Talk:Blackbird (comics)

From SR-71 Blackbird

This information has been edited down in the SR-71 article. I have placed it here so that it can be easily incorporated into this article if so desired. Thanks.

An aircraft bearing more than a passing resemblance to the Blackbird (see Blackbird (comics)) is the primary mode of transport for the superhero team the X-Men. The aircraft sits in a hangar below ground in the Charles Xavier estate near the X-Mansion. In the films the hangar exists under the basketball court directly bordering the main house, in the comics the hangar connects via a tunnel from the X-Mansions sublevels, signifigantly further away than in the films. It has appeared in many Marvel comics. Originally a modified SR-71, the original X-Men Blackbird has subsequently been replaced by more nearly unique aircraft, although all versions have retained the "Blackbird" name. The animated series and feature films feature Blackbirds that vary greatly from the original SR-71 design. A dragon character associated with the team is named Lockheed because of the Blackbird's association with Lockheed-Martin. The film version isn't really a Blackbird at all; it is capable of vertical take-off and landing, which the SR71 certainly is not, it carries a number of passengers, whereas the SR71 is strictly 2 persons. And it might be said that no Blackbird was ever shot down in combat, whereas in the second X-men film their jet is attacked successfully by apparently conventional military weapons.

--BillCJ 14:24, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

RS-150

I seem to recall reading in one of the incarnations of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe that the official designation for the Blackbird is RS-150. RahadyanS 19:29, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:26, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

X-Jet in movies

In the movieverse, the term "X-Jet" is never actually used in either of the three films (though Blackbird isn't, either.) The tie-in merchandise calls it the X-Jet, though. Might want to clarify that rather than saying "The Blackbird was called the X-Jet in the movies," because... well, it wasn't. 66.245.138.109 (talk) 07:03, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

First Apearance

The Blackbird First Apeared in Uncanny X-Men #144 in 1981. The Vehicle which apeared in 1975 and again in Uncanny X-Men #104 was the Strato-jet. If anyone knows of an earlier apearance please post the Issue. Additionally the Strato-jet seems to apear last in Uncanny X-Men #129.--70.29.20.17 (talk) 08:03, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Correction the Apearance is Uncanny X-Men #143 my mistake--70.29.20.17 (talk) 08:09, 19 February 2010 (UTC)