Appearing in "24 Seconds"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- John Grey (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Elaine Grey
- Attending the Grey's party
- Fred Harriman (Death)
- Bekka Wallis (Death)
- Bekka Walli's fiancé (Death)
- Phyllis Dennefer (First appearance; dies)
- Roy Dennefer (First appearance; dies)
- Roger Grey (First appearance; dies)
- Julian (First appearance; dies)
- Terry Maguire (Death)
- Terry's brother (First appearance; dies)
- Pastor Liam Grey (First appearance; dies)
- Mary-Margaret (First appearance; dies)
- Kindra (First appearance; dies)
- Derry Campbell (First appearance; dies)
- Brian Grey (First appearance; dies)
- Julia Grey (First appearance; dies)
- Joey Bailey (Death)
- Gailyn Bailey (Death)
- Other unnamed Grey family members (Death)
Antagonists:
- Shi'ar Death Commandos (First full appearance)
Other Characters:
- Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers) (Mentioned)
- Mick Jagger (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- The Beatles (Mentioned)
- John Lennon (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Majestrix Lilandra Neramani (Mentioned)
- Mark Chapman (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Dylan Thomas (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- James Joyce (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
Races and Species
- Mutants
- Humans
- Shi'ar
- Warskrulls
- Aliens
- Cyborgs
- Kree
- Orthoxalith (First appearance)
Locations:
- Earth
- North America
- Vietnam (Mentioned)
- Iraq (Mentioned)
Items:
- X-Uniforms
- Cyclops' Visor
- Shi'ar Deathmark
Synopsis for "24 Seconds"
A pleasant Grey family reunion is brought to a screeching halt as John Grey, Marvel Girl's grandfather, is gruesomely incinerated by a group of assassins contracted by the Shi'ar. Marvel Girl has little time to mourn his death as she sends out a telepathic scream to the other X-Men and springs into action. The X-Men arrive to lend Rachel a hand, but the assassins are far too speedy in their slaughter. In just 24 short seconds, the Shi'ar Death Commandos rage forth and pick off the Grey family members one by one. At the end of the struggle, the distraught Rachel Grey climbs out of the crumbling ashes that once was her grandparent's home. She's immediately struck down by the Commando's leader who strips the clothes off her back and burns a Phoenix-shaped tattoo on her skin; a deathmark that will never allow her to hide from the Shi'ar Empire again.
Notes
- Part of the Decimation event.
- This issue is 2 of 3 in the story arc entitled "Grey's End"
- The events of this issue take place in twenty-four seconds.
Trivia
- Though the Imperial Guard slay all Greys who carry the Genome, they also slay Roy Dennefer and his wife Phyllis who are not directly related by blood, but relatives of Elaine Grey who is a Grey by marriage.
- 12 of the Grey Relatives are murdered within a 24 second span. Another three of the relations are supposedly killed off-panel sometime between the minutes spanning this issue and the next.
- Elaine Grey, though not present in this issue is mentioned as being upstairs as the massacure begins.
- Rachel's cousins Mary-Margaret, and Kindra's fates are never known though it is implied that they died in the car accident, along with Rachel's Aunt Julia. Their death was confirmed in X-Men: Messiah Complex - Mutant Files #1