Mythology part),but if i remember right Loki only turned on Asguard after he was (some would say rightly) shafted from being King of The Realm after Odin finally died...

[Ares]

Yep, Banshee are traditionally female.

And Thor was a a red head.
And needed gloves to wield his hammer.
And couldn't control the weather.
Or fly.
And Loki was actually Odin's adopted brother in some stories, not Thors.
And wasn't evil so much as a trickster.

But clearly, an Irishman whose powers is based around screaming taking the name of a supernatural creature known for screaming is way worse than getting almost everything about Norse Mythology wrong.

I've read that as well as Thor, Balder, Tyr, Hermod, Vidar and Bragi being Odin's children so were Heimdall, Sif and all the Valkyrie's.

My Brother Tatsuie know's more about this stuff then i do(at least the Norse Mythology part),but if i remember right Loki only turned on Asguard after he was (some would say rightly) shafted from being King of The Realm after Odin finally died...

Well, to my knowledge, Loki was finally imprisoned when his mischief went too far. He got Baldur killed, and then screwed up the one chance to bring him back to life, purely to be a troll to everyone else. So he got imprisoned within the Earth and tortured until Ragnarok, where at which point he was more than happy to lead the army of giants against Asgard. Odin didn't actually die until Ragnarok, devoured by either the Midgard Serpent or the Fenris Wolf, and was avenged by one of his sons.

[Ares]

Yep, Banshee are traditionally female.

And Thor was a a red head.
And needed gloves to wield his hammer.
And couldn't control the weather.
Or fly.
And Loki was actually Odin's adopted brother in some stories, not Thors.
And wasn't evil so much as a trickster.

But clearly, an Irishman whose powers is based around screaming taking the name of a supernatural creature known for screaming is way worse than getting almost everything about Norse Mythology wrong.

It should be noted, that while you're throwing shade at Stan Lee here, Thor's Marvel appearance was designed by Jack Kirby, not Stan and while Loki may be Odin's adopted brother in some stories, maybe Stan & Jack thought evil brother worked better than evil uncle.
While he may have been a trickster, he was definitely a traitor, killed at Ragnarok by Heimdall. Beheaded with the guardian's ironically named sword, Hofud (Head).

The point being that it's a little hypocritical to complain about "Roy didn't know X about folklore/mythology" when they've got at least as egregious an example that they themselves have made.

[MacynSnow]

I've read that as well as Thor, Balder, Tyr, Hermod, Vidar and Bragi being Odin's children so were Heimdall, Sif and all the Valkyrie's.

My Brother Tatsuie know's more about this stuff then i do(at least the Norse Mythology part),but if i remember right Loki only turned on Asguard after he was (some would say rightly) shafted from being King of The Realm after Odin finally died...

Well, to my knowledge, Loki was finally imprisoned when his mischief went too far. He got Baldur killed, and then screwed up the one chance to bring him back to life, purely to be a troll to everyone else. So he got imprisoned within the Earth and tortured until Ragnarok, where at which point he was more than happy to lead the army of giants against Asgard. Odin didn't actually die until Ragnarok, devoured by either the Midgard Serpent or the Fenris Wolf, and was avenged by one of his sons.

like i said,Tatsuie knows more about the Norse stuff then i do....
I actually liked it when Banshee was on the team(Especially when they first fought Guardian of Alpha Flight:Him getting so mad that he was LIQUIFING anything his Scream hit truly terrified Hudson.and just minutes earlier,he was bragging about his Armor being as powerful as Iron Man's... ),but i honestly think Black Tom would've made a better redeemed Hero instead...

[Goldar]

When Banshee made his debut in the original X-Men series, it was stated that he could fly so fast as to appear invisible. And Banshee took on a sort of sonic form.

Did he ever show those abilities while as an X-Men member?

How do Banshee and his daughter's powers differ?

[L-Space]

MONDO
Created By: Scott Lobdell & Chris Bachalo
First Appearance: Generation X #3 (Jan. 1995)
Role: Absorbing Man Lite, The Mole
Group Affiliations: Generation X[/b]

Never heard of this guy, but he has a pretty cool (and somewhat underused) power-set. Too bad it was wasted on this guy.

Speaking on mythology, just about every comic company gets stuff wrong. My head canon is that myth's and legends get changed and distorted over time. That being said, I still get frustrated whenever Hades gets portrayed as an evil god of DEATH. Dude was pretty tame compared to the rest of the pantheon.

[Goldar]

Oh, yeah, and Banshee was drawn with an "ugly" cavemanish (no disparity against cave-people) appearance, quite a bit older than the teen X-Men and what they called "long hair" which was really just long layers over his collar.