Marvel Database
Register
Advertisement

Appearing in "Second Coming (Chapter Thirteen)"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Force (Vol. 3) #28

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Second Coming (Chapter Thirteen)"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Force (Vol. 3) #28

Outside the energy dome surrounding a portion of San Francisco, Thor's efforts to break through still prove useless. Civilians gather by to pray for the X-Men to help save their loved ones.

Inside the dome, Cable, having fully given himself to the techno-organic virus he's been fighting his whole life, keeps the time sphere open to allow X-Force and Cypher to pass through safely. But once the deed is done, Cable disintegrates, leaving only his left arm.

Seeing this from a distance, Graydon Creed and Stephen Lang try insisting to Bastion that they have lost. However, Bastion refuses to accept defeat, declaring that Hope must die.

A brief flashback to the 31st century, Cable is telling Hope that she'll know what to do when the time is right. Cutting back to the present, Cyclops expresses his sorrow to Hope, at which she reacts with nothing but hate to him, blaming Cable's death on him. Then suddenly, an energy beam strikes the Golden Gate Bridge, sending all the X-Men on it crashing into the water. Hope, pulling herself up, reminds herself that she has to survive. However, Bastion, accompanied by Creed and Lang (both transformed into Sentinels), declares that mutantkind ends with her. Cyclops, urging Hope to run, fires an optic blast at the Super-Sentinel, but it is simply deflected back at himself. But instead, Hope decides to stand her ground, as Bastion powers up his eye beams. But before they could kill Hope, suddenly, a psionic armor forms around her. She then reacts with an optic blast, taking out a chunk of Bastion's left side. Bastion discovers that Hope's powers are unknown and incalculable. Hope then turns her left arm into organic metal and punches through the android. She then displays Iceman's and Magma's abilities. Bastion says that she must die to ensure humanity's survival. He promises that he will take great pleasure in killing her. But before he could, Cyclops surprises him with an optic blast, taking out his right side, before Wolverine stabs him, declaring vengeance for Nightcrawler. Hope then finally annihilates Bastion, while simultaneously destroying the dome. All the X-Men then stare at her with wonder as she is bathed in a golden light.

Appearing in "Second Coming (Chapter Fourteen)"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Men: Second Coming #2

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Other Characters:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:


Synopsis for "Second Coming (Chapter Fourteen)"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Men: Second Coming #2

The assembled X-Men are all staring at Hope Summers, glowing with an aura of immense energy, before she settles down on the ground, dazed. She runs to Cable's remaining arm and cradles it as she slips into unconsciousness. She later wakes up to seeing Beast fixing Colossus' arm. Around her, the X-Club is trying to heal all the wounded X-Men: i.e. Karma is given a new cybernetic leg to replace her amputated one she lost to Cameron Hodge.

Beside Hope, Magneto muses that it took her less than a week to save them all and tells her that she obliterated Bastion as if he was a toy. Hope has no memory of this and presumes that she may be as dangerous as everyone thinks she is. Hellion comes around, asking why would anyone think that. He also said that if he had hands, he'd give her a scratch on the head. Magneto advises that he run away. He then tells Hope to get some rest.

A flashback shows Hope and Cable somewhere in the future, having defeated a squad of attackers trying to kill them. As they settle down for the night around a campfire, Hope expresses to her adoptive father her fears of losing him. Cable promises that's not going to happen.

In the present, the X-Men are hosting a memorial for Cable. Cyclops attempts to read his son's eulogy but stops, breaking down on the podium. Hope steps forward to take his place, stating that Cable was a soldier, who was fighting for what's right. As she and Cyclops shed tears, she ask that no one else cry for Cable.

Later, as Hope is sitting on the edge of a precipice, Prodigy tells the others that Hope is capable of anything they are. It's like someone make a "voodoo doll" of the entire mutant race. So in essence, Hope is mutantkind, with all the superpowers that come with it.

Back at the cemetery, Cyclops confronts Rogue over her decision to bring Hope into the fight with the Nimrods. She tries defending that Hope didn't want to see others die for her. Cyclops reprimands her for making such a reckless choice and tells her that she's off the combat roster until further notice. Until then, she needs to stick by Hope, for she's the only person she trusts.

Meanwhile, Storm finds Wolverine, having drunken countless alcohol. She tells him of her confrontation with Cyclops over the secret existence of X-Force, which he claimed full responsibility for. She strongly disapproved of their methods, to kill their enemies, something the X-Men abhor. Wolverine states that he'd do it all again if he had to, even if it was to save Nightcrawler but he wouldn't involve any of the original team with him.

Wolverine later finds X-23, telling her that she shouldn't have joined X-Force in the first place. He advises that she find her own direction in life. He then meets Cyclops at Alcatraz, where he learns about both Professor X and Beast's opinions about X-Force; the former thought he was looking at a stranger when he saw those dark secrets in Cyclops' mind and Beast has decided to leave the X-Men. Wolverine asks him what if the Avengers find out. Cyclops says that they'll cross that bridge when they come to it. But now it's a new day and X-Force won't be part of it. Wolverine reminds him that mutantkind has decreased in population, all because of Hope. Cyclops tells him not to blame her. As the two of them part ways, Wolverine finds the new X-Force, composed of Fantomex, Psylocke, Archangel and Deadpool. There's only one rule for them: no one can know.

Back in Utopia, Iceman finds Cyclops at the rebuilt Cerebra, where he is writing a letter to Nightcrawler's sister, to inform him about Beast's departure. At the moment, Beast is asking Namor if he needs a hand in moving some equipment, to which the prideful ruler of Atlantis refuses. Namor then asks him what kind of person would turn his back on his people.

As Beast's transport takes off, Namor approaches Cyclops to tell him that he's better off without Beast, for in an army, it doesn't need pacifists. Angel then walks up to them, informing them that a bonfire has been set up by the others. As Cyclops stride to the fire, Angel tries teaching Namor how to playing basketball... with disastrous consequences. He finds Emma there, locked in her diamond form to briefly shut out her emotions. And right in front of them is Hope, taking it hard about Cable's death. As Cyclops walks off, Emma then notices as Hope is before the bonfire, it assumes the shape of a phoenix raptor. Remembering her vision of Jean Grey, she rushes to find Cyclops, who is at Cerebra, where there are five lights on the globe, indicating the presence of new mutants.

Appearing in 3rd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age #1

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

Antagonists:

Other Characters:

Races and Species:

Locations:

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for 3rd story

Reprint of the 1st story from
Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age #1

After leaving the X-Men due to Cyclops' more militant style of leadership, Beast heads to L.A. to meet up with his girlfriend Abigail Brand who stands him up, only to meet up with Molly Hayes of the Runaways. The two discuss extinction, faith, and living life to its fullest. Hope is at the Baxter Building with Dr. Nemesis and Rogue, receiving a physical from Mr. Fantastic, as well as conversing with his son Franklin Richards, upon giving Hope a clean bill of health, Reed suggests that Hope try to locate her family in an attempt to better learn who she really is, on the way back to Utopia, Hope insists on doing just that.

Cyclops takes some time off to go hunting in The Savage Land, during which he encounters Steve Rogers, who suggests that Cyclops bring the X-Men out of the shadows and into the light as heroes, Rogers arranges to have the president award Scott the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which sways the people of San Francisco to welcome the X-Men back. During a celebration on Utopia, Cyclops sneaks away to talk to Hope, in an attempt to discuss a strategy of dealing with the five lights, Hope becomes agitated at his expectations and just wants to find her family. Scott realizing his mistreatment of Hope, decides that he'll deal with the lights and send a team to escort Hope to Alaska, much to her delight.

See Also

Links and References

References

Advertisement