Does it matter? What care I for the fate of the masses? Whether four or four billion fall in the days and weeks to come... the strongest - and the fittest - will survive.
Appearing in "Beginnings..."
Featured Characters:
- The X-Men (First appearance)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (First appearance)
- Rogue (Anna Marie Lensherr) (First appearance)
- Iceman (Robert Drake) (First appearance)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (First appearance)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (First appearance)
- Wild Child (Kyle Gibney) (First appearance)
- Blink (Clarice Ferguson) (First appearance)
- Morph (Kevin Sidney) (First appearance)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (First appearance)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Darkhölme) (First appearance)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau) (First appearance)
- Jean Grey (First appearance)
- Weapon X (Logan) (First appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Bishop (First appearance)
- Nanny (First appearance)
- Charles Lehnsherr (First appearance)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (First appearance)
- Karma (Xuân Cao Mạnh) (First appearance)
- Scarlett McKenzie (First appearance)
- Blob (Fred Dukes) (First appearance)
- The Human High Council (First appearance)
- Brian Braddock (First appearance)
- Moira Trask (First appearance)
- Bolivar Trask (Shadow only) (First appearance)
- Emma Frost (First appearance)
- Mariko Yashida (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur) (First appearance)
- The Horsemen of Apocalypse (First appearance)
- Holocaust (Nemesis) (First appearance)
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) (First appearance)
- Abyss (Nils Styger) (First appearance)
- Mikhail (Mentioned)
- Elite Mutant Force (First appearance)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (First appearance)
- Dark Beast (Henry McCoy) (First appearance)
- Havok (Alex Summers) (First appearance)
- Sebastian Shaw (First appearance)
- Unus (Gunther Bain) (First appearance; dies)
- The Infinites (First appearance)
- Sentinels
Other Characters:
- Charles Xavier (Mentioned)
- Unnamed mutants
- Several unnamed humans
- The X-Men (Only in flashback)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only in flashback)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only in flashback)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Only in flashback)
- Rogue (Only in flashback)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Only in flashback)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Only in flashback)
- Brotherhood of Mutants (Only in flashback)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Only in flashback)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) (Only in flashback)
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) (Only in flashback)
- Acolytes (Only in flashback)
- Fabian Cortez (Only in flashback)
- Javitz (Only in flashback)
- Scanner (Sarah Ryall) (Only in flashback)
- Alpha the Ultimate Mutant (Only in flashback)
Locations:
Synopsis for "Beginnings..."
Charles Xavier is dead — killed twenty years in the past by his future son David Haller during a time-travel accident — and the world created by his absence is a nightmare! Apocalypse rules with an iron fist, ruthlessly enforcing his dictum that only the strong shall survive.
Notes
- Chromium wraparound cover.
- Colossus and Shadowcat are mentioned but do not appear on panel. They make their proper debut in Generation Next #1.