X-Men: Messiah Complex Vol 1 1

Part of the "Messiah Complex" event Alternate Covers: Textless Marc Silvestri Variant Textless Silvestri Variant Top Cow Variant X-Men: Messiah Complex Vol 1 #1 Published December, 2007 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist David Finch Danny Miki Frank D'Armata "Messiah Complex: Chapter One" Writer Ed Brubaker Penciler Marc Silvestri Inker Joe Weems Marco Galli Sheldon Mitchell Colourist Frank D'Armata Letterer Chris Eliopoulos Editor Nick Lowe Previous Issue Next Issue — (Title) — (Story) Uncanny X-Men #492

Appearing in "Messiah Complex: Chapter One"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
  • Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Joins team)
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Emma Frost
  • Wolverine (James Howlett)
  • Charles Xavier
  • Beast (Hank McCoy)

Supporting Characters:

• New X-Men
  • Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)
  • Anole (Victor Borkowski)
  • X-23 (Laura Kinney)

Antagonists:

• Marauders
  • Blockbuster (Death)
  • Prism (Death)
  • Gambit
  • Lady Mastermind
  • Sunfire
  • Scalphunter
  • Omega Sentinel (Possessed by Malice)
• Purifiers
  • Numerous unnamed
• Predator X

Other Characters:

• Sentinel
• Various mutant students
• Cooperstown citizens
  • Marlene's mother
  • Marlene (Corpse)

Locations:

• United States of America
  • Alaska
    • Cooperstown
  • New York State
    • Xavier Institute

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor
• Cerebra (Mutant Detector)

Vehicles:

• X-Men Blackbird
  
  

Synopsis for "Messiah Complex: Chapter One"

At the Xavier Institute, Professor Xavier futilely uses Cerebra with Beast at his side. Lately, he has found no signs of hope concerning the dwindling mutant population. Then suddenly, Cerebra's systems are blown out, causing pain amongst the telepaths and startling everyone in the mansion. The first new mutant birth since M-Day causes panic and excitement among the mutants. Professor X assembles a field team to investigate the situation, as Beast works on getting Cerebra back online. The group travel to Cooperstown, Alaska to find the entire town burning to the ground. The area is like a war-zone, and the X-Men immediately spread out to help any survivors. They conclude that a battled had ensued, following the massacre of the townspeople. The X-Men notice the dead bodies of Blockbuster and Prism on the ground, and a short while later they also find dead Purifiers. A distraught woman, holding her daughter’s smoldering corpse, steps out from the distance. Emma calms her down and then enters her mind to see past events unfold. She witnesses the girl’s death at the hands of the Purifiers, and the arrival of the Marauders. Emma sends Angel to the wreckage of a nearby hospital, where he discovers that the Purifiers had killed all the babies in case one was a mutant. Birth records provide evidence to suggest that the newborn mutant was not killed in the conflict. Either Sinister's Marauders have the baby, or the Purifiers do. Meanwhile, the creature known as Predator X has picked up the scent of the new arrival. It hungers for the mutant baby and is traveling at great distances in search for it.

Notes

• This issue is the first Chapter in the X-Men Messiah Complex Event
• The core group of Marauders have been cloned numerous times.
• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for info.^[1]

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