Appearances
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Main story and recap)
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy)
- Rogue
- Wolverine (Logan)
Supporting Characters:
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
- Acolytes
- Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (Name revealed) (Main story and flashback)
- President Kelly
Antagonists:
- Fabian Cortez (Main story and recap)
Other Characters:
- Kangaroo (Frank Oliver) (Cameo)
- Random (Marshall Stone III) (Cameo)
- Blockbuster (Michael Baer) (Cameo)
- Slither (Aaron Salomon) (Cameo)
- Peeper (Peter Quinn) (Cameo)
- Shocker (Randall Darby) (Cameo)
- Morlocks (Cameo)
- Nazi Party (Only in flashback) (Unnamed)
- Edie Lehnsherr (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- Jakob Lehnsherr (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
- X-Factor (Cameo)
- Forge (Cameo)
- Polaris (Lorna Dane) (Cameo)
- Havok (Alexander Summers) (Cameo)
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) (Cameo)
- Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (Cameo)
- Strong Guy (Guido Carosella) (Cameo)
- Externals (Cameo) (First appearance)
- Haven (Cameo) (First appearance)
- Monsoon (Cameo) (First appearance)
- United Nations (Appears on screen)
- Lifter (Ned Lathrop) (Cameo)
- Arclight (Philippa Sontag) (Cameo)
- Copycat (Vanessa Carlysle) (Cameo)
- MjNari (Cameo)
- Black Panther (Cameo)
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)
- Deathbird (Cal'syee Neramani) (Cameo) (First appearance)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-92131
- Earth Orbit (Main story and recap)
- Asteroid M (Main story and recap) (Destroyed)
- Earth
- Earth Orbit (Main story and recap)
Items:
- X-Uniforms
- Magneto's Helmet (Main story and recap)
- Inhibitor Collar
- Shi'ar Technology
- Panther Habit (Cameo)
Vehicles:
- X-Men Blackbird
- Shi'ar Battlecruiser
Synopsis
As Magneto plummets helplessly to Earth, Fabian Cortez assumes control of Asteroid M and sends hundreds of missiles towards Earth. Meanwhile, Rogue goes to help the X-Men and tries to find a missing Gambit. Magneto frees himself and returns in time to destroy both the missiles and Asteroid M. Everyone escapes before the asteroid is destroyed and they all return home (Gambit included!) Meanwhile, Cortez is rescued from the descending asteroid by Deathbird... and Apocalypse!
Notes
- This episode is loosely based on X-Men (Vol. 2) #3.
- The special space costumes worn by the X-Men in this episode (Wolverine's dark navy blue, Professor X's dark purple with silver circuitry neck-piece, Beast's yellow & orange space armor, and Rogue's green and black bodysuit) were released as part of the light-up armor run of the toy line.