Appearing in "Welcome to the X-Men! Now Die!"
Featured Characters:
- X-Men (Jean Grey School's Team)
- Wolverine (Logan)
- Kitty Pryde
- Marvel Girl (Rachel Grey)
- Husk (Paige Guthrie)
- Beast (Hank McCoy)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake)
- Lockheed (Joins)
- Doop (Joins)
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
- Warbird (First appearance) (Joins)
- Jean Grey School student body
- Rockslide (Santo Vaccarro)
- Anole (Victor Borkowski)
- Armor (Hisako Ichiki)
- Glob Herman (Robert Herman)
- Oya (Idie Okonkwo)
- Indra (Paras Gavaskar)
- Trance (Hope Abbott)
- Hellion (Julian Keller)
- Cipher (Alisa Tager)
- Blindfold (Ruth Aldine)
- Gentle (Nezhno ABidemi)
- Broo (Joins)
- Kid Omega (Quentin Quire)
- Kid Gladiator (First appearance) (Joins)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Hellfire Club
- Black King (Kade Kilgore)
- Krakoa (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- God (Invoked)
- Mrs. Abigail Marigold (First appearance)
- Mr. Eugene Clud (First appearance)
- Avengers (Mentioned)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Mentioned)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- Emma Frost (Mentioned)
- Marauders (Mentioned)
- Gladiator (Kallark) (Mentioned)
- Kilgore Arms (Mentioned)
- Scott Summers (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth
- United States of America
- New York
- Chicago, Illinois (Mentioned)
- University of Chicago (Mentioned)
- Utopia, San Francisco Bay, California (Mentioned)
- Canada (Mentioned)
- England, United Kingdom (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Hell (Mentioned)
Items:
- Jean Grey (Statue)
Synopsis for "Welcome to the X-Men! Now Die!"
Professor X gives Wolverine his blessings for the latest iteration of the school, now called the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Now they only have to survive a visit by inspectors from the New York State Department of Education. The visit goes badly, to say the least, with the classes and teaching methods either baffling or straight out disgusting the inspectors. Not even Beast’s charm can save the situation. In the meantime, Kade Kilgore, new Black King of the Hellfire Club, introduces himself to Wolverine and threatens the school, only moments before the inspectors are panicking, chased by a horde of extra-dimensional Bamfs. And that very moment, the ground comes alive, threatening to swallow the school…
Solicit Synopsis
Notes
- Includes a full list of faculty members and students, revealing Gambit and Rogue to be "senior staff members", Cannonball, Chamber, and Karma to be "junior staff members", and Frenzy to be "adjunct staff." Along with the students appearing in this issue, it also confirms Bling!, Ernst, Graymalkin, Match, and Mercury as students of the Institute.
- Also includes a "class list", revealing the classes and extracurricular activities taught be each instructor, along with a list of "special events."
- Also includes a preview of things to come in the pages of Wolverine & the X-Men.