X-Force Vol 1 24

X-Force Vol 1 #24
Previous Issue	X-Force #23
Next Issue	X-Force #25
Art by: Greg Capullo and Richard Bennett
Cover Date	July, 1993
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Tom DeFalco

1. "Prisoners of Fate"
Writer(s)	Fabian Nicieza
Penciler(s)	Greg Capullo
Inker(s)	Richard Bennett
Colorist(s)	Marie Javins
Letterer(s)	Chris Eliopoulos
Editor(s)	Bob Harras

 They hate us... So that makes it much easier for us ta hate THEM, doesn't it? 

—Cannonball

Appearing in "Prisoners of Fate"

Featured Characters:

• X-Force
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Warpath (James Proudstar)
  • Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)
  • Boomer (Tabitha Smith)
  • Feral (Maria)
  • Rictor (Julio Richter)
  • Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa)
  • Shatterstar

Supporting Characters:

• Rusty Collins
• Skids (Sally Blevins)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)
• Val Cooper (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)
• Domino (Beatrice)
• Grizzly (Theodore)
• Hammer (Eisenhower Canty)
• Vanessa Carlysle (Impersonates Tina Valentino)
• Trish Tilby (Appears on a computer screen, TV, or hologram only)

Antagonists:

• Friends of Humanity
  • Unnamed woman
  • Unnamed agents
•  Deadpool (Wade) 
• Sluggo
• Magneto (Erik Lensherr) (Shadow only)
• FBI (Mentioned)

Other Characters:

• Mickey and other Vault transport team (First appearance)
• Gideon (Named only)
• New Mutants (Mentioned)
• Crule
• Mutant Liberation Front (Mentioned)
• X-Factor (Mentioned)
• Tina Valentino (Named only)
• Freedom Force (On-screen)
  • Blob (Fred Dukes) (On-screen)
  • Pyro (St. John Allerdyce) (On-screen)
  • Avalanche (Dominikos Petrakis) (On-screen)
• Stryfe (On-screen)
• John Wayne (Mentioned) (Topical reference)
• Graydon Creed (Photo)
• Cable (Nathan Dayspring) (Cameo) (Only in flashforward)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • New Jersey
        • Sparta (Named only)
        • Route 206 North
      • Arizona
        • Camp Verde
      • New York
        • Westchester County
          • North Salem
            • Salem Center
              • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
      • Massachusetts
        • Norwell
        • Plum Island (First appearance)
    • Pacific Ocean
    • Earth Orbit
      • Avalon (First appearance) (Unnamed)
• Mojoworld, Mojoverse (Mentioned)

Items:

• Electromagnetic Scrambling Pulse (First appearance)
• X-Uniforms
• Hoverchair
• Deadpool's Suit
• Banshee's Wings
• Shatterstar's Swords
• Magneto's Helmet (Only in flashforward) (Destroyed)

Vehicles:

• Vault security transport
• X-Force IPAC
• Graymalkin (Destroyed)
• Avalon (First appearance) (Unnamed)

Synopsis for "Prisoners of Fate"

Route 206, New Jersey
A woman jumps out in front of a transport manned by government Vault personnel and asks for their help. They slam on their brakes and ask her how they can assist. She responds by blasting an electromagnetic pulse scrambler that screws up the guards' armor. Then a group of men begin blasting the transport and attempt to break into it. They take out the rest of the guards and find both Rusty and Skids inside. The group announces themselves as members of the Friends of Humanity and capture them to make them pay for their crimes against humanity.

Camp Verde
X-Force, fresh from their fight with Gideon and Saul, touches down in the camp and is greeted by Cannonball. He immediately tells them to clean up and suit up to ship out again. He tells them they are to rescue Rusty and Skids and that the command came from Xavier himself. He then asks what happened to Crule and the group tells him that they dropped him in the Pacific Ocean.

X-Mansion
Professor X speaks to Val Cooper, via a video conference. She chides him for his lack of responsibility in letting X-Force go from the mansion when they were requested to be held. He tells her there are more pressing matters, such as the new developments by the Friends of Humanity and their kidnapping of Rusty and Skids. She tells him that X-Factor assistance is out of the question and that she already has a mole in the group. He tells her that X-Force seems to be their only hope.

Norwell, Massachusetts
Domino, Grizzly and Hammer question Vanessa about where X-Force is located. Domino continues to be upset that Vanessa is helping them at all since she destroyed Domino's life for more than a year while Tolliver held her prisoner and Vanessa posed as her. She grabs a gun and shoots Sluggo and Deadpool in the back again and then they all head off to find X-Force.

Earth Orbit
A shadowed being raises his hand and magnetic fields stream from his fingers. He continues to do this until finally there is a giant explosion and then suddenly a portion of Graymalkin appears from nowhere. He smiles slyly as he has found his new home in space.

X-Force IPAC Unit
X-Force flies to Plum Island to rescue Rusty and Skids. They watch news reports on the way there featuring Trish Tilby's take on the recent actions of the Friends of Humanity. They soon arrive at their destination and head out. They come across the safehouse for the FOH group. The team splits in two to make a reconnaissance of the house. They then break in and easily take out the FOH guards and rescue Rusty and Skids, almost without a fight.

The team learns that Rusty and Skids were definitely brainwashed by Stryfe as they argue their own rescue and state that Stryfe will return and cleanse the world in fire. Cannonball finds an FOH pamphlet and learns that the group is worse than he thought. They then leave with their rescued friends on board.

Trivia

• In th editorial notes in this issue, it lists that Rusty and Skids were captured in X-Factor #89. This is incorrect and the correct issue is X-Men (Vol. 2) #15.

See Also

• 7 image(s) from X-Force Vol 1 24

Links and References

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 06/08/2010

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