I'll join your X-Men, Norman. But I am not my father. You do not know me and I am not insane. Insanity is putting on a goblin outfit and laughing like a lunatic when you throw exploding pumpkins at strangers, wouldn't you say?

-- Wolverine

Appearing in "The Temptation of Cloak and Dagger"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Cloak (Tyrone Johnson)
• Dagger (Tandy Bowen)

Supporting Characters:

•  Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)  (Appears in flashback and main story)

Villains:

• unnamed drug lord
• unidentified troops

Other Characters:

• Barack Obama
• Dark X-Men
  • Emma Frost (In a photograph only)
  • Namor (In a photograph only)
  • Mimic (In a photograph only)
  • Wolverine (Daken) (In a photograph only)
  • Weapon Omega (In a photograph only)
• Dark Avengers (In a photograph only)
  • Ares (In a photograph only)
  • Hawkeye (In a photograph only)
  • Captain Marvel (In a photograph only)
  •  Ms. Marvel  (In a photograph only)
  • Spider-Man (In a photograph only)

Locations:

• Colombia

Items:

• Iron Patriot Armor

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Solicit Synopsis:Edit

UTOPIA TIE-IN Who are the Dark X-Men and how did they come to be? FIND OUT HERE! Each issue has 3 11-page stories, each dedicated to one of the Dark X-Men and how they came to be part of the team. This first two issues focus on Emma Frost, Mimic, Cloak & Dagger, Daken, Weapon X and Dark Beast!

Appearing in "Weapon Omega"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Michael Pointer (Appears in flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Norman Osborn
• Dark Beast (Hank McCoy)
• Chris and other unnamed construction workers

Villains:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• Alpha Flight (Only in flashback)
  • Sasquatch (Walter Langkowski) (Only in flashback)
  • Shaman (Michael Twoyoungmen) (Only in flashback)
  • Guardian (James Hudson) (Only in flashback)
  • Vindicator (Heather Hudson) (Only in flashback)
  • Puck (Zuzha Yu) (Only in flashback)
  • Major Mapleleaf (Louis Sadler Jr.) (Only in flashback)
• H.A.M.M.E.R. agents (Only in flashback)

Locations:

• Alaska
  • Future Site of the North Pole Children's Hospital

Items:

• Mutant Growth Hormone

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Synopsis for "Weapon Omega"Edit

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "I am Daken"Edit

Featured Characters:

• Wolverine (Daken)

Supporting Characters:

• Dark Avengers (Only in flashback)
  • Spider-Man (Mac Gargan) (Only in flashback)
  • Hawkeye (Only in flashback)
  • Iron Patriot (Norman Osborn)

Villains:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• Wolverine (In an illusion or vision)

Locations:

• New York City
  • Avengers Tower

Items:

• Iron Patriot Armor

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Synopsis for "I am Daken"Edit

• Synopsis not yet written.

NotesEdit

• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for info.^[1]
  

TriviaEdit

• No trivia.

See AlsoEdit

• Write your own review of this comic!
• Discuss Dark X-Men: The Beginning Vol 1 2 on the forums
• Images from Dark X-Men: The Beginning Vol 1 2

Recommended ReadingEdit

• None.

Links and ReferencesEdit

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