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Issue: Mutant X 15 Date: Dec-99 Story: The Ripple Effect (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man Regular Characters: Scotty, Elektra, Cerebro Guest Stars: X-Men: Magneto, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Mys- tique, Polaris; Forge; the Hellfire Club: Kitty Pryde (Black Queen), Sebastian Shaw (Black King), Capt. America Villains: Graydon Creed; SHIELD including Gen. Nick Fury, Col. Dum Dum Dugan; Sunfire Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Cary Nord Inks: Andrew Pepoy Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: The Friends of Humanity nuke the X-mansion, in retaliation for the Goblin Queen Affair. Cerebro survives, and goes to Alex. Creed is now president; he pardons SHIELD and promotes Fury, who aims to round up all super-powered beings, starting with the Six. Alex, Ororo, and Bob hold them off long enough to let everyone escape. Ororo pilots them to a safe haven: Forge's Eagle's Rest. The Hellfire Club has fled there from New York, and Kitty leads them as Black Queen. Shaw says Creed and Fury want to eradicate all super-beings and were the ones who bombed the X-Men. Cap confirms the gov- ernment approached him, and the other Avengers went bad. Sunfire says the same is happening in Japan. Forge has created a new Cerebro Mark XIII to detect and catalog all mutants; Alex and Shaw think this is dangerous. Sunfire apologizes, but says he has a duty to kill them all. Cap, Alex, and Bob take him down. He suicides, exploding the Eagle's Rest with himself. The Mark XII rises from the ru- ins. Issue: Mutant X 16 Date: Jan-00 Story: God and Man (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man, Capt. America Regular Characters: Cerebro Guest Stars: Gambit (Remy LeBeau), Bella Donna Bou- dreaux, Raven Villains: SHIELD including Nick Fury, Dum Dum Dugan; Bastion-model ESP Sentinels; thugs in- cluding Tom, Dick, Harry; Julien Boudreaux Other Characters: Jonah Reeves Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Cary Nord Inks: Andrew Pepoy Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: The Six save Jonah, a mutant child, from a murderous mob of bigots. They are in New Orleans, tracking mutant children before SHIELD can get them, and Alex has sent Scotty and Elektra into hiding. They are accosted by the United Guild of Thieves and Assassins and brought to their boss, Gambit, who is married to Bella Donna; they have a daughter Raven. He tells them to get out of his town. Then SHIELD attacks; they want Raven, who is a very powerful mutant. Bella Donna is killed; turns out Julien had betrayed them to SHIELD, and he takes Raven to them. Gambit joins the Six, to get her back. Issue: Mutant X 17 Date: Feb-00 Story: The Wake Up Call (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man, Capt. America, Gambit Regular Characters: Cerebro Guest Stars: Cyclops; Binary, Nova, the Silver Surfer (in flashback) Villains: Sinister, Jean Grey, X-Man Other Characters: Credits: Writer, Art: Howard Mackie, Javier Saltares, Andrew Pepoy Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Alex has been having nightmares of being pursued, and all his friends being killed. Wak- ing up in the middle of the night, he realizes someone is in the brush and goes after him. It is Scott, and he catches his brother, says the Starjammers have been killed, and someone is after him. The run to Scott's ship, but then Scott is blasted in the back. Alex turns to find Sinister. He wakes in a lab, next to Scott. He gets a fin- ger loose and frees Scott's visor. They blow up the lab and flee. Sinister lets them go; he has Jean Grey as an ally and X-Man in storage. Issue: Mutant X 18 Date: Mar-00 Story: ?America's Future (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man, Capt. America, Gambit Regular Characters: Cerebro Guest Stars: Villains: Nick Fury, Jean Grey, Frank Castle (Punisher) Other Characters: Jack Lang, Dianne Davidson, Harry Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Cary Nord, Billy Patton Inks: Andre Pepoy Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Fury is training humans to kill mutants. Jack and Dianne are in the program. The Six rescue mutant child Harry, and are branded terrorists. Jack and Dianne find Harry and debate if they can really kill him, but Ororo interrupts with a legion of spiders. The rest of the Six arrive, just as Dianne bursts out in flames: she is a mutant, too, and Jack turns against her. Punisher and goons attack; Jean Grey shows up and helps them escape. Issue: Mutant X 19 Date: May-00 Story: The Coming (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man, Capt. America, Gambit Regular Characters: Scotty, Elektra Guest Stars: Villains: Prof. Xavier (see next iss.); Apocalypse and his Horsemen: Death (Warren Worthington), War, Famine, Pestilence Other Characters: Credits: Writer & Art: Howard Mackie, Javier Saltares, Andrew Pepoy, Cliff Rathburn, Scott Elmer, Rod Ramos Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: The Horsemen hunt down Xavier, alive and ambulatory, on the streets of New York. The Six rendezvous with Scotty and Elektra at the angel fountain in Central Park; Alex kisses Elektra; Scotty foresees something bad hap- pening. Xavier has let loose a "psychic tidal wave", summoning them. A second wave, which Xa- vier rides, lands him at their feet, with the Horsemen close behind. Warren pontificates on truth and trust and feuds with War. He demands they turn over Xavier; they are not sure it's really him but fight to defend him anyway. He tries to earn their trust by enter- ing their minds and helping them win. He re- alizes Cap is a secret mutant and prompts Alex to blast Warren. Before he can get them to kill the Horsemen, Apocalypse arises. Issue: Mutant X 20 Date: Jun-00 Story: Everything You Thought You Knew? (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Madelyne, Bloodstorm, the Fallen, Brute, Ice-Man Regular Characters: Scotty Guest Stars: The Fantastic Four, Logan, Sabretooth, Wild- child, Gambit, Capt. America (all in flashback); Jean Grey Villains: Apocalypse (in flashback); Prof. Xavier Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Javier Saltares, Tom Lyle, Billy Patton Inks: Andrew Pepoy, Cliff Rathburn, John Czop, Jay Leisten Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Alex is disoriented: he remembers dying again, then awakes to see the original Six (see iss. 1). He tries to get Scotty away from Mad- die but only scares him. After a while, he doesn't know what reality to believe. Jean flies toward his window that night, and Maddie attacks her, driving her off. Xavier talks to Alex, then makes him remember that he pretended to ally with Apocalypse so he could protect Scotty from him. But Jean inter- rupts in her psychic body, saying it's all lies. Xavier quickly defeats her on the psi-plane. Suddenly, he is with the Six infiltrating Apocalypse's fortress. Jean returns, and Alex blasts her but then realizes she's right. Xavier reveals himself as a villain and brushes aside the Six with a gesture. Alex remembers dying again, but Jean reaches out to him, and he awakes with her and Apocalypse. Issue: Mutant X 21 Date: Jul-00 Story: The Good? The Bad.. And Things Get Ugly! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man, Capt. America Regular Characters: Elektra, Scotty Guest Stars: Apocalypse, Jean Grey, Magneto; Colossus, Moira MacTaggert, Nightcrawler, Rogue, Kitty Pryde (in flashback) Villains: The Shadow King, Juggernaut (in flashback); Prof. Xavier Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Bart Sears, Tom Lyle Inks: Andrew Pepoy Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Jean tries to make Alex remember that they are allied with Apocalypse, but he won't buy it and blasts him. Magneto, alive, restrains him and convinces him to listen. Apocalypse saved the X-Men from the nuke (iss. 15). Magneto recounts how he and Xavier formed the X-Men and defeated the Shadow King. But Xavier was scarred, and he fell in love with Moira, whom Magneto also loved. Fighting Juggernaut, an enraged Xavier killed her, then disappeared, allied with Sinister, and began recruiting mutants. Sinister, double-dealing as always, told Mag- neto to ally with Apocalypse, who alone could stop Xavier. Then Scotty was born. Alex returns to the Six and learns that Xavier is with Scotty. He plans to build a new world order of powerful telepaths, so Alex blasts him. Scotty gets in the way, so Xavier blasts him, then Alex gets mad and blasts him away. The Six arrive, then Xavier puts on psi armor and reveals that he has absorbed the minds of all the world's telepaths, starting with the Shadow King. Issue: Mutant X 22 Date: Aug-00 Story: Tremble Before His Might (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man, Capt. America, Gambit Regular Characters: Scotty, Elektra Guest Stars: Magneto, Apocalypse and his Horsemen: Death (Warren Worthington), War, Famine, Pestilence Villains: Prof. Xavier; fakes of Galactus, Silver Surfer, Nova, Drax; Sinister Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie Pencils: Tom Lyle, Dusty Abell Inks: Andrew Pepoy Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Xavier wants Scotty, so Alex gets his team out of there, to Apocalypse's Antarctic base. The Six and the Horsemen scuffle, but Alex assures them they are allies, previously controlled by Xavier/Shadow King. Still, Scotty has to get Hank off Warren, whom Apocalypse then reigns in. Xavier has also been manipulating SHIELD and public opinion in general, and he plans to use a fake Galactus to cause a panic, thus strengthening the Shadow King and allowing them/him to control the world. Alex and his assorted allies go to New York to stop the ersatz world-devourer, and they eas- ily defeat his heralds. Magnus, Apocalypse, and Alex melt Galactus, then Xavier and his ally Sinister activate the resulting genetically engineered goo, covering everyone. Issue: Mutant X 2000 Date: 2000 Story 1: A Sinister Thread Part 1: Thieves in the Night (19 pages) Feature Characters: Bloodstorm, Gambit Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Colossus, Magneto, Kitty Pryde, Nightcrawler (in flashback) Villains: Apocalypse's Horsemen: Death (Warren Wor- thington), War, Famine, Pestilence; Dracula (in flashback) Other Characters: Credits: Writer & Art: Howard Mackie, Colleen Doran, Scott Elmer, Andrew Pepoy, Rod Ramos, John Czop Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Just after Ororo was made a vampire: she tries to drown her troubles in thievery with Remy. They break into a high-security installation and find Warren, who reveals that Ororo is a vampire and attacks them both, with the Horsemen. Ororo uses the creatures of the night to delay them, and explains that Dracula bit her and she left the X-Men, unable to resist her bloodlust. She and Remy find their objective: two chil- dren. The Horsemen break in, and Warren slashes Remy. Dying, he convinces Ororo to bite him, so he can survive and save the chil- dren. She does, then brings down the house, and they escape. Story 2: A Sinister Thread Part 1: First Blood (14 pages) Feature Characters: Bloodstorm, Gambit Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Mikey "the Moose" McCormick, Vinnie "the Hammer" Falco; the Assassins Guild including Angelique, Jean-Claude, Pierre; Sinister Other Characters: Synopsis: Remy, now a vampire, fights the bloodlust. On the dark streets of the Big Easy, a woman is attacked by two of Kingpin's thugs. But this is an ambush by the Assassins Guild. Before anything can happen, a mist enshrouds all. Remy is feeding, and Angelique is his des- sert. At dawn, he hides in a mausoleum and sends Ororo away. Sinister arrives, takes the boy, and tells Remy to dispose of the girl. When he refuses, they fight to a standstill. Remy keeps the girl safe, and Sinister take the boy (Nate Grey?) to his genetics lab. Note: following are 4 cover pictures for alter- nate universe comics: Doctor Doom Defender of the Earth, The Uncanny Spider-Men, Fan- tastic Four Heroes of Science, and Magneto and the X-Men. Issue: Mutant X 23 Date: Sep-00 Story: The Gift of Fear! (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man, Capt. America, Gambit Regular Characters: Scotty, Elektra Guest Stars: Magneto, Jean Grey, Raven, Apocalypse; Co- lossus, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Cyclops, Shard, Wild Child, Mystique, Forge, Sabre- tooth, Polaris (all in flashback) Villains: Sinister, Prof. Xavier, X-Man; visions of Red Skull, William Robert Drake, Dracula, the As- sassin, Cyclops Other Characters: Credits: Writer & Art: Howard Mackie, Tom Lyle, An- drew Pepoy, Cliff Rathburn Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sinister has Xavier attack their minds, making them see their worst enemies: Cap sees Red Skull; Bob sees his father; Ororo sees Dracula; Gambit sees the last assassin; Hank sees hu- man and blue, furry incarnations of himself; Magneto sees those mutants who have died; Alex sees Cyclops. All get beat up and yelled at. Jean Grey and Apocalypse erect psionic shielding, barely able to hold out against Xa- vier. Because Alex is not from this universe, Xavier hasn't figured him out yet, so he has time to wreak havoc on Sinister's machinery. But Xavier has Scotty, X-Man, and Raven cap- tive, to use as batteries, and holds them hos- tage. He plans to merge the whole world into one mind: his. This comes as a surprise to his ally Sinister, and they fight. Xavier fells him quickly, then starts absorbing minds. He blasts Apocalypse and Alex, but then Scotty and Ra- ven intervene, pouring their energy into Alex, and he blasts Xavier. Apocalypse dies; Xavier raises a hand toward Alex, but Hank takes the blast. Bob freezes Xavier, but then he just dis- appears. They get Hank to a med lab, then Alex and Gambit send Scotty, Raven, and Elektra to the X-Men's base on the moon. The team bickers about what to do next: hunt down Xavier or let the anti-mutant hysteria die down. Alex thinks back to his universe, his real friends and family and considers resign- ing. Hank rises from the med pod, his intelligence restored. Issue: Mutant X 24 Date: Oct-00 Story: Doorway to Yestermorrow (22 pages) Feature Characters: Havok, Brute, Ice-Man Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: alternate Havok (in flashback) Other Characters: Credits: Writer & Art: Howard Mackie, Javier Saltares, Andrew Pepoy Cover Art: Michael Golden Letters: Chris Eliopoulos Colors: Gina Going Editor: Jason Liebig Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Hank tries to enter his old laboratory, but he can't remember how he locked it. He has been having flashback memories of the explosion that took away his intelligence, and he wants answers. Alex rashly tries to blast in, but Hank made it indestructible. He finally remembers how to open the door, and they enter. Bob shows up, and he and Hank clown around, Bob nearly falling into a portal to the Negative Zone, which Hank discovered. Hank now plans to investigate what happened to this world's Havok. Bob quizzes Alex about his world's Iceman, but he doesn't remember how he cured Loki's curse. Hank remembers that he had been trying to cure Bob. A fire starts in the lab, and Alex and Bob come running. Bob puts it out with ice, and Hank remembers all: Havok started the explosion that cost Hank his mind and Bob his chance at a cure. This world's Havok had an affair with Sue Storm, which made Maddie jealous, and she turned to Bob for comfort, which made Havok jealous. So he sabotaged the lab. Hank has also discovered a way to send Alex back to his world, and says their Havok may already be there.
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