Appearing in "Rubicon"
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Professor X (Charles Xavier)
- Blue Team (First appearance)
- Gold Team (First appearance)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe)
- Jean Grey (Joins)
- Archangel (Warren Worthington III) (Joins)
- Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Joins)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Acolytes (First appearance)
- Magneto (Magnus)
- Fabian Cortez (First appearance) (Joins)
- Delgado (First appearance) (Joins)
- Anne-Marie Cortez (First appearance) (Joins)
- Chrome (First appearance) (Joins)
- Nance Winters (First appearance) (Joins)
Other Characters:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Agent Harry Delgado (First appearance)
- Agent Deke (Killed)
- Sasha (Russian agent)
- President George H. W. Bush
- The New Mutants (Photo)
- Mirage (Dani Moonstar) (Photo)
- Magik (Illyana Rasputina) (Photo)
- Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair) (Photo)
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (Photo)
- Cypher (Douglas Ramsey) (Photo)
- Karma (Xian Coy Manh) (Photo)
- Warlock (Photo)
- The Lord (God) (Invoked)
- Russian Armed Forces (Main story and flashback)
Races & Species:
- Mutants
- Humans
- Mutant Human-Otherworlder Hybrids
- Mutant Technarch (Photo)
- Cyborgs
- Wolves (Mentioned)
- Leopards (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- Earth Orbit
- Asia/Europe
- Soviet Union
- Kazakhstan
- Baikonur
- Star City Cosmodrome (First appearance)
- Baikonur
- Russia (Mentioned)
- Kazakhstan
- Soviet Union
- North America
- Africa
Items:
- Ruby-Quartz Sunglasses
- Cerebro
- Hoverchair
- Wolverine's Suit
- Cyclops' Visor
- X-Uniforms
- Adamantium (on Wolverine's claws and body)
- Magneto's Helmet
- Gambit's Staff (First appearance)
Vehicles:
- X-Men Blackbird
- Russian submarine, Leningrad (Main story and flashback)
Synopsis for "Rubicon"
A group of mutants have stolen a shuttle and are being pursued by some agents. Magneto arrives and tears their ships apart before bringing them on board Asteroid M. At the mansion the X-Men are testing the building's defenses. They split into two teams, but only Wolverine, with Psylocke's help, is able to breach them. The two different crews fight on board the Asteroid until Magneto stops them. One of them, Fabian Cortez, has a suggestion for Magneto. Back at the mansion the X-Men Blue team respond to a signal that Magneto is up to something. He has raised a nuclear submarine.
The X-Men confront him, but after a brief battle he flies off with the nuclear weapons. Rogue tries to follow him to talk, but is shot down by a Russian plane. Magneto is hurt and is healed by Cortez. Rogue is found in Genosha but is pursued by the newly formed Acolytes wanting her to join them. She disagrees and fights them, and the X-Men arrive to help her. Magneto turns up and declares that Asteroid M will be a haven for all mutantkind.
Solicit Synopsis
Another chance to buy the best-selling comic book of all time - one that ushered in a new era of X-Men greatness! In 1991, history was made when superstar creators Chris Claremont and Jim Lee launched a second ongoing title for Marvel's premier mutant super-group - and the inaugural issue featured an all-star lineup, separated into Cyclops' Blue team and Storm's Gold team, for an action-packed showdown against their archenemy, Magneto, and his fanatical Acolytes! Featuring fan-favorite characters looking better than ever in bold new costumes that helped define a decade, it's no wonder the "adjectiveless" X-MEN #1 sold an incredible eight million copies! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original deluxe-edition form, packed with pinups and an iconic wraparound cover! Reprinting X-MEN (1991) #1.