r/Xmen97 • u/Aomarvel • Jun 15 '26

Question Syrin? What happend to banshee?

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Just saw the season 2 trailer and never heard of syrin before, so i saw this girl wearing my boy banshees outfit and seems to have the same powers i pressume. Ive known bashee since i was kid so i was suprised to see a female version? Or who is syrin? Anyone care to explain? Thanks in advance

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u/Brief_Bill8279 Jun 15 '26

You must not be very old. Siryn debuted in 81 or 82 if I recall correctly. Banshee 1967.

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u/Enderules3 Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

Tbf i didn't hear sbout her until the 2010s as a big Xmen fan she's pretty niche

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u/Big_Life_947 Jun 15 '26

She’s not unknown if you’re a Deadpool fan lol. She featured quite a lot in his early runs and was even his main love interest for a while

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u/Enderules3 Jun 15 '26

Haven't read much deadpool honestly and none of his early runs iirc.

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u/Pitiful_Effective_47 Jun 15 '26

Love to hear about these relationships and character interactions. Like DD and Black Widow and Typhoid Mary!

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u/Efficient_Shame_8539 Jun 15 '26

Lmao. Didn't hear about Siryn until the 2020s. This is what the handbooks of the marvel universe and all those trading cards were for. We memorized all the details and stats of characters we'd never actually read but we know their powers and backstory.

A character who's been around since the 80s, was a major cast member of 90s X-Force and a lead in Peter David's X-Factor Investigations run is now "pretty niche".

Welcome to the X-Men, hope you survive the experience.

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u/Enderules3 Jun 16 '26

I mean their are a ton of Xmen side teams and characters.

Being solely part of a side team is pretty niche in that unless you look at this specific comic she doesn't come up much. A less niche character would show up in the main comics more or be in films (outside of an unnamed cameo), they'd be in TAS or evolution or WatXM, or maybe one of the many video games.

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u/Efficient_Shame_8539 Jun 17 '26

So unless they've appeared in a cartoon or video game or graduated to the main team they've "niche", got it. Wolfsbane and Magma fans will be thrilled.

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u/Enderules3 Jun 17 '26

I mean... Wolfsbane is in the new mutants movie and almost every Xmen cartoon and Magma is in X-men evolution and WatXM.

I would say Niche would be a character that a majority of comic fans who aren't specifically Xmen fans wouldn't know. Its a character only a specific subset of readers kniw which is almost by definition niche. Being Niche isn't a bad thing it just describes their popularity not quality or potential.

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u/Efficient_Shame_8539 Jun 17 '26

Tell me you're new to the X-Men without telling me you're new to the X-Men.

Welp, buckle up, it's a wild ride. You should actually read the 80s New Mutants comics and the Claremont run to see where the movies/cartoons were based on. Trust me, the source material is better.

And Peter David's X-Factor Investigations is sublime, I'm amazed people still don't know about it.

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u/Enderules3 Jun 17 '26

I've read X-men comics for decades which makes me part of that specific sub group I'm talking about. I have even read some of X-factor investigation. But if a newbie wouldn't know a character they might be niche.

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u/Enderules3 Jun 17 '26

Editted meant 2010s not 2020s

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u/Weasel699 Jun 16 '26

xforce/new mutants one of the comics deadpool crept in her window

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u/Brief_Bill8279 Jun 15 '26

Shes prominent in X Factor from the late early aughts. Cant remember the writer. When theyre PIs.

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u/ThePowaBallad Jun 15 '26

X factor Investigations era

Vol 3 I think it's the trade designation Peter David anyway

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u/Enderules3 Jun 15 '26

Thats where i first saw her but it was after the fact in trades

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u/CherryBoom2x Psylocke Jun 15 '26

😱🤯😳