X-Men: Deadly Genesis
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| X-Men: Deadly Genesis | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
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| Publication date | January – July ISBN 0-7851-1961-2 |
X-Men: Deadly Genesis is a comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics from 2006. The series was written by Ed Brubaker with interior art done by Trevor Hairsine and covers by Marc Silvestri. Starring the X-Men, this series celebrates the 30th anniversary of Giant-Size X-Men #1 (containing the story titled Second Genesis). The plot deals with the X-Men looking for Professor Charles Xavier, who went missing after House of M, as well as their conflict with a new and incredibly powerful mutant.[1]
Plot summary
Deadly Genesis is a
In Deadly Genesis, Ed Brubaker writes that this episode was only half of the truth: the international X-Men had been Professor X's second attempt to rescue the original X-Men. The first attempt to retrieve the missing X-Men was conducted with a team of young mutants (the energy-wielding
After the 2005 "
The storyline from Deadly Genesis continues in
Back-up stories
In addition to the main plotline about the X-Men and the Mystery Mutant, each issue of the series features a backup story introducing a new mutant character. In each of these, after the character learns of their powers, they use them to overcome a challenge in their life, which brings them to the attention of a woman who specializes in helping mutant youths. That woman is Moira MacTaggert.
- In issue 1, a young girl named Petra runs away to Central Park, using her power of terrakinesis to survive.
- In issue 2, a young boy named Armando Muñoz, becomes a scientific wonder when he is dubbed Darwin, the Evolving Boy.
- In issue 3, Suzanne Chan survives the crossfire of a gang war in Sway.
- In issue 4, Gabriel Summers, a young orphan in the care of Moira MacTaggert, learns of his mutant power to control and manipulate energy, while dealing with flashes of memory of his life treated as an outcast in the D'Ken). He then gains the codename Kid Vulcan.
- In issue 5, a young Emma Frost, following the events of the Emma Frost series, has just begun working as a stripper at the New York Branch of the Hellfire Club. From here, she will go on to work her way up to the rank of White Queen. Xavier and Moira MacTaggert approach her about joining the X-Men, but she refuses. She briefly encounters Kid Vulcan outside the club before Xavier erases her memory of the encounter, which is why in the current storyline of the same issue, Emma has a vague recognition of Vulcan.
In the current storyline, it is revealed that Petra, Sway, Darwin, and Kid Vulcan were placed under the tutelage of Moira MacTaggert, much like the original X-Men trained under Xavier. When the original X-Men were lost during their fight against Krakoa the Living Island, Xavier appeared and psychically accelerated the training of Moira's students in order to send them to rescue his own. In the present, Vulcan claims that Xavier left his team to die on Krakoa (presumably, had Emma Frost accepted the invitation to join, she would have become the fifth member of this team and died on Krakoa as well).
Other versions
What if...?
A one-shot comic published in December 2006, presents an alternate reality where Vulcan, the leader of the X-Men, has become one of the most respected heroes in the world while his brother lives in seclusion after Jean's death at Krakoa. The official story was that Vulcan found all the X-Men dead and fled from the living island before it exploded. Krakoa is still drifting in space where it was found by the
Collected editions
The series has been collected into a single volume, and a single hardcover.
- Deadly Genesis (200 pages, hardcover, August 2006, ISBN 0-7851-1830-6)
The series has also been collected into a 40th anniversary hardcover of Giant-Size X-Men:40 Anniversary Edition. The hardcover collects Giant-Size X-Men #1, 3-4; Classic X-Men #1; X-Men Origins: Colossus one-shot; X-Men Origins: Wolverine one-shot; X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1-6; What If? (1989) #9, #23; and material from X-Men Gold #1
- Giant Size X-Men: 40th Anniversary Edition (440 pages, hardcover, June 2015, ISBN 978-0-7851-9777-5)
Additionally, the series has been collected in War of Kings Prelude: Road to War of Kings Omnibus. The hardcover omnibus edition collects Son of M #1-6, X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1-6, Silent War #1-6, Secret Invasion: Inhumans #1-4, Guardians of the Galaxy (vol. 2) #1-12, Nova (vol. 4) #13-22, Nova: The Origin of Richard Rider, and War of Kings Saga.
- War of Kings Prelude: Road to War of Kings Omnibus (1192 pages, hardcover omnibus, April 2017, ISBN 978-1-302-90446-3)
References
- ^ "Flashback: How Marvel's "House of M" Changed an Industry and a Universe". CBR. 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ "The Marvel Comics Guide: SECOND GENESIS (1974-1975)". The Marvel Comics Guide. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ Redmond, Scott (2021-07-11). "Retcons, Reboots And Resurrections: The Legendary Second Genesis Of The X-Men". COMICON. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
- ^ "X-Men: What Happened to the Deadly Genesis Team?". CBR. 2020-09-19. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
External links
- X-Men: Deadly Genesis at the Grand Comics Database
- X-Men: Deadly Genesis at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- 'X-Men: Deadly Genesis at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
- Deadly Genesis at the Marvel Universe
- Covers by Marc Silvestri
