Comics:New X-Men Annual Vol 1 1

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2001

"The Man from Room X"
Writers Grant Morrison Pencilers Leinil Francis Yu Inkers Gerry Alanguilan Colourists Hi-Fi Design Letterers Richard Starkings, Saida Temofonte Editors Pete Franco

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New X-Men Annual #2

Seven little words, one awful concept: Unknown, insanely powerful mutant on the loose.

-- Domino

Appearing in "The Man from Room X"

Featured Characters:

X-Men
- Cyclops (Scott Summers)
- Wolverine (Logan)
- Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers) (astral form)
- Emma Frost
- Beast (Hank McCoy)
Xorn (First appearance)

Supporting Characters:

X-Corporation
- Domino (Beatrice)
- Risque (Last appearance)

Villains:

John Sublime (First appearance)
U-Men (First appearance)
- Jan
- Biro
- Harriot

Other Characters:

Ao Jun (First appearance), (Final appearance)

Locations:

China
- Feng Tu (prison facility)
- Hong Kong

Items:

Xorn's containment helmet

Vehicles:

X-Men Blackbird

Synopsis for "The Man from Room X"

A Chinese army officer, Ao Jun, is concluding the secret sale of a powerful captive mutant, Kuan-Yin Xorn, with a certain Sublime. To prevent that sale, Domino, of Asia X-Corporation, is welcoming the X-Men at Hong Kong. Sublime is promoting there his U-Men, humans with grafted mutant organs.

During a following evening, Ao Jun is arriving at a reception, organized by Sublime, to exchange the payment with the keys of Xorn's handcuffs. Domino and Wolverine are stealing them from the Eyes of Ao Jun.

Meanwhile, Cyclops, Emma Frost and the Beast are investigating the murder of Risque, another member of Asia X-Corporation. Around the place of the crime, they're discovering a clandestine operating room where of U-Men remove mutant organs.

The next day, some U-Men - without Sublime - are going to Feng Tu, where Xorn is prisoner. When they're trying to unhandcuff him, they're realizing the X-Men have stolen the keys. As Ao Jun knew it, the U-Men are killing him.

At this moment, the X-Men are attacking the prison and the U-Men are surrendering. However, Xorn is on his way to commit suicide - what would destruct all China. Cyclops is persuading him rather to join the X-Men.

Notes

Risque was killed by John Sublime and his U-Men, off-panel
Many defenseless children are horrifically slaughtered and vivisected at the expense of John Sublime's twisted view on mutation

Trivia

This annual takes place between New X-Men #116 and New X-Men #117.
This book is Marvel's first comic in widescreen format: "Marvelscope".

Links and References

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