The difference between mutants and the rest of our fellow humanity... is that we wield the primal forces of nature. All of us hold within ourselves the capacity to transcend our very being. I've seen it happen to others of our kind. I've experienced it myself. 
Appearing in "Deadline"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Sydney Triad (First appearance)
- Examiner (First appearance)
- Julius Gow (Gow Yang Ju) (First appearance; dies)
- Several unnamed members
- Red Lotus (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Vargas (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cassandra Nova (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Trish Tilby (Appears on screen)
- Charles Xavier (Appears on screen)
- X-Men (Mentioned)
- Destiny (Irene Adler) (Mentioned)
- Brian Braddock (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Meggan Braddock (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Jubilee (Jubes Lee) (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)
- James Proudstar (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Chamber (Jonothon Starsmore) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Domino (Beatrice Thurman) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Bedlam (Jesse Aaronson) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Meltdown (Tabitha Smith) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cable (Nathan Summers) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Emma Frost (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cyclops (Scot Summers) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Archangel (Warren Worthington III) (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Viceroy (Miles Warbeck) (Photo) (First appearance) (Deceased)
- Inspector Bill Menzies (First appearance)
- Interpol (Mentioned)
- Heather Cameron (Photo) (Unnamed)
- Davis Cameron (Photo) (Unnamed)
- Molly Foo (First appearance)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Mutants
- Humans
- Cyborgs
- Mutant-Fairy Hybrids (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Human-Otherworlder Hybrids (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Mummudrai (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Sentinels (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Earth
- Europe
- Africa (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Genosha (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Cairo, Egypt (Mentioned)
- Hiroshima (Mentioned)
- Nagasaki (Mentioned)
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Salem Center, North Salem, Westchester, New York, United States of America (Mentioned)
- New York City (Mentioned in narration)
- Oceania
- Australian Continent
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Sydney
- Viceroy's penthouse
- Chinatown
- Golden Harbor Restaurant (First appearance)
- Sydney
- New South Wales
- Australia
- Australian Continent
Items:
- Cybernetic Sunglasses
- Destiny's Diaries
- Cyclops' Visor (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- X-Uniforms
- Gambit's Staff
Events:
- World War II (Mentioned)
Synopsis for "Deadline"
The X-Men have a team meeting to decipher one of Destiny’s diaries. Through one of Sage’s fantastic inventions they learn what little they can about the book’s contents, including predictions of current catastrophic events. The X-Men also discover that Gambit’s wanted for the murder of crime lord called Viceroy. Bishop does some undercover work and the team investigates the scene of the crime.
They find clues to the murder and learn that Viceroy has two children, heirs to his criminal empire. Storm decides to locate them. Even though most of the evidence points to Gambit’s guilt, Rogue believes in his innocence. Since her teammates believe that Gambit could indeed be guilty, Rogue leaves them in anger to find clues on her own. She heads to Chinatown, where men are planning to kill Viceroy’s children and eliminate heirs to the criminal throne.
Rogue finds Gambit in a restaurant. Julius Gow, the restaurant’s owner, has his thugs attack the two of them and their powers are negated during the fight, so they seek shelter. When someone kills Gow and frames Gambit, Gow’s grandson the Red Lotus mistakes Rogue and Gambit for murderers. He defeats them both, leaving them in dire straits.