Author: Robert Diehl
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Updated: Version 1.3, last modified May 27, 2001
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Issue: Mutant X 25
Date: Nov-00
Story: Thresholds (39 pages)
Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man,
Capt.
America, Gambit
Regular Characters:
Guest Stars: Cyclops (in flashback)
Villains: alternate Havok (in flashback)
Other Characters: Andrea "Andy," Shane
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Art: Tom Lyle
Cover Art: Michael Golden
Letters: Dave Sharpe
Colors: Gina Going
Editor: Jason Liebig
Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras
Synopsis: Hank double-checks his tests and realizes he
is losing his intellect again; he's not sure he
can bear that. He leads the team into the dis-
ruption field, which is the doorway to the
Negative Zone. He falters, not sure what to do
next; cosmic radiation spikes; Hank's tether
snaps, and Alex grabs it. They barely get out
in time.
Alex decides the team is exhausted and orders
them on leave for a week. Cap goes to visit the
Avengers; Bob his family; Ororo and Remy to
New Orleans to find Forge and Kitty. Hank
convinces Alex to let him stay and continue
his research. The rest of the team all find
themselves in a bar in town: no one really has
a place to go, so they commiserate, then go
back to the castle together.
Alex strolls along the Hudson and meets a
beautiful woman babysitting her nephew.
They watch fireworks together; the boy nearly
falls in the river, and Alex saves him.
Hank announces his calculations are done,
and he sends Alex back into the disruption
field. A shadow passes him in the other direc-
tion, and Alex goes back to help the Six push
it back, then close the portal. He has decided
not to go back home.
For his next trick, Hank cures Bob, then re-
verts to brutishness.
Issue: Mutant X 26
Date: Dec-00
Story: Long Day's Journey Through the Night (22
pages)
Feature Characters: Havok, Bloodstorm, Brute, Ice-Man,
Capt.
America, Gambit
Regular Characters: Cerebro
Guest Stars: Gyrich
Villains: Marauders: Cannonball, Husk, Jubilee,
Wolfsbane, Sunspot; the Outcasts; Dracula
Other Characters: Big Jim
Credits: Writer & Art: Howard Mackie, Ron Lim,
Sandu Florea
Cover Art: Michael Golden
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Editor: Jason Liebig
Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras
Synopsis: Town is full of "blood bars," where patrons
pretend to be vampires. Ororo busts up one,
looking for "him." She threatens to bite the
owner, but Remy interrupts with a kick to her
diaphragm. They fight until she comes to her
senses.
She explains: since the Avengers are no more
('99 Ann.), Gyrich called upon the Six. A box
was stolen from the Vault, and he wanted help
retrieving it, but Alex didn't like being bossed
around. Ororo sensed something, realized
what was in the box, and ran off to get it her-
self. Remy followed; she zaps him with light-
ning to keep him out of it.
The Marauders, somewhat inept, have the box
in the sewers. Husk tries to open it, but it is
booby-trapped. Shadows reach out and grab
it, and the Marauders pursue.
Ororo gets to a sewer entrance; Remy has re-
covered and demands to accompany her, de-
spite her warnings and his bad memories of
the place. They get to the Marauders, who are
ineffectively fighting shadows. Ororo's blood-
lust rises, and Remy has to keep her from the
kids. She tries to get him to feast on them with
her, but he throws cards and knocks the box
in the sewer, removing its influence.
The Marauders leave; Ororo says Dracula is
in the box, and they plan to go after him, but
shadows surround them, saying Remy has to
pay for his crimes against the Outcasts.
Downstream, a wino opens the box, and
Dracula rises.
Issue: Mutant X 27
Date: Jan-01
Story: The Challenge (23 pages)
Feature Characters: Bloodstorm, Havok, Brute, Ice-Man,
Capt.
America, Jean Grey
Regular Characters:
Guest Stars:
Villains: Outcasts including Dagger (Cloak and Dag-
ger); Marauders: Husk, Cannonball, Jubilee,
Wolfsbane, Sunspot; Dracula
Other Characters:
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: Tom Lyle
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Asst. Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Editor: Jason Liebig
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Synopsis: Ororo remembers flying free in the daylight,
but now she is a vampire. At least her claus-
trophobia is gone.
She wakes in the sewers, unsure how she got
there. Dagger, the leader of the Outcasts, re-
veals herself. Remy has already been tried and
bound to a cross for his crimes, scheduled for
execution at dawn. Ororo challenges Dagger
to a dual.
At the castle, Alex broods over his past life in
X-Factor (mistaken here for X-Force) and
waits with Jean for the rest of the team to re-
turn. He has some trouble relating to her,
having known another Jean and two Maddies.
Hank, Bob, and Cap join them, and a holo-
graphic projection of Hank (intelligent and in
human form, and with the middle name Fran-
cis) shows up as well.
The Marauders try to hide from their boss,
and someone accosts them.
Ororo prepares for battle as the sun rises. She
has to fight Dagger without getting burnt, and
before sunlight falls on Remy. She spars with
Dagger and fells her, and as she goes to free
Remy, Dagger impales herself. Ororo and
Remy consider waiting for the sun to kill
them, too, but the Six arrive, and Bob ices
over the window grille.
Dagger isn't dead, but she asks Ororo to finish
her. She is actually Cloak and Dagger,
merged, half-suicidal. The Outcasts take them
back.
Hank has a serum to let vampires walk in the
daylight and squelch their bloodlust. Ororo
and Remy are free to roam.
Outside the city, Dracula rises.
Issue: Mutant X 28
Date: Feb-01
Story: The Hunted Part 1 (23 pages)
Feature Characters: Jean Grey, Havok, Ice-Man,
Bloodstorm,
Gambit, the Brute, Capt. America
Regular Characters:
Guest Stars: Wolverine (Logan), Mariko, Mari
Villains: Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
Other Characters:
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: Ron Lim
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Cover: Michael Golden
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Asst. Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Editor: Jason Liebig
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Synopsis: In the Pacific Northwest, armed men chase
Logan through a snowstorm, saying he killed
someone's bull. He outsmarts them and es-
capes; they run into Creed, who kills them all
and goes after Logan.
Jean has a dream of the Six lying dead in the
snow. She sees Logan and wakes up with a
start: he is supposed to be dead.
Alex gets the rest of the team to train, sur-
prised they never did before. Jean walks right
into it, and Hank knocks her out of the way of
a battle droid. She is distraught from her
nightmare and says they have to help Logan.
He, running on instinct, breaks into a house
and its refrigerator. A little girl, Mari, finds
him and asks if he's her dead father; he re-
members fighting Creed and lying in a lab
with him and Wild Child, the scientists saying
he has a family.
He smells Creed coming and leaves; Mariko
wakes and sees his claw marks. Creed catches
him near the house, saying "they" sent him to
bring Logan back. They fight, damaging a
nearby gas pump, and Logan scrapes his
claws along the ground to cause sparks and
burn Creed alive.
The Six arrive; Logan recognizes Jean and col-
lapses into her arms. Later, Mariko is packing
to leave, when Creed, horribly burnt, rings the
doorbell.
Issue: Mutant X 29
Date: Mar-01
Story: Logan's Running (23 pages)
Feature Characters: Jean Grey, Havok
Regular Characters:
Guest Stars: Wolverine, James MacDonald Hudson, Wild
Child
Villains: Sabretooth
Other Characters: Mariko, Mari, Brian
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: Tom Lyle
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Cover: Michael Golden
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Asst. Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Synopsis: Logan works out against robots that he pro-
grammed. His feral state has passed, but Alex
and Jean are worried it might return. She tries
to tell him gently, but Hudson interrupts. He is
more machine than man, having been evis-
cerated by Logan, whom he brought in from
the wilderness as a weapon for the Canadian
government. Jean telekinetically stops Logan
from finishing the job, while Hudson says they
need to rescue Mariko and the children.
Wild Child is already tracking them and finds
Mari. Sabretooth, horribly burnt, finds him
and slashes away. He slashes at Alex and
punches Jean. Logan finds his children, Mari
and Brian, but Alex tells him it was a set-up:
Sabretooth has Jean. He also has Mariko and
gives Logan the choice of which one dies.
He realizes he's burning: Alex has been gener-
ating a low-level plasma field and is
incinerating him from the inside. But Logan
wants the killing stroke and beheads him.
Before they can get away, Hudson returns
with Canadian troops, betraying Logan again.
Issue: Mutant X 30
Date: Apr-01
Story: Blame Canada! (22 pages)
Feature Characters: Jean Grey, Havok, Ice-Man,
Bloodstorm,
Gambit, the Brute, Capt. America
Regular Characters:
Guest Stars: Avengers: Iron Man, Deathlok, Typhoid
Mary,
Hawkeye, Black Widow; Wolverine
Villains: Dept. H including James MacDonald Hudson,
Super Soldiers
Other Characters: Mariko, Mari, Brian
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: Ron Lim
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Cover: Michael Golden
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Asst. Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Synopsis: The Six go to help Alex in Canada. A giant
Iron Man appears and blasts them, and the
rest of the Avengers are nearby to prevent
them crossing the border.
Logan gets Alex to promise to take his family
to safety, while he provides a distraction for
Dept. H.
Ororo negotiates with the Black Widow, who
is angry at Cap for abandoning the team,
nearly causing their deaths. She demands the
Six follow international law; Ororo apologizes
but then calls down lightning. Cap hesitates
while his old and new teams start to fight.
Logan fights a Super Soldier and loses, so Alex
and Jean come to his rescue, distracting the
soldier long enough for Logan to impale him.
Three mutants to stop one Super Soldier,
which is how Canada conquered Russia,
China, and Southeast Asia.
They get to the border and find both the Six
and the Avengers unconscious in the snow.
Only Cap is awake, and he says he did it.
Then Super Soldiers arrive.
Issue: Mutant X 31
Date: May-01
Story: You Say You Want a Resolution? (22 pages)
Feature Characters: Jean Grey, Havok, Ice-Man,
Bloodstorm,
Gambit, the Brute, Capt. America
Regular Characters:
Guest Stars: Avengers: Iron Man, Deathlok, Typhoid
Mary,
Hawkeye, Black Widow; Wolverine
Villains: the Beyonder, Dept. H including James Mac-
Donald Hudson, Super Soldiers; Dracula
Other Characters: Mariko, Mari, Brian
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: Ron Lim
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Asst. Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Synopsis: Within Earth's fiery core a being sleeps; he
recently came from beyond and gathered he-
roes for a secret war.
Dept. H wants Logan back, and they're pre-
pared to go to war. Cap has an agonizing
transformation, under compulsion to destroy
enemies of America. He was the sole U.S. ex-
periment using stolen Super Soldier technol-
ogy, and his latent mutantcy messed things
up. He is now massively bulked and tele-
pathic; Dept. H attacks him and loses, and his
power wakes the Beyonder.
Alex helps Logan and his family escape, but
then goes back for the Six and the Avengers,
before the U.S. and Canadian militaries start
bombing.
Iron Man blasts Cap and gets a fist through
his helmet. The Avengers attack, but Cap is
unstoppable, insane, and killing everyone in
sight. Alex tells Ororo to get the Six to safety,
while he goes to kill Cap.
They blast each other; shockwaves rock the
planet and shatter the moon. Cap is left on his
back in a ruined landscape, and the Beyonder
pulls him underground to learn more.
The remaining Six return to their castle; Alex
plans to rally the surviving heroes and handle
the worldwide disasters his battle caused.
Suddenly Dracula attacks and bites him.
Issue: Mutant X 2001
Date: 2001
Story: The Key (40 pages)
Feature Characters: Havok, Ice-Man, Bloodstorm,
Gambit, the
Brute, Jean Grey
Regular Characters: Scotty, Elektra
Guest Stars: Capt. America; Magneto and the X-Men:
Rogue, Colossus, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler;
Wolverine; Raven; Avengers: Iron Man,
Deathlok, Typhoid Mary, Hawkeye, Black
Widow (in flashback); many heroes including
Man-Spider (here called Spider-Man), Dr.
Doom, Wonderman, Namor, Namorita, Dr.
Strange, Father Donald Blake, Daredevil and
the Lethal Legion, Thor, Warriors Three, Val-
kyrie, Lucas Cage, Iron Fist, Drax, Strong Guy,
Nova, Hulk
Villains: the Beyonder, Dracula; alt. Havok, the
Fallen,
the Goblin Queen (all three in flashback),
many villains including Dr. Octopus, Reed
Richards
Other Characters: Mariko, Mari, Brian
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: James Fry
Inks: Andrew Pepoy, Sandu Florea
Cover: Tom Raney
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Asst. Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Synopsis: The Beyonder drains Cap's life force and
learns everything that has happened while he
slept. He realizes Alex has more power than
he knows; he announces his return to his
enemies worldwide and calms the worldwide
ecological disasters. He walks on water to
Manhattan and is acclaimed as savior and de-
nounced as Satan. Daredevil and the Lethal
Legion attack; the Beyonder, bored, blow eve-
ryone up.
Magneto forms a magnetic bubble and trans-
ports the X-Men down from the shattered
moon.
The Six are fighting Dracula to get Alex free
of him; the Beyonder's arrival fells them all
telepathically. Alex is near death, so Ororo
gets him to the med lab, while Logan tends to
his family. Dracula has misted away but lurks
about, waiting for his chance to attack. Both
he and the Beyonder sense that Alex is the
key; the Beyonder sits above Manhattan, im-
patiently probing minds and tossing bodies,
looking for his quarry.
The X-Men and Dr. Strange arrive at the cas-
tle. Scotty worries about his father and
reaches into his mind to wake him up.
Carnage downtown: the Beyonder blasts vari-
ous super-powered beings with a wave of his
hand.
Carnage in the castle: Dracula scythes
through mutants one by one. Ororo wants to
stop him but is under his control; Remy has
fled with his daughter; Elektra pulls a grenade
and blows herself up but still doesn't stop
Dracula. Alex revives and blasts him before he
gets to Scotty.
Dracula warns that the Beyonder threatens to
destroy the multiverse.
Issue: Mutant X 32
Date: Jun-01
Story: The End (39 pages)
Feature Characters: Havok, Ice-Man, Bloodstorm, the
Brute
Regular Characters: Scotty
Guest Stars: Magneto, Polaris, many heroes including
Man-Spider, Sue Storm, Hulk, Nightcrawler,
Dr. Doom, Inhumans; our dimension's Polaris,
Cyclops
Villains: the Beyonder/Goblin Queen, Dracula, Reed
Richards, Charles Xavier, the Fallen, Baron
Mordo the Ancient One
Other Characters:
Mariko, Mari, Brian
Credits: Writer: Howard Mackie
Pencils: Ron Lim
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Letters: Chris Eliopoulos
Colors: Gina Going
Asst. Editor: Lysa Hawkins
Editor-in-Chief: Joe Quesada
Synopsis: While the Beyonder rages, Magneto cradles
his dying daughter Polaris; she had come to
tell him that Dracula killed all the X-Men.
Strange stops Magneto from lashing out im-
pulsively.
Scotty says his "daddy" Alex saved everyone
but Elektra, but that's okay because no one is
ever gone forever. Alex wakes, disoriented;
Scotty says Dracula bit him, and Strange says
he's their only chance at stopping the Beyon-
der. But they he realizes the Beyonder wants
them both, as the nexus of all realities (see '99
Ann.). He ports them away, before the Beyon-
der can break through into the castle. Dracula
offers to help him find them.
Magneto has built a citadel at the magnetic
South Pole, where his powers are magnified.
He restrains Alex from confronting the Be-
yonder prematurely; Strange says he is not
their real enemy, since he was destroyed in
the second Secret War. He summons villains
Richards, Xavier, Warren, and Mordo to assist
them. Mordo uses his third eye and sees the
nexus resides in Alex now.
Dracula takes the Beyonder to Washington,
where Doom and the Inhumans attack them.
The Beyonder has agreed to let Dracula drain
them, so he will lead him to Ororo, and hence
Alex. Black Bolt's dying word destroys the
Washington Monument.
Alex is finally told that the remnants of Mad-
die and the Goblin Queen merged with the
Beyonder. She and Dracula arrive, and Havok
blasts her, telling her to show her true self, so
she rips apart and discards the Beyonder's
corpse.
Dracula knocks out Richards and goes to feast
on the super-being he has wired into machin-
ery to defeat the Beyonder. Ororo puts a stake
through his heart.
Maddie reminds Alex how bad his life was in
his home universe, but he blasts her. She
blasts back, taking the battle to the astral
plane and saying he has wasted his potential
in self-pity. Alex taps into the power of
Strange, Mordo, and Xavier, to absorb the
Goblin Queen into the nexus, erasing her.
Maddie is returned to her universe, now
guardian of the nexus, and Scotty embraces
her.
Alex falls through darkness between death
and life, and the series ends.
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