Appearing in 1st story
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Human Resistance
- ⏴ Cloak ⏵ (Possessed by Cloak)
- ⏴ Daniel Rand ⏵ (Possessed by Iron Fist)
- ⏴ Felicia Hardy ⏵ (Possessed by Black Cat)
- ⏴ White Tiger (Angela Del Toro) ⏵ (Possessed by White Tiger)
- ⏴ Luke Cage ⏵ (Possessed by ⏴ Luke Cage ⏵)
- ⏴ Misty Knight ⏵ (Possessed by Misty Knight)
- ⏴ Marc Spector ⏵ (Possessed by Moon Knight)
- ⏴ Hawkeye ⏵ (Possessed by Hawkeye)
Antagonists:
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Red Guard
- Agent Mystique (Raven Darkhölme) (See Chronology) (Possessed by Mystique)
- Agent Jessica Drew (Possessed by Veranke)
- Agent Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) (Possessed by Toad)
- Agent Rogue (Anna Marie Darkhölme) (Possessed by Rogue)
- Agent Nightcrawler (Kurt Darkhölme) (Possessed by Nightcrawler)
- Red Guard
Other Characters:
- Captain America (Steve Rogers) (Only in recap)
- Weapon X Program (Only in recap)
- The Professor (Voice only)
- Dr. Carol Hines (Voice only)
- Hulk (Bruce Banner) (Only in recap)
- X-Men (Only in recap)
- Phoenix (Jean Grey) (Only in recap)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Only in recap)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only in recap)
- Mariko Yashida (Only in recap)
- Wanda Maximoff (Mentioned) (Only in recap)
- She-Hulk (Jen Walters) (Only in recap)
- New Avengers (Only in recap)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Only in recap)
- Sentry (Robert Reynolds) (Only in recap)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Only in recap)
- Ms. Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Only in recap)
- X-Men (Only in recap)
- Emma Frost (Only in recap)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Only in recap)
- Falcon (Sam Wilson) (Only in recap)
- ⏴ Professor Charles Xavier ⏵ (Shadow only) (Only in flashback)
- ⏴ Pietro Maximoff ⏵ (Shadow only) (Only in flashback)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Madame Web (Cassandra Webb) (Mentioned)
- Simon Williams (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Mary Jane Watson (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Alison Blaire (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
- Sentinels
- The Pulse (Name only)
- Betty Brant (Photo)
- Kat Farrell (Photo)
- Ben Urich (Name only)
- Magneto (King Erik Magnus) (Photo)
- Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers) (Photo)
- Blob (Fred Dukes) (Photo)
- Princess Ororo Munroe (Photo)
- House of Magnus (Name only)
- Prince Namor (Namor McKenzie) (Photo)
- King T'Challa (Name only)
- Lord Victor von Doom (Name only)
- Private Genis-Vell (Name only)
- Pietro Magnus (Name only)
- Wanda Magnus (Name only)
- Lorna Magnus (Name only)
- Nazi Germany (Name only)
- President Richard Nixon (Name only)
- United Nations (Name only)
- Dr. Otto Octavius (First appearance) (Photo)
- Hydra (Name only)
- Madame Hydra (Name only)
- Clan Yashida (Name only)
- Mariko Harada (Name only)
- Kenuichio Harada (Name only)
- NYPD (Name only)
- Sergeant Jasper Sitwell (Name only)
- Janet Van Dyne (Photo)
- Tony Stark (Name only)
- House of Ideas (Name only)
- Ralph Macchio (Name only)
- Jason Wyngarde (Name only)
- Warren Worthington III (Name only)
- Hellfire Club (Name only)
- Peter Parker (Photo)
- Richie Parker (Photo)
- Dragons (Name only)
- Shang-Chi (Photo)
- Wolfpack (Name only)
- Rafael Vega (Photo)
- FBI (Name only)
- Lord Kevin Reginald Plunder (Photo)
- Jen Walters (Name only)
- Stark Industries
Races and Species:
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Humans
- Skrulls
- Sentinels
- Atlanteans (Photo)
Locations:
- House of M
- Earth
- United States of America
- Kenya (Name only)
- Atlantis (Name only)
- Poland (Name only)
- Auschwitz-Birkenau (Name only)
- Genosha (Name only)
- Japan (Name only)
- Indonesia (Name only)
- Paris, France (Name only)
- Milan, Italy (Name only)
- Hell (Invoked)
- Earth
- Marvel Universe (Only in flashback)
Items:
- Captain America's Uniform (Only in recap)
- Captain America's Shield (Only in recap)
- Cyclops' Visor (Only in recap)
- Spider-Man's Suit (Only in recap)
- Web-Shooters (Only in recap)
- Iron Man Armor Model 25 (Only in recap)
- Falcon's Wings (Only in recap)
- Cloak's Cloak
- Hawkeye's Bow and Trick Arrows
Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
- Logan's Motorcycle (First appearance)
Synopsis for 1st story
Wolverine's entire life from the real world flashes before his eyes, up to when Professor Xavier brought up the subject of what to do with Wanda Maximoff. Mystique attempts to ask him what's wrong and suggests that he see Madame Web if there is a problem. Instead, Wolverine jumps down into New York City below. Once he makes a hard landing, he reads a newspaper detailing the House of M, before stealing a motorcycle to locate the Xavier Institute. However, he soon finds that the Institute is just a mansion with a family who have never even heard of Xavier. Wolverine then rushes off to a telephone booth near a diner to locate Xavier or Peter Parker; amazingly, for the latter, he learns that there is a fan club. He then notices a group of mutants harassing a female Sapien. Angrily, he pops his claws and advances on them.
Some time later, he arrives back into New York to contact Tony Stark at Stark Tower. Unfortunately, Stark is not in the tower. Worse, the Red Guard, having been ordered to bring him in by any means necessary, has tracked him down; they include Jessica Drew, Toad, Nightcrawler, Rogue and Mystique. He makes a run for it. As he escapes on his motorcycle, he runs into Cloak, who teleports himself elsewhere. On the other side, Wolverine recognizes Luke Cage, among the other Humans (Homo sapiens) in the room. Cage asks that Wolverine take out the tracking device in his neck. Even more surprising, the once deceased Hawkeye emerges out of Cloak to demand that he complies.
Notes
Chronology Notes[]
Characters in this story also appear in other stories between this issue. The affected characters are:
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