Age of X: Alpha Vol 1 1

Part of the Age of X event
Age of X: Alpha Vol 1 #1
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Art by: Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales and Laura Martin
Alternate Covers
1 - Textless 2 - Solicit 3 - Coipel Wraparound Variant 4 - Coipel Wraparound Variant Textless 5 - Second Printing Variant 6 - Second Printing Conrad Variant
Art by: Chris Bachalo
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Art by: Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales and Laura Martin
Art by: Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales and Laura Martin
Art by: Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales and Laura Martin
Art by: Chris Bachalo, Tim Townsend, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales and Laura Martin
Release Date	January 26, 2011
Cover Date	March, 2011
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Joe Quesada

1st story
Writer(s)	Mike Carey
Penciler(s)	Mirco Pierfederici Gabriel Hernandez Walta Carlo Barberi Paco Diaz Paul Davidson
Inker(s)	Mirco Pierfederici Gabriel Hernandez Walta Walden Wong Paco Diaz Paul Davidson
Colorist(s)	Antonio Fabela Matt Milla Brian Reber
Letterer(s)	Joe Caramagna
Editor(s)	Daniel Ketchum Jake Thomas Nick Lowe

 Drones and dogs and maggots who call yourself men. Persecutors of innocents. Murderers of children. Hear me! 

—Magneto

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

• Mutant Resistance (Main story and flashback) (First appearance)
  • Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (First appearance)
  • Trance (Hope Abbott) (First appearance)
  • Legacy (Anna-Marie Darkhölme) (First appearance)
  • Magneto (Max Eisenhardt) (First appearance)
  • X (Moira Kinross) (First appearance)
  • Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro) (First appearance)
  • Frenzy (Joanna Cargill) (First appearance)
  • Cannonball (Samuel Guthrie) (First appearance)
  • Berserker (James Proudstar) (First appearance)
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe) (First appearance)
  • Amara (First appearance)
  • Jubilee (Jubilation Lee) (First appearance)
  • Nightmare (Megan Gwynn) (First appearance)
  • Basilisk (Scott Summers) (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Namor (Namor McKenzie) (First appearance)
  • Chamber (Jonothon Starsmore) (First appearance)
  • Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (First appearance)
  • Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (First appearance)
  • Avalanche (Dominikos Petrakis) (First appearance)
  • Xi'an Coy Manh (First appearance)
  • Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) (First appearance)
  • Hellion (Julian Keller) (First appearance)
  • Revenant (Rachel Summers) (First appearance)
  • Eclipse (Roberto Da Costa) (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Mutant Resistance (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Dr. Kavita Rao (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
  • Husk (Paige Guthrie) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Logan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Cecilia Reyes (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Forge (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Dust (Sooraya Qadir) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Regan Wyngarde (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Martinique Wyngarde (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

• State of Kentucky Department of Corrections cops (Only in flashback)
• Human Coalition (First appearance)/United States Army (Only in flashback)
  • Arcade (Harcourt Teesdale) (Only in flashback) (Only appearance; dies)
  • Dr. Richard Palance (Only in flashback) (Only appearance; dies)
  • Colonel Graydon Creed (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Vestry (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Exonims (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Callisto (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Masque (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Phoenix (Jean Grey) (Mentioned)
• Lucinda Guthrie (Corpse) (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Jeb Guthrie (Behind the scenes) (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Lewis Guthrie (Behind the scenes) (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Joelle Guthrie (Behind the scenes) (Only appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
• Unnamed potentials, relatives of, or actives mutants (Corpses and alive ones)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Christ (Invoked)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants
• Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids
• Angels (Mentioned)
• Bears (Mentioned)
• Dogs (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth-11326 (First appearance)
  • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
    • New York State (Main story and flashback)
      • Fortress X (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
      • New York City (Only in flashback)
        • Manhattan (Only in flashback)
          • Chrysler Building (Only in flashback)
          • Fifth Avenue (Mentioned)
      • Albany (Mentioned)
      • Westchester County (Mentioned)
    • California (Only in flashback)
      • San Francisco Bay (Only in flashback)
        • Alcatraz Island (Only in flashback)
    • Kentucky (Only in flashback)
      • Caldecott County (Only in flashback)
    • Nevada (Mentioned)
  • Patagonia, Argentina (Mentioned)
  • Canada (Mentioned)

Items:

• Gambit's rifle (First appearance)
• The Cure (Only in flashback) (Only; Destruction)
• Adamantium (Only in flashback) (on Wolverine claws)

Synopsis for 1st story

• Synopsis not yet written

Solicit Synopsis

Mutantkind’s final war starts here. If you don’t know which side you’re on, check your DNA.

See Also

• 55 image(s) from Age of X: Alpha Vol 1 1
• 2 reprint(s) of Age of X: Alpha Vol 1 1

Links and References

• http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=17642

Footnotes

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