Appearing in "Ultimatum (Part I)"
Featured Characters:
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Dazzler (Alison Blaire) (Only in flashback) (Death)
- Firestar (Liz Allan)
- Marvel Girl / Phoenix (Jean Grey)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Only in flashback) (Death)
- Rogue (Marian Carlyle)
- Wolverine (Logan)
- Syndicate (Apparent death)
- Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
- William Stryker (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- John Stryker (First appearance; dies)
- Kate Stryker (First appearance; dies)
- Department H
Locations:
Items:
- Banshee (Behind the scenes)
- Sentinel components
- Vindicator's Battlesuit
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Ultimatum (Part I)"
The Ultimatum Wave strikes Manhattan killing thousands in a massive tidal wave. Among the victims are the wife and child of reverend William Stryker.
At the Xavier school, the X-Men watch news broadcasts of the devastation. Jean tells the team that Dazzler and Nightcrawler were killed in the flood. Jean intends on taking a hardline stance against Magneto. Rogue wants to help, but Jean doesn't trust because of her recent use of Banshee. After Jean leaves, Toad approaches Rogue and tells her that the X-Men don't trust her, and they never will. Rogue flies off to find her own solution to the problem.
Later, a group of angry survivors find William Stryker in Central Park. They remind him that it was a mutant who was responsible for the death of his family. They want him to lead them in an anti-mutant militia and provide him with armor from the defunct S.H.I.E.L.D. Sentinels program.[1]
Rogue goes to Canada and finds Vindicator of Alpha Flight, who is now revealed to be the former Weapon X watchdog John Wraith. John tells Rogue that he will help her track down former Weapon X agents who now work for Magneto. Rogue and Vindicator find Sabretooth and Juggernaut in a pub in Montreal and incapacitates them.
Later, Stryker and his armored death-squad travel upstate hunting down mutants. They find the two-headed Syndicate and blast one of his heads off.
Notes
- This issue is an "Ultimatum" crossover.
- The X-Men appeared last in Ultimatum #1. Deaths of Dazzler and Nightcrawler revealed in this issue.
- Vindicator of Alpha Flight is revealed to be John Wraith in this issue.
- Matthew (of Syndicate) is killed in this issue. his "twin", Luke, is killed in issue #99.