# Anyone reading 1602?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-1602/204405>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 29, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-1602/204405 "2003-09-29T01:36:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-1602/204405/1 "2003-09-29T01:36:21Z")

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I’d like to have a general discussion of this comic. It’s turning out to be a pretty good story with some amazing artwork (what else would you expect from Gaiman/Kubert?)

But I have one quick question: Who the _hell_ is Virginia Dare?!! That really took me by surprise at the end of Issue 2. The only person I can think of that she might be, though it’s a bit of a stretch, is

Mystique

Who do you think she is?

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**Author:** ![ResIpsaLoquitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@ResIpsaLoquitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ResIpsaLoquitor)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-1602/204405/2 "2003-09-29T02:10:16Z")

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Virginia is a historical figure, just like Queen Elizabeth. Why she turns into a giant owl is beyond me. It’s certain that she is NOT Alpha Flight’s Snowbird, as Gaiman has sworn to limit the cast of characters to Marvel folk existing before 1969.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-1602/204405/3 "2003-09-29T02:16:08Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ResIpsaLoquitor \*  
> \*\*Virginia is a historical figure, just like Queen Elizabeth. \*\*

I know that. She was the first Euro baby born in the new world. But What I was asking about was why

she turns into a giant owl

That’s why I was thinking she might be

mystique

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**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-reading-1602/204405/4 "2003-09-29T02:57:18Z")

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The guy writing [this](http://continuitypages.com/marvel1602.htm) seems to think she’s

The Hulk

but I don’t know, mainly because I can’t find 1602 anywhere.