—Fabian CortezI am Cortez. My forefathers were ancient nobility in Europe--and men of wealth in the new world. We bent continents to our whim. And my sister and I were mutant... the pinnacle of the bloodline... But we were shunned by the sapiens in our family. Treated as embarrassments. Handed a pittance. The scraps from the family table. Barely six figures... Property in Florida... But I am Cortez. My name is a mutant name, because it belongs to me. And if the flatscans want it back... they can wear it on their tombstones.
Appearing in "Giallo"
Featured Characters:
- S.W.O.R.D.
- Executive Producer Fabian Cortez (Resurrection)
- Station Commander Brand
- Peeper (Visual Analyst Peter Quinn)
- Amelia Voght
- Khora of the Burning Heart (First full appearance)
- Forearm (Michael McCain)
- Slab (Kris Anderson)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Zn'rx Empire
- Chita Clan
- Prince Wezel (First appearance; dies)
- Gylar Clan
- Lyga (First appearance; dies)
- Khondor (First appearance; dies)
- Chita Clan
Other Characters:
- Utopian Kree
- 18th Kree Diplomatic Gestalt (Referenced)
- Knull (Referenced)
- Gods of Olympus (Referenced)
- Kree Imperium (Referenced)
- Korvac (Referenced)
- Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida) (Mentioned) (Resurrected)
- The Six (Mentioned)
- Galactic Rim Collective (Mentioned)
- Zn'rx Empire
- Djagyar (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Bhoa Clan (Mentioned)
- Kuga (Mentioned)
- Emperor Stote (Mentioned) (Deceased)
- Anne-Marie Cortez (Mentioned) (Deceased)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Marvel Prime Universe
- Planet J-453 (First appearance)
- Milky Way
- Sol
- Earth
- Pacific Ocean
- Europe (Mentioned)
- Florida, United States of America, North America (Mentioned)
- Earth Orbit
- Earth
- Sol
- Galactic Rim
- Xaxoxo (First appearance)
Items:
- X-Uniforms
- Cerebro
- Resurrection Protocols (Mentioned)
- S.W.O.R.D. Uniforms
- Mysterium (Unnamed)
Events:
- King in Black (Referenced)
- Kree Civil War (Referenced)
- Snarkwar
- Hellfire Gala (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Giallo"
The We-Plex Supreme Intelligence System rejects Prince Wezel of Chita Clan’s plea to move through Utopian Kree space in the ongoing Zn’rx conflict. The prince argues his point further, but is cut down by an assassin. On Xaxoxo, Amelia Voght transports the killer to remove both Khondor and Lyga from the battle for succession. On Krakoa, Marvel Girl welcomes Fabian Cortez back to life in Arbor Magna and rushes him to his meeting with the Quiet Council. Brought naked before the nation’s leaders, and Magneto’s guests Commander Brand and Peeper, Cortez is given his opportunity to speak. He questions the second Krakoan law, and asks how the killing of man can be murder if mankind is already dead. Peeper asks him for his mutant name, and he proudly claims his family name Cortez. The Council rejects his request for special dispensation, and Amelia Voght teleports in his replacement in the Six: the assassin and power booster Khora of the Burning Heart. Voght reports that the new empress of the Zn’rx knows her debt to Krakoa, and she and Charles step out to catch up as the Council leaves the chamber. On the Peak, Magneto cautions Brand on the use of such violent means as she shows him to the stockpiles of Mysterium.
Solicit Synopsis
ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK!
On Krakoa, Fabian Cortez and the Quiet Council discuss the rules of murder. But in space, the murders have already begun…and the killer has a connection to Cortez he’d never suspect. The color may be gold…but this, my friends…is pure giallo…