House of M Vol 1 8

Alternate Covers:
	Textless Bachalo Variant
	Published
	December, 2005
1st story
	Writer Brian Michael Bendis; Penciler Olivier Coipel; Inker John Dell; Scott Hanna; Tim Townsend; Colorist Frank D'Armata; Letterer Chris Eliopoulos; Editor Tom Brevoort;

I remember. My whole life. I remember all of it.

-- Wolverine

Appearing in 1st story

Featured Characters:

New Avengers
X-Men
- Emma Frost (See Chronology)
- Kitty Pryde (See Chronology)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (See Chronology)
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (See Chronology)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
- Wolverine (Logan) (See Chronology)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (See Chronology)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake)

Supporting Characters:

Other Characters:

Layla Miller
Avengers (Photo)
- Hawkeye (Clint Barton) (Photo)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Photo)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Photo)
Moon Knight (Marc Spector) (Photo)
Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Photo)
X-Men (Photo)
- Jean Grey (Photo)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Photo)
Mary Jane Watson-Parker
Xavier Institute student body
- Wind Dancer (Sophia Mantega)
- Tag (Brian Cruz)
- Dani Moonstar
Charles Xavier (Mentioned)
House of M (Mentioned)
The President (Mentioned)
S.H.I.E.L.D. (Behind the scenes)
Reed Richards (Behind the scenes)
Marrow (Sarah) (On-screen)
Reverend William Stryker (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
Edwin Jarvis (Cameo)
Ant-Man (Scott Lang) (Named only) (Deceased)
Vision (Named only) (Deceased)
Daily Bugle (Named only)
- Kat Farrell (Named only)
Dr. Hank Pym (Voice)
Wanda Maximoff ^[1]

Races and Species:

Locations:

Marvel Universe
- Earth
  - United States of America
    - New York
      - New York City
        Manhattan
        Bowery
        Saint Joan's Orphanage (First appearance) (Unnamed)
        
        Hell's Kitchen
        
        Avengers Tower
        
        Midtown
        Avengers Mansion (Ruins)
      - Westchester County
        Salem Center
        Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
    - Washington, D.C. (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
      - White House (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
  - Genosha
    - Hammer Bay
  - Europe
    - United Kingdom (Behind the scenes)
      - England (Behind the scenes)
        London (Behind the scenes)
    - Transia
      - Wundagore Mountain
- Hell (Invoked)
House of M (Mentioned)
- Genosha, Earth (Mentioned)

Items:

Vehicles:

Blackbird

Synopsis for 1st story

The House of M world has disappeared and the normal Earth has returned. Layla Miller wakes to this restored world.

At Avengers Tower, Peter Parker wakes up to see his wife Mary Jane by his side. He then rushes into the Avengers conference room, where he finds the others, some who remember House of M and some who don't. A ragged Doctor Strange then stumbles in, explaining that everything is not all right.

At the Xavier Institute, Emma Frost wakes up to find that most of the students have lost their powers, including Iceman having lost his ice form. Emma checks Cerebra and determines that there are only a few hundred mutants left with powers. The X-Gene itself was either erased for turned off for everyone else. Nightcrawler goes to check up on Wolverine, fearing that losing his healing factor will allow the adamantium in his body to kill him. Instead, he remembers every moment of his life.

Word of mutants suddenly losing their powers have been noticed worldwide. The Avengers are more shocked at this outcome. Captain America and Ms. Marvel asks Strange is he can uses the magics to locate Wanda, to which responds he can't. He laments that he had failed in his task to protect the world from such a disaster. Spider-Man then asks him if he magically erase the memories of the House of M from his mind, to which Strange replies that it's not how it works. Iron Man and Jarvis then alert everyone that there is a break-in at the Mansion. Upon arrival, they find a number of arrows pinning Hawkeye's costume and an article about his death, leaving confusion about what has happened.

The X-Men find a depowered Magneto in Genosha. They demand he reveal Wanda's whereabouts, to which he doesn't know. Wolverine is half of mind to kill him, but decides to let him live his "sapien" life.

With Xavier missing and Wanda being shown, living a normal life, Hank Pym gives a theory that those powers couldn't have just gone away. As stated by Newton's Third Law of Motion, for every action force, there is a reaction.

As if to puncture the statement, a colossal red ribbon appears above Earth.

Notes

Chronology Notes

Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are: Pag. 1

Emma Frost

Pag. 6

Pag. 10

Pag. 11

Emma Frost

Pag. 20

Trivia

The majority of the world's population is revealed to be depowered, including Magneto.

References

[1] Avengers: The Children's Crusade

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