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Index to X-Man and related Version 1.2, last modified May 27, 2001 by Robert Diehl (rfdiehl@yahoo.com) Introduction: Where did Nate first land? What did he teach Onslaught? What is the last name of Jean's niece and nephew? Who owned the Irish pub Nate liked best? What city did Nate dream of destroying? Loeb: Jeph Loeb wrote nine issues, the first four of which replaced Cable during the Age of Apocalypse (summarized separately). Mr. Sinister genetically engineered Nate as the ultimate weapon, with power so great that it threatens to destroy him. His was the only book to continue the regular Marvel universe, where he fought himself as much as any villain. X-Man never had much to do with the X-Men but played well with other Marvel heroes. Best: the return of Maddie Pryor. Not-So-Much-the-Best: Sugarman as the ghost in Genosha's machine. Ostrander: John Ostrander wrote for a half-dozen issues and introduced Nate to the X-universe, usually explosively, and gave him the death- junkie Threnody as a girlfriend. Best: meeting Xavier, Rogue, and Exodus. Not-So-Much-the-Best: Maddie with Selene. Kavanagh: Terry Kavanagh took over for four years, the bulk of the series. He made Nate the miracle- worker of Washington Square Park, befriended him to Spider-Man, and let Maddie kill Threnody. Then Nate got into the club scene and went astray. He started dating his mother-twice-removed, spent a lot of time in Irish pubs, and was trailed around by Ness to no apparent purpose. Best: a mutant who directly helps people, trying to reestablish the Hellfire Club, not overlooking Joey and Galen, Threnody's death-addiction. Not-So-Much-the-Best: resurrection after Coldsnap; Roust, Jam, Bux, and Marita; The Purple Man, Tech-Gnomes, Sylph, Urchaala. Ellis & Grant: X-Man became a "Counter X" book in iss. 63, with an abrupt break in continuity, new writers Warren Ellis and Steven Grant, and an unrenlenting ruthlessness. Some people liked it, but the series was dead in a year. Best: hmm? I guess we should be happy we didn't have to witness Perpetua poking out her own eyeballs. Not-So-Much-the-Best: "a French girl with red eyes ate my hand," Ariel Olivetti's geriatric Nate, Maddie as an alternate Jean Grey, Nate instantaneously fixed, Nate as shaman. Honorable Mention: Maddie v. Tessa in the '96 Annual. Dishonorable Mention: All Saints' Day Anyway, Enjoy the index. Let me know if you find any mistakes. Issue: X-Man 5 Date: Jul-95 Story: The Man Who Fell to Earth (22 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey (X-Man) Regular Characters: Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: AOA's Forge, Cyclops, Phoenix (in flashback); Prof. Xavier, Bishop Villains: AOA's Sinister, Holocaust, Apocalypse (in flashback) Other Characters: Sven Claris Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Bud LaRosa Colors: Mike Thomas, Digital Chameleon Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: The X-Man series issues 1-4 were the Age of Apocalypse version of Cable. "The most dangerous being on the planet" has fallen onto our earth in Switzerland, crawls out of the crater, and wanders, disoriented. He is hit by a truck, and the when driver tries to help him, he freaks out, thinking he is on his world and Apocalypse is after him. He wanders into town, confused, and a stranger, Claris, takes him in, and he gives his name as "Nate Grey", half-remembering Jean. He sleeps, and his subconscious mind brings Madelyne Pryor into being. In Westchester, Xavier senses Nate's power but, strangely, is unable to trace him. Issue: X-Man 6 Date: Aug-95 Story: Earthly Delights (22 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: Blaquesmith Villains: Sugarman, Rex Other Characters: Sven Claris Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Bud LaRosa Colors: Mike Thomas, Digital Chameleon Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sugarman has been on our earth for 20 years, secretly manipulating Genosha. He took note of Nate's appearance and sends Rex to catch him. Rex goes to Switzerland and finds Sven getting drunk in a bar. Nate offers to read Maddie's mind, since she has only partial memories. He is attacked by a monstrous apparition of Havok, which then disappears, leaving Nate exhausted. Just then Rex arrives, trying to take Nate alive. Nate leaves him unconscious in the snow and goes off with Maddie, aware now that he is being hunted. Blaquesmith also tracks him. Issue: X-Man 7 Date: Sep-95 Story: Whispers in the Night (22 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: Villains: Selene, Sugarman, Rex Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Steve Skroce, Phil Hester Inks: Bud LaRosa, Matt Ryan, Keith Williams Colors: Mike Thomas, Digital Chameleon Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Nate and Maddie go to Paris and plummet from the sky ? Nate is having trouble keeping up his energy levels. Maddie half-remembers being hurt by the X-Men. They fall in love and attract Selene's attention; she appears to them, and they chase her into an alley full of clowns. Selene gets Maddie to go with her, then interferes with Rex. In Genosha, Sugarman rants and raves over it all. Nate is left alone in Paris. Issue: X-Man 8 Date: Oct-95 Story: Hitting Bottom (22 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Blaquesmith Villains: Rex, Dark Beast Other Characters: Susan Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb, John Rozum Pencils: Steve Skroce, Scott McDaniel Inks: LaRosa, Miller, Russell, Pennington, Ryan Colors: Mike Thomas, Malibu's Hues Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Nate has a job on a yacht, where he is approached by a beautiful blonde. He is suddenly uncontrollably hungry and thirsty, even attacking the crew, and he sees a reflection of himself dying. Blaquesmith, in New York, records a spike of psi-energy and realizes it's just like Cable but without the t-o virus. Rex tracks it, too, boards the ship, kills a crewman, and attacks Nate, who soon runs out of energy. Just then, Dark Beast appears and kills Rex with a hypodermic. Issue: X-Man 9 Date: Nov-95 Story 1: Question of Power (16 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Blaquesmith Villains: Rex, Dark Beast Other Characters: Susan Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb, John Ostrander Pencils: Skroce, Haynes Inks: LaRosa, Carani, Lowe, Hanna, Pennington Colors: Mike Thomas, Malibu Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Dark Beast tells Nate he and Sugarman also survived the Age of Apocalypse universe, and he wants to mentor him. Nate fights him, instead. Susan wakes with a hangover and realizes the crew is dead. Dark Beast grabs her, shows Nate that she hates and fears mutants, and offers to rule the world with him. Nate hesitates, then blasts him, but gets suddenly weak. Dark Beast explains that Sinister built in safeguards on his power, which will ultimately kill him, and he offers to help him live. Nate blasts him again, goes to find the X- Men. Blaquesmith observes from a distance, then goes to warn Xavier. Story 2: Teeth of the Storm (6 pages) Feature Characters: Blaquesmith Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Other Characters: Credits: Writer: John Ostrander Pencils: Lee Weeks Inks: Bill Sienkiewicz Colors: Pal Becton, Malibu Letters: The Usual Suspects Synopsis: Blaquesmith pilots his craft through a hurricane to get to Westchester. He ponders Cable, his clone Stryfe, and Nate Grey, and suddenly he comes under fire. He maneuvers, fires back, and gets away. Issue: X-Man 10 Date: Dec-95 Story: Confrontation (21 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Blaquesmith, Prof. Charles Xavier Villains: Dark Beast (in flashback) Other Characters: Sheriff L.B. Kellogg, Amanda Credits: Writer: John Ostrander Pencils: Steve Skroce, Jan Duursema, Casey Jones Inks: Bud LaRosa, Ian Akin, Rob Hunter Colors: Mike Thomas, Malibu Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Jaye Gardner, Lisa Patrick Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Nate flies through the hurricane (last iss.), sees Blaquesmith's ship under attack, and gets hit by lightning. He washes ashore in North Carolina, then collapses again. He wakes in jail; the sheriff takes him out for breakfast. Xavier finds Blaquesmith lovingly fingering his Shi'ar equipment. Blaquesmith explains that he has come across a bio-signature nearly identical to Cable's, but with much more power. They agree he could be dangerous, so they track him, and Xavier goes there in astral form. Nate sees a news article about Moira getting the Legacy virus, and the locals express anti- mutant bigotry, so Nate gets angry and makes them forget him. Xavier observes, but Nate detects him and pulls him into the physical plane. Xavier tries to talk to him and identifies himself as the head of the X-Men, but Nate's X-Men were led by Magneto, so he blasts him, warning him to leave him alone. Xavier retreats before Nate pops an artery. Issue: X-Man 11 Date: Jan-96 Story: The X-Cutioner's Song (19 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Rogue, Prof. Charles Xavier, Moira MacTaggert Villains: X-Cutioner (Carl Denti) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: John Ostrander Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Bud LaRosa, Rob Hunter Colors: Mike Thomas, Graphic Color Works Letters: Pat Brosseau Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: X-Cutioner is a rogue FBI agent with an armory of alien weapons to kill bad mutants with. Now he targets Rogue, for killing Cody. She has left the X-Men after learning of Gambit's treachery in the Morlock Massacre and is sunning herself on a North Carolina beach. Nate crash-lands next to her. Overwrought from fighting Xavier (last iss.), he reflexively blasts her, so she knocks him out. When he wakes, he's calm, and they talk, but then X-Cutioner attacks. Nate defends Rogue but quickly tires, then Rogue jumps in. X- Cutioner goes down, then ports away. Rogue tells Nate the X-Men could help him, but he won't hear it, so she sends him to Moira. Xavier alerts Moira about Nate. Issue: X-Man 12 Date: Feb-96 Story: Trust (19 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Threnody Guest Stars: Excalibur: Britanic (Brian Braddock), Colossus (Piotr Rasputin), Shadowcat (Katherine Pryde), Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner); Dr. Moira MacTaggert, Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair), Prof. Charles Xavier Villains: Mr. Sinister (Nathan Essex); Rory Campbell; Spoor Other Characters: Credits: Writer: John Ostrander Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Bud LaRosa Colors: Mike Thomas, Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Nate gets to Muir, and Excalibur immediately attacks him as in intruder and knocks him out. He wakes, and Moira offers him a meal and a round of medical tests. Sinister orders Threnody to investigate Nate, but she plans to use him as her ticket out. Nate introduces himself to Rahne, then parts the sea to show her a shipwreck she told him about. Later, he snoops through the lab and finds Spoor, caged and making accusations of inhumane treatment. Nate, remembering Apocalypse's pens, invades Moira's mind to learn the truth. He realizes she is Xavier's ally, and that he is doomed to be killed by his own power by the age of 21. He explodes, literally. Issue: X-Man 13 Date: Mar-96 Story: The Hunted Below (19 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Threnody, Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: Britanic, Rogue, Moira MacTaggert, Prof. Xavier, Beast (all in flashback), Cable Villains: Marauders: Scrambler, Vertigo, Prism, Blockbuster, Arclight, Riptide, Scalphunter; Dark Beast (in flashback); Selene Other Characters: Credits: Writer: John Ostrander Pencils: Luke Ross Inks: Rob Hunter Colors: Mike Thomas, Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sinister sends the Marauders after the traitor Threnody, and they chase her in the sewers of Paris. Nate is nearby and hears her mind. Mistaking her for Maddie, he comes to the rescue. The Marauders put up a good fight, but when Scrambler messes with Nate's mind, he explodes. While they are stunned, Threnody helps Nate get away. She explains that she can't control her mutant power to sense dying people, and Sinister saved her from insanity (X-Men II:27) and used her to find victims of the Legacy Virus. Nate uses he psi-powers to turn the Marauders' powers against each other and kills all but Riptide, who he sends back to Sinister with altered memories that Nate doesn't exist and Threnody was killed. Selene has taken Maddie in, and Cable is tracking Nate. Note: the story continues in Cable 30. Issue: X-Man 14 Date: Apr-96 Story: Fallen from Grace (19 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Threnody, Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: Cable, Blaquesmith Villains: Exodus Other Characters: Ella Credits: Writer: John Ostrander, Terry Kavanagh Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Bud LaRosa Colors: Mike Thomas, Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cable has tracked Nate to Switzerland; so has Exodus. He is unstable and feeding off Nate's power as they fight. Blaquesmith tries to get Cable to destroy Nate, thinking he's an ally of Apocalypse, but Cable tries to ally with him, instead. Nate overloads Exodus with power, then shoves him down a crevasse and seals it over him. Threnody, Cable, and Blaquesmith are all intimidated. Maddie, alone with a servant in Selene's mansion, cuts her hand cooking. But she doesn't bleed until she notices it. Note: the story continues in Cable 31. Note: a pin-up of Cable and X-Man follows. Issue: X-Man 15 Date: May-96 Story: Turning Point (20 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Threnody, Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: AOA Forge Villains: Sinister, Holocaust, Sebastian Shaw (Black King), Tessa, Onslaught Other Characters: Ella Credits: Writer: John Ostrander, Terry Kavanagh Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Bud LaRosa, Rob Hunter Colors: Mike Thomas, Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Nate dreams of Forge, who tells him he's dreaming and warns him that many want to use him. He wakes to kiss Maddie, but that's a dream, too, and he wakes kissing Threnody, in a Red Cross station with the victims of the avalanches he caused (last iss., Cable 30-31). Not sure if Threnody is working with Sinister, he enters her mind. He sees her buried under dying bodies and pulls back before he gets pulled in. He then removes the psi-baffles from her head, and her accumulated death energy explodes. Nate is knocked out, and she considers abandoning him, but then takes him to the Mediterranean to recuperate. They discuss the fact that his power may kill him, and she claims to be able to help. Maddie takes a bubble bath in Selene's tub. Her wound (last iss.) is already healed, and she doesn't remember her past. Shaw and Tessa are attacked by Onslaught, who wants Shaw's ally Holocaust to capture Nate. He attacks him on the beach. Issue: X-Man 16 Date: Jun-96 Story: Survivors of the Storm (22 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Threnody, Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: Villains: Holocaust, Selene Other Characters: Ella Credits: Writer: Terry Kavanagh Pencils: Val Semeiks Inks: Bud LaRosa Colors: Mike Thomas, Graphic Color Works Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Nate remembers shoving a shard of the M'Kraan crystal into Holocaust's chest. Holocaust attacks him on the beach, wounding bystanders, and their dying gets Threnody's attention. She tries to help the victims, but desires their death energies and euthanizes one. Maddie pokes around Selene's secret attic, finding her victims just as she returns. She has just killed the other Externals (X-Force 53-54) to prepare for troubles to come. She wants Maddie as her heir, gives her a leather outfit, and sends her to London to meet Rob Roy. Holocaust explains that he has allied with Onslaught, a new, mysterious villain. He battles Nate, then takes Threnody hostage, and Nate yields. Issue: X-Man 17 Date: Jul-96 Story: One Step Forward (22 pages) Feature Characters: Nate Grey Regular Characters: Threnody, Madelyne Pryor II Guest Stars: Villains: Holocaust, Selene, Trevor Fitzroy Other Characters: Ella, Marie, Craken, Shorty, Oscar Credits: Writer: Terry Kavanagh Pencils: Steve Skroce Inks: Bud LaRosa, Rob Hunter Colors: Mike Thomas, Malibu Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Nate telepathically tells Threnody to use her stored death energies against Holocaust, but she is frozen, so he enters her mind and does it himself. Holocaust lands somewhere in the Mediterranean, and Nate takes the survivors to the hospital. In London, Fitzroy pumps Craken for intelligence on Xavier. He finds Maddie cheating at darts and introduces himself, but she brushes him off. He pursues and tries to suck her life energy, but there's nothing there. He realizes she was sent by Selene and attacks her. Holocaust returns and attacks Threnody, but Nate comes to the rescue. He shatters Holocaust's armor while Maddie shatters Fitzroy's. Selene, taking vengeance on being repeatedly sliced into ribbons (Uncanny X- Men 301), drains Fitzroy's lifeforce. Threnody warns Nate that since he beat Holocaust, Onslaught will be next. She suggests they get help, and he agrees to contact the Avengers. Note: the Onslaught update is included here.
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