Appearing in "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
Featured Characters:
- X-Men (Main story and flashback)
- Marvel Girl (Rachel Grey) (Main story and flashback) (Leaves)
- Kitty Pryde (Main story and flashback)
- Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) (Main story and flashback)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Main story and flashback)
- Canonball (Sam Guthrie) (Rejoins) (Main story and flashback)
- ⏴ Beast (Hank McCoy) ⏵ (Main story and flashback)
- Bishop (Lucas Bishop)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Emma Frost
Supporting Characters:
- O*N*E (Main story and flashback)
- Sentinel Squad O*N*E (Main story and flashback)
- Val Cooper
- Colonel Reyes (First appearance)
- Dr. Senyaka
- O*N*E staff and enforcement soldiers (Main story and flashback)
- Grey Family
- John Grey (Death)
- Elaine Grey
- Bekka Wallis (First appearance) (Unnamed)
- Fred (First appearance)
- Russel (First appearance)
- Terry Maguire
- Other unnamed Grey family members
- Nocturne (T.J. Wagner)
- Marie D'Ancanto
- Vange Whedon
Antagonists:
- Shi'ar Death Commandos (Behind the scenes) (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- 198 (Only in flashback)
- Mammomax (Maximus Jensen)
- Erg
- Arclight (Philippa Sontag)
- Unidentified mutant refugees
- Jean Grey (Photo)
- Sara Grey (Mentioned)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Mentioned)
- New Excalibur (Mentioned)
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Mentioned)
- Sage (Mentioned)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Mentioned in narration)
- Cecilia Reyes (Mentioned)
- FEMA (Mentioned)
- Red Cross (Mentioned)
Races and Species
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Cyborgs
- Sentinels (Main story and flashback)
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Shi'ar (Behind the scenes)
- Warskrulls (Behind the scenes)
Locations:
- Earth-616 (Main story and flashback)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York State (Main story and flashback)
- Westchester County (Main story and flashback)
- North Salem (Main story and flashback)
- Salem Center (Main story and flashback)
- Graymalkin Lane (Main story and flashback)
- Xavier Institute for Higher Learning (Main story and flashback)
- Mansion grounds
- Lake
- Carriage House
- Storm's Loft
- Conference Room
- Xavier Institute for Higher Learning (Main story and flashback)
- Graymalkin Lane (Main story and flashback)
- Salem Center (Main story and flashback)
- North Salem (Main story and flashback)
- Annandale-on-Hudson
- Grey's House
- Supermarket
- Westchester County (Main story and flashback)
- New York State (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Europe
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- Africa (Mentioned)
- Earth (Main story and flashback)
- Future (Mentioned)
Items:
- Sage's Cyber-Network
- Cyclops' Visor
- Cerebra (Mentioned)
Vehicles:
- X-Men Blackbird (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream"
Marvel Girl is reminded of her dystopian past (Days of Future Past) as she sneaks by the Sentinels stationed at the institute. Mutants now face a new threat bringing them on the "brink of extinction." At the home of John and Elaine Grey, Rachel and her grandfather play an enjoyable game of basketball. Elaine misses her daughters greatly and this is picked up by Rachel's telepathic talents. Whilst at the mansion estate, Psylocke performs her daily exercises in plain sight of the Sentinels. Inside a conference room, Cyclops and Emma Frost welcome Valerie Cooper and other government representatives to the institute. The officials are denied information on the previous mutant population because Cyclops has purged the files from Cerebra. At a local supermarket, Rachel picks up a magazine with a picture of a Sentinel on the cover, and is again reminded of her own tragic time. Back at the Grey household, Rachel converses with her best friend, Shadowcat, over the telephone. Kitty convinces Rachel to go to a family reunion that is presented in her honor. Rachel proceeds to mingle with various relatives but is quickly rushed off by a young gentleman named Terry Maguire. The suitor introduces himself to her, but Rachel's grandfather interrupts them in the pursuit of a dance. When Rachel tells him she was never taught to dance, he feels privileged to teach her. Without warning, John Grey is disintegrated before Rachel's very eyes.
Notes
- Part of the Decimation event.
- This issue is 1 of 3 in the story arc entitled "Grey's End".
- (In a few panels) After fishing with Cannonball Nightcrawler receives a call from Nocturne, his alternate future daughter. As referenced in this issue, Nocturne has joined Captain Britain in the formation of the "New Excalibur".
- In Storm's carriage house, Bishop is seen running Sage's cyber-network and Vange Whedon converses with Marie D'Ancanto over the current situation (Decimation).
Trivia
- The threat that mutants now face, is the apparent depowering of mutants in the aftermath of the House of M
- Jean Grey died in New X-Men #150 and was resurrected during Phoenix Endsong, where she returned to the White Hot Room to collect her missing fragments.
- Sarah Grey-Bailey was absorbed by Phalanx (see Phalanx Covenant).
- Rachel first met her grandparents at a Christmas party in X-Men 165.