I should dig up my old Asian-American studies final paper; it was all about how the various Asian characters in X-Men represented very specific real-life things (eg Karma, the Vietnamese character with "brainwashing" powers; Psylocke, being internally British while outwardly appearing Chinese, was a representation of Hong Kong).

Forge is Native American (Cheyenne I think), not black. In addition to Bishop, you forgot Storm. Technically, Maggott (when not blue).

Terry Dodson also does current art on Uncanny X-Men; he splits time with Greg Land. And Land's art only looks like porn stars, because he traces/photochops!

I like a lot of Judd Winick's stuff. People complain about how everything he touches gets AIDS, but that's just raising awareness. Terry in Green Lantern, Mia in Green Arrow... It made HIV an issue to deal with in the DCU. Homosexuality too.

One of Nightcrawler's heroes is Errol Flynn, hence the swordplay. Plus he uses his tail for unique triple-wielding!

When you call Wolverine a caveman, is that in reference to the Moon Child origin? I think that's only canon for the Days of Future Past version...

Magneto doesn't fly exactly. His outfit has those round metal studs; he manipulates those with his power and goes along for the ride. It's been depicted as regular flying for so long now that most people probably have forgotten that.

So can I get a confirmation: Jason Diesel starring as Riding Bean? If we can't get him, try Vin Statham.

re: Captain America. Dom, you should read the whole thing. It actually flows from Steve Rogers into Bucky Barnes... You shouldn't skip on Brubaker just because of who's in the cowl.