X-Force Vol 1 87

Part of the Armageddon Now arc
X-Force #87
Previous Issue	X-Force #86
Next Issue	X-Force #88
Art by: Jim Cheung and Mark Morales
Release Date	December 30, 1998
Cover Date	February, 1999
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Bob Harras

1. "Family Matters (Armageddon Now, Pt. 1)"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	John Francis Moore
Penciler(s)	Jim Cheung
Inker(s)	Mark Morales
Colorist(s)	Marie Javins
Letterer(s)	Comicraft RS Dave Lanphear
Editor(s)	Bobbie Chase

 This assembly of alpha-class mutants... along with one other... are the first of the coming mutant aristocracy -- they are the New Hellions. Membership is open. 

—King Bedlam

Appearing in "Family Matters (Armageddon Now, Pt. 1)"

Featured Characters:

• X-Force
  • Proudstar (Jimmy Proudstar)
  • Siryn (Theresa Cassidy)
  • Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson) (Main story and flashback)
  • Domino (Beatrice Thurman)
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Sunspot (Roberto "Bobby" da Costa)
  • Meltdown (Tabitha Smith)
  • Moonstar (Dani Moonstar)

Supporting Characters:

• Husk (Paige Guthrie)
• Triune Understanding
  • Marty Smith
  • Wanda Jo Bialowsky-Smith (First appearance)
• ⏴ Jennifer Kale ⏵

Antagonists:

• New Hellions (First appearance)
  • King Bedlam (Christopher Aaronson) (Main story and flashback)
  • Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert) (Main story and flashback)
  • Magma (Allison Crestmere)
  • Paradigm (First appearance)
  • Switch (Devon Alomar) (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Hellfire Club (Mentioned)
  • White Queen (Emma Frost) (Only in flashback)
• Unnamed Hellfire Club goons (Only in flashback)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Mentioned)
• Hellions (Only in recap)
  • Jetstrem (Haroun al-Rashid) (Only in recap) (Death)
• Trevor Fitzroy (Only in recap)
• Sentinels (Earth-1191) (Only in recap)
• ESPN (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
• National Security Agency (Mentioned)
  • Kyle Aaronson (Mentioned)
  • Nina Aaronson (Mentioned)
• Unnamed elderlies at a retirement home
• Gunther, an orderly
• Dabney Saunders
• Elizabeth Guthrie (Mentioned)
• Marie-Ange, Tarot's grandmother (Referenced)
• Triathlon (Delroy Garrett Jr.) (Mentioned)
• Arcadia (Mentioned)
• Valkyries (Mentioned)
• Beast (Hank McCoy) (Mentioned)
• New Mutants (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Mutants (Main story and flashback)
• Sentinels (Only in recap)
• Humans
• Asgardians (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • North America (Main story and flashback)
    • United States of America (Main story and flashback)
      • New England (Only in flashback)
        • Massachusetts (Only in flashback)
          • Snow Valley (Only in flashback)
            • Berkshire Mountains (Only in flashback)
              • Massachusetts Academy (Only in flashback)
      • California
        • San Francisco
          • Richmond District
          • Ninth Circle Dive
          • X-Force's Warehouse
          • North Beach
        • Sacramento
          • Sacramento Delta Retirement Village
        • Santa Lucia
          • New Hellions' Ranch House
      • Kentucky
        • Lexington
  • France (Referenced) (Only in flashback)
    • Lyon (Referenced) (Only in flashback)

Items:

• X-Uniforms
• Transmode Virus

Synopsis for "Family Matters (Armageddon Now, Pt. 1)"

• Synopsis not yet written

Trivia

• Front cover shows this issue as "Feb" publishing date, though the index inside shows "March".

See Also

• 3 image(s) from X-Force Vol 1 87
• 1 reprint(s) of X-Force Vol 1 87

Links and References

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 07/25/2010