Appearances
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Main story and flashback)
- Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy)
- Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
- Rogue
- Wolverine (Logan)
Supporting Characters:
- Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (Name revealed) (Main story and flashback)
- President Kelly
- Acolytes
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)
- Deathbird (Cal'syee Neramani) (Cameo) (First appearance)
- Kangaroo (Frank Oliver) (Cameo)
- Random (Marshall Stone III) (Cameo)
- Blockbuster (Michael Baer) (Cameo)
- Slither (Aaron Salomon) (Cameo)
- Peeper (Peter Quinn) (Cameo)
- Lifter (Ned Lathrop) (Cameo)
- Shocker (Randall Darby) (Cameo)
- Arclight (Philippa Sontag) (Cameo)
- Copycat (Vanessa Carlysle) (Cameo)
- Morlocks (Cameo)
- 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)
- Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex) (Cameo)
- Nasty Boys (Cameo)
- Ruckus (Clement Wilson) (Cameo)
- Gorgeous George (Blair) (Cameo)
- Slab (Kris Anderson) (Cameo)
- Gideon (Cameo) (First appearance)
- Saul (Cameo) (First appearance)
- Haven (Cameo) (First appearance)
- Monsoon (Cameo) (First appearance)
- MjNari (Cameo)
- Black Panther (T'Challa) (Cameo)
Locations:
- Earth-92131
- Earth Orbit
- Asteroid M (Main story and flashback) (Destroyed)
- Earth
- New York State
- Germany (Only in flashback)
- Washington, D.C.
- Genosha
- Middle East
- Africa
- Earth Orbit
Items:
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.