On 9/11, Mr. President, terrorist hijackers turned civilian airliners into weapons of mass destruction. Where mutants are concerned, that role can be played by a single individual. Like it or not, gentleman, battle line have already been drawn between mutants and humanity. 
Appearing in "Intifada (Part 1): This is the Way the World Ends"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Rogue (Anna) (First appearance as Anna)
- Detective Teri Baltimore
- Dr. Valerie Cooper
- X-Corporation
- Lila Cheney
Antagonists:
- Marie D'Ancanto (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Spikes
- Marie D'Ancanto's parents (First appearance; dies)
- Marie D'Ancanto's brother (First appearance; dies)
- Médecins Sans Frontières staff (Death)
- Guerilla soldiers of unknown affiliation (Death)
- Unidentified Genoshan mutant
- Unnamed physician
- Marie D'Ancanto's uncle (First appearance) (Shadow only)
- Unidentified detective (Shadow only)
- NPR (Broadcast)
- Neal Conan (Voice only)
- President George W. Bush
- Prime Minister Tony Blair
- President Vladimir Putin
- Premier Wen Jiabao
- Several other unidentified politicians
- X-Men (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Phoenix (Jean Grey) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Emma Frost (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Xavier's School Student Body (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Beak (Barnell Bohusk) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Basilisk (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Stepford Cuckoos (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Sophie (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Phoebe (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Unnamed Cuckoo (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Celeste (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Esme (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Angel Salvadore (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Several unidentified others (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Unidentified mutants in a mob (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Mentioned)
- Omega Gang (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Redneck (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Radian (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Kid Omega (Quentin Quire) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Glob Herman (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Tattoo (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Giant Wild Sentinel (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Halle Berry (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Los Angeles Police Department
- Commander Kneisel
- Several unnamed officers
- The mayor of Los Angeles (Behind the scenes)
- Darth Vader (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Rogue's boss (First appearance)
- Jack
- Paint
- Several unidentified residents of Valle Soleada
Races and Species:
- Mutants
- Humans
- Wild Sentinels (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- California
- Los Angeles
- Hollywood
- Boyle Heights
- County Hospital
- X-Corporation Los Angeles Headquarters
- Valle Soleada
- Rogue's Beach House (First appearance)
- Mermaid Bar (First appearance)
- Santa Barbara (Referenced)
- Los Angeles
- Texas
- Crawford
- The "Texas White House / Presidential Ranch"
- Crawford
- New York
- Westchester County (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- North Salem (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Salem Center (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Xavier's School for Higher Learning (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Salem Center (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- North Salem (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Westchester County (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- California
- East African Highlands
- Gorolo Airfield
- Australia (Mentioned)
- France (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Paris (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Genosha (Only on screen as a static image or video record) (Destruction)
- United States of America
Items:
- X-Uniforms
- Cyclops' Visor (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cerebra (Mentioned)
- Magneto's Helmet (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cybernetic Sunglasses
- Rave
Vehicles:
- Sage's Motorcycle (First appearance)
Synopsis for "Intifada (Part 1): This is the Way the World Ends"
Marie's family is killed on a road trip by mutants; Gambit and Storm infiltrate a briefing on the dangers of mutants that Val Cooper is holding for the President and world leaders; Bishop and Sage combat a mutant gone out of control; Later the two hook up with a still powerless Rogue and meet Sam at a Lila Cheney concert; Marie crashes the concert with bombs strapped to her chest.
Notes
- Dr Cooper's briefing covers the riot at Xavier's from New X-Men #135–138.
- The President thinks he's recognized Storm, then expands it mentioning that he loved her in "that last Bond flick." Storm's disguise with the short hair makes her look like actress Halle Berry, who had starred in the James Bond movie Die Another Day (2002), released the year before this comic was published (2003). At that point, Berry had also portrayed Storm in the film X-Men (2000), making it a recursive reference.
- In another reference to that film, Rogue decorates her home with posters of movies starring Anna Paquin - who had portrayed Rogue in the film X-Men (2000).
