Hope Summers is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo , the character first appeared in X-Men #205 (Jan 2008, during the " X-Men: Messiah Complex " storyline). She is the first mutant born after the events of the " House of M " and " Decimation " storyline.
142-570: Hope is the first mutant to be born after the Decimation, an event in which the Scarlet Witch uses her reality-altering superpower to turn all but 198 of the world's mutants into regular, depowered humans. The moment Hope is born, the mutant-locating computer Cerebro explodes, and soon afterwards the hunt for her begins. Hope's town is attacked by the Purifiers , who use information given to them by
284-457: A "cure" for his mutant ability of flight. Despondent, he commits suicide after some goading from a Danger Room hologram of her. In the wake of this tragedy, Hisako, her teacher Kitty Pryde , and several Xavier students find themselves trapped in a sentient and hostile Danger Room with Wing's reanimated corpse. Danger, as the intelligence is named by the X-Men, eventually leaves the institute. Armor
426-453: A better future would dissolve the "us and them" mentality altogether. While in one of Emma Frost 's classes, Hope decides that what she is learning isn't useful to her, and she leads the Lights out of the classroom. Frost tries to stop them, but Hope just tells her to stay out of her mind and out of her way. Back at her quarters, Hope gets a letter from Hank McCoy , telling her that while most of
568-428: A bullet fired at her by Bishop . She then generated extremely powerful energy blasts that overloaded Bishop's own ability to absorb projected energy. She can also jump-start a newly emerging mutant power though to an undefined extent, and can redirect the force of magnetic fields into negative matter . Hellion also theorizes that she is able to unconsciously enhance mutant abilities such as his own telekinetic powers to
710-495: A certain extent like 'real' families but they are also a team. They differ from other teams such as the Justice League , which is like a meritocracy; only the best of the best join that team. In contrast, the X-Men is composed of outcasts. They train and nurture one another and are united by common goals and beliefs. ...the whole theme of the X-Men — the isolation of mutants and their alienation from 'normal' society — may be read as
852-644: A core group of mutants known as The Five ( Elixir , Proteus , Egg , and Tempus ) in order to revitalize those whom were lost battling against Orchis . She would help them resurrect their fallen mutant brethren by enhancing their powers to a degree needed for stable physiological new genesis. When the Dominion known as Enigma tried to prevent the resurrection of the Phoenix Force, he reached in time and tried to coerced Hope's mother to become Hope’s father, however his attempt failed thanks to none other than Jean Grey and
994-406: A distinct species independent of homo sapiens began development under Marvel writer and editor-in-chief Stan Lee in the early 1960s, as a means to create a large number of superheroes and supervillains without having to think of a separate origin for each one. As part of the concept, Lee decided that these mutant teenagers should, like ordinary ones, attend school in order to better cope with
1136-443: A fictional oppressed minority , mutants are often used as extended metaphors for real-world people and situations. In 1982, X-Men writer Chris Claremont said, "[mutants] are hated, feared and despised collectively by humanity for no other reason than that they are mutants. So what we have here, intended or not, is a book that is about racism, bigotry and prejudice." Danny Fingeroth writes extensively in his book Superman on
1278-474: A firefighter in or near Cooperstown, Alaska, and didn't show any desire to "settle down" until she got impregnated with Hope. Later she is called to Mexico by Cecilia Reyes and Psylocke where the second of the Five Lights lives. This new mutant is a boy called Gabriel Cohuelo , whose speed powers caused him to move so fast he had become invisible to the naked eye. Psylocke taps into Cecilia's powers to create
1420-554: A force field around his room so they would not lose him before Hope Summers could arrive to help. Hope manages to help him gather control of his abilities, however it is also revealed that his powers made him age slightly. Accompanied by Storm , Hope finds the third of the Five Lights praying in a small church in Nigeria, surrounded by armed men who wish to kill her as they believe she is a "witch child", due to her newly manifesting power over fire and ice. Hope manages to help this new mutant,
1562-459: A girl named Idie Okonkwo calm herself and gather control of her abilities. As Storm and Hope proceed to leave with Idie the men attack, but Idie protects them from harm using her ability over fire and destroys the men's vehicles. She then opens her eyes to reveal her right pupil is blue (ice) and her left pupil is orange (fire). Later Rogue, Hope, and the Lights arrive in Miami Beach to search for
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#17328694271721704-413: A hill, Hisako is approached by a girl who recognizes her as the one from the car wreck. She introduces herself as Mei Igarashi and shows Hisako a robotic dog. Arriving at her school, Hisako tells Mei that she got a similar note just like she got one to go to the old science lab at an abandoned school. Then she mentions about a shadowy figure and how a teacher of hers had died. Upon finding a stuffed animal in
1846-476: A job to rescue a professor from M.I.T. she considers "easy money". Turns out Hope had hacked into her files, and beat her to the punch. Domino is surprised to see Hope again. Hope makes a deal with Domino, the missing professor in exchange for Domino using her luck powers to find Cable. Domino and Hope locate Cable in a junkyard in Nebraska. Hope becomes enraged and mimics Cable's telekinesis. She explains that while she
1988-487: A large explosion follows. It turns out to be telepathic message. Then she falls from the sky and Gabriel saves her although she's unconscious. Kenji is blasted away by Idie and Cyclops and Wolverine try to kill him but Hope awakes and with the Lights tries to make contact with Kenji and she is successful. She passes out from strain. Later, she and the five Lights travel to Utopia, where they all decide to stay to hone their powers. After Doctor Nemesis examines Hope and four of
2130-512: A level he could not reach before she was around him. She was also seen exhibiting several times the Phoenix Force. Later it was revealed that she is an aspect of the Phoenix Force itself which enabled her to operate independently from the Force itself and become the "White Phoenix of the Crown," albeit temporarily. In House of X Hope's true abilities come to light, wherein she can modulate as well as control
2272-479: A message from the real MeMe (whose residual consciousness possessed the drones in X-Force's headquarters) to Hope, she agreed to MeMe's life support being turned off, thus letting MeMe die and putting Hope back to being in a coma. Hope then convinces Fantomex, who now has god-like super-powers, to attack the X-Force and is able to copy his powers and remove the virus from herself and defeat Fantomex. She then takes charge of
2414-469: A metaphorical " voodoo doll " of the mutant race. In the " Messiah War " storyline, after mentally scanning her, Stryfe hints that she has the same powers he does ( telekinesis and telepathy ), and is potentially far more powerful than he is. Her ability to mimic the powers of other mutants is restricted by the fact that they have to be "near enough" to her to mimic. When near Cable, Hope showed some telepathic and telekinetic powers at her command by stopping
2556-513: A mutant." The cause of mutation was elaborated upon in the first issue of the spin-off series X-Factor, in which Cameron Hodge refers to "people who possess the X-Factor mutation in their genetic makeup." This genetic mutation was later dubbed the X-Gene. At one point, Beast states that the X-Gene is located on the 23rd chromosome ; the process described is that the gene activates mutation producing
2698-470: A mutual friend, Forge. After finding Forge on Mt. Wundegore and discovering he has gone mad, he tries to open the Ghost Box. Thanks to the assistance of Abigail Brand and Beast , who borrows Hisako's phone, Brand fires a world-destroying laser at the Ghost Box and the phone, destroying it as well as much of the area while the X-Men escape. She is also sharing a room with Pixie and X-23. During an attack by
2840-538: A mysterious man, dubbed Subject X who they find fixing and restarting the eponymous "ghost box" in a spaceship. Subject X is defeated but kills himself rather than surrender information about his intentions and "the Annex". The X-Men locate Tian, which is an uncharted area of China that no surveillance or satellite system can get through, not even the Chinese government or Cerebra. The X-Men are able to sneak into Tian and discover
2982-629: A parable of the alienation of any minority... of a minority grouping determined to force its own place within society. Within the Earth X universe, the powers of the vast majority of Marvel's human superheroes were revealed to have been the result of genetic manipulation by the Celestials millions of years in the past. In the Ultimate Marvel universe within the pages of the Ultimate Origins #1, it
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#17328694271723124-454: A protein stimulating chemical signals which induce mutations on other genes. Mutations are depicted as generally manifesting during adolescence, however this is not universal. Some mutants, such as Nightcrawler , are visibly mutated from birth, while others like Magneto do not develop their abilities until adulthood. Some mutants are not even aware of their latent mutations unless deliberately activated, such as Polaris , whose manifestation
3266-413: A psychiatrist named Doctor Townley due to The Avengers making the sessions mandatory. She now has foster parents that watch twenty-seven hours of television a week, and their excessive smiling makes her uncomfortable. She feels that her foster parents can't compare to Cable. Domino is speaking to Boom Boom via communication link about how she made a sucker out of a client to pay her three times the amount for
3408-625: A radiation-exposed parent, was seen in "The Man with the Atomic Brain!" in Journey into Mystery #52 in May 1959; although not specifically called a "mutant", his origin is consistent with one. A little-known story in Tales of Suspense #6 (November 1959) titled "The Mutants and Me!" was one of the first Marvel (then known as Atlas ) stories to feature a named "mutant". Tad Carter, a mutant with telekinetic powers,
3550-649: A steak knife into the bathroom to kill himself. All of the Lights feel this, and Transonic jumps out of the plane to get to Zeeshan quicker; it's too late however, as Zeeshan is already dead. Hope yells at Zeeshan's friends before returning to Utopia. Four weeks later, an enraged Zero is seen outside the building where Zeeshan's friend lives. He is about to kill him with a drone, but is stopped by Wolverine who tells him that "It gets better, kid." After X-Man 's return to Utopia, Hope had initially refused to even speak to him, due to X-Man's connection with her surrogate father Cable . However, when X-Man puts himself in harm's way in
3692-491: A team by Cyclops to take down the Dark X-Men and participates in the final fight against Norman Osborn's forces, teaming up with X-23 and Pixie in taking on Daken. Hisako can generate full-body armor made of red psionic energy that gives her superhuman physical abilities. The body armor is depicted as enveloping her completely and protects her from tremendously strong and powerful attacks and greatly strengthens and amplifies
3834-524: A teenager and retained her powers after the events of Decimation . Armor first appeared in Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #4, and was created by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday . Hisako Ichiki is a young girl whose greatest aspiration is one day to join the X-Men . While it was originally thought that Hisako was not a member of any of the X-Men's various training squads, a 2010 handbook entry reveals that she
3976-409: A test. Later that day, Hisako goes to her mom's restaurant to help out where she notices a scratch on her bike. While bike riding, she is approached by a person named Amano who thinks that Hisako knows what happened to the boys who killed themselves. While trying to ride away, Hisako is ambushed by the shadowy figure who has possessed Amano. After the shadow attacks and then retreats with his host, Hisako
4118-418: A time-displaced future version of Gertrude Yorkes mentioned a future team of X-Men led by Hisako. Like Gertrude's Avengers, they were decimated by the villainous incarnation of Victor Mancha , known as "Victorious". Hisako and Gert are stated to be the last of the X-Men and Avengers, respectively and Hisako mentions that she does not have enough energy to generate her armor in a fight against Victorious. In
4260-552: A variation of the Ghost Boxes storyline, two alternate versions of Hisako have been depicted. The first is a different ending to Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #26. Cyclops and Wolverine are taken out by the Annex. The Annex then opens a Ghost Box and a Sentinel merged Magneto comes through and kills Emma Frost and Storm leaving Hisako the only surviving member of the Astonishing X-Men. In another alternate future, set 5 years after
4402-540: A well thought out speech to get his needs. He requests that the court recognize his hyperinstinctive intelligence the same way it recognizes robotic and alien intelligence. He also hopes that his parents understand that he is happier now than he has ever been. Primal wins the right to stay with Hope on Utopia, but Zero wonders if he is actually happy, or if he is just lying to stay with Hope. He talks with Transonic about how Hope has changed them all, and they both agree that something isn't right about it. Zero reveals that "Judas"
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4544-488: A woman named Hope, who is like a mother to the mutant baby. Finding relative peace there, he raises her with Hope until she is seven years old. But then New Liberty is invaded by humanoid insects who called themselves the United States Army, later calling themselves humanoid Blattarians. Cable fights them and leaves New Liberty with his wife and her in order to make sure New Liberty does not fall. After spending months in
4686-456: Is able to enter it. Laurie is sent to retrieve Gabriel, but likewise falls unconscious. Teon rushes to retrieve them both, but seems somehow unaffected. Hope deduces that a telepath is at work, and that Teon is somehow immune to it. Kenji states that he also has somewhat of an immunity to telepathy, and hooks a cord from his body into Hope and each of the Lights to share his immunity. The group (sans Idie, who has stayed outside with Shadowcat) enters
4828-464: Is able to get Idie out of the area of influence by flying straight up. Laurie and Idie then rush back down to the building, and are able to hook back into Kenji's protection before they are taken control of. Kenji then plugs into the Sixth Light's mother so Hope can talk to the child telepathically. Hope and each of the Lights try to talk to the child, but all are rejected one after the next. However, Teon
4970-416: Is able to talk to the child, using simplistic language to convince it to embrace life. The child is then born, and Hope's touch suppresses the child's X-Gene until its older. The celebration is cut short, however, as the group leaves the hospital; Shadowcat tells them that Teon's parents have sued for custody of their son. On Utopia, Cyclops and Evangeline Whedon both believe that the case for Teon's custody
5112-429: Is also able to expand her armor, greatly strengthening and increasing its size and shape around her, though her own body remains the same at its center. Hisako's body armor is partially explained as being composed of something related to her family lineage and ancestors. It is later described as being composed of memory. This is stated in an issue of Wolverine: Origins , when Hisako's armor is able to withstand blows from
5254-450: Is also able to pierce through Hisako's armor, such as Wolverine's claws, although he is not able to go through it with the rest of his body. In this case, she only remained uninjured because the distance between her armor's perimeter and her body was slightly greater than the length of Wolverine's claws. She can shape her armor, such as her ability to form Wolverine-like claws and make them extend outward. In instances of extreme duress, Hisako
5396-412: Is among the 198 mutants who retain their powers following M-Day , when the Scarlet Witch depowered most mutants on Earth. Hisako finds classmate Blindfold "crying" in the restroom. While trying to comfort Blindfold, Blindfold tries to convince Hisako that they are soon "to lose another one", as Wolverine , believing he is a defenseless child due to the manipulations of Cassandra Nova , barges into
5538-474: Is analyzed by Nico. Just then, the shadow appears. After it is repelled when Nico's magnifying glass turns into the Staff of One, Hisako and Mei learn from Nico that she got the magnifying glass from her grandmother. Nico mentions to Mei about the rumors regarding the term "Mutant", that a few call themselves "Homo Superior", declaring themselves superior to the human race and the next step of evolution. Mei suggests that
5680-502: Is brought back to the mansion by Iceman with the other New X-Men. When Predator X shows up at the mansion, Hisako teams up with Gentle and battles it in the infirmary. Pixie believes X-23 can defeat the monster and teleports it and the entire team, along with Hisako, to the battle between the Marauders and the X-Teams taking place on Muir Island . Hisako is currently a full member of
5822-402: Is cured of the techno-virus thanks to Hope, who has been searching for him, even sleeping in alleyways some nights. The Avengers even checked up on her. Cable disappears off-the-grid, but he secretly watches Hope in the shadows and even lets her know personally that it's not her job to watch him, but for him to watch over her. Hope has been living a 'normal life' for four weeks now. She speaks to
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5964-559: Is hopeless. Hope, however, remains confident that they will keep Teon because it's his choice to stay, and instead focuses on getting code names for the Lights. Gabriel chooses "Velocidad", which is Spanish for "speed", while Hope insists that "Hope" is already her code name. Kenji tosses around ideas such as "Derivative" and "Rei" (Japanese for "Zero", and a reference to Rei Ayanami from Neon Genesis Evangelion ) before settling on simply "Zero". The group chooses "Primal" for Teon, and Laurie remains with "Transonic". Idie decides to no longer use
6106-621: Is killed by the Avengers. Her father, Cable, decides to travel back in time in order to save her. When the Phoenix Force comes back to take Hope Summers as a host, the Avengers and the X-Men battle each other. Hope Summers and Blaquesmith decide to work together to create a better world. Hope Summers makes a cameo appearance in Deadpool 2 , portrayed by Islie Hirvonen. This version is Cable 's biological daughter. After she and her mother were killed by Russell Collins , Cable travels back in time to avert
6248-635: Is later also recruited by Zero. During a mission, the team finds the manifestation of a new Light, who is later revealed to be an amnesiac Sebastian Shaw . The front lobe of No-Girl is destroyed and Zero uses his powers to make her a body. Hope invites Shaw to also join the Lights. But when they return to Utopia, the team is attacked by the former members of the Morlocks . Hope is forced to control Zero's powers to stop them. After this, Zero loses confidence in Hope and rebels against her. Zero, using implants he had placed into
6390-508: Is not a soldier except when Hope is around to influence her. Zero asks Oya if she is okay, but she horrifies Hope and the other Lights by asking if there is anyone else she needs to kill. Hope was not ok about the fact that both Logan and Scott want Oya to leave with Logan, but after a conversation with Transonic, she accepted it. Hope also asked Pixie not to leave, as her team needed a teleporter to avoid being too late to help other Lights, just like when they were too late to help Zeeshan. No-Girl
6532-484: Is primarily manifested as mimicry of the superhuman mutant abilities of those near her, however, she has demonstrated additional powers. When she was born, she unleashed a massive psionic pulse that destroyed Cerebro . She also proved to be immune to Rogue 's newly lethal absorption power and her touch erased all of the previous memories and abilities Rogue had absorbed, including those of the Hecatomb. She also cured Rogue of
6674-622: Is revealed that super-powered "mutants" were artificially created via genetic modification by the Weapon X program in a laboratory in Alberta , Canada in October 1943. The project was an attempt to produce a supersoldier , inspired by the existence of Captain America . James Howlett was the first individual to be so modified. At some later point, possibly during a confrontation between Magneto and his parents,
6816-488: Is seen using her abilities which is witnessed by several onlookers, including Mei, who reluctantly uses her lightning powers to get people to stop filming. A few days later after getting their tests back, Hisako and Mei find that one person's phone was overlooked and the footage is leaked on to the Internet, going viral. After getting contacted by the shadowy figure again, Hisako is in her room with Mei and Nico as Hisako's charm
6958-588: Is shown having a nightmare about the Phoenix , who feeds into Emma's fears that Cyclops will never love her as much as Jean. This Nightmare Phoenix manages to convince Emma that Hope is Jean reincarnated, and tells Emma that she knows what to do. Emma, in a trance like state, takes her pillow and heads towards Hope, about to smother her to death. However, she is stopped by Namor. They kiss afterwards. Hope watches news reports of Sentinels gathering after Quentin Quire 's attack on
7100-552: Is shown in Amazing Adult Fantasy #14, dated July 1962. Officially, Namor the Sub-Mariner is considered the first mutant superhero whom Marvel Comics ever published, debuting in 1939. However, Namor was not actually described as a mutant until Fantastic Four Annual #1, decades after his first appearance. The same is true of Toro , partner of the android Human Torch introduced in 1940. The modern concept of mutants as
7242-640: Is subsequently rescued by the Avengers and the Scarlet Witch , who take her away to safety, with Iron Fist suggesting that she hide in the city of K'unn-Lunn. Having learned about a previous Phoenix host who was also trained to become the Iron Fist of her era, Hope visits Yu-Ti, but Yu-Ti is unable to help her directly, instead instructing her to learn from Spider-Man based on a vision he had. Although uncertain what he can teach her, Spider-Man proceeds to tell Hope about his mantra of great power requiring great responsibility, giving her more to think about in her role as
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#17328694271727384-545: Is successful in doing this, but is rendered unconscious from the stress of using all of the mutants' powers. Unfortunately, this plan is unsuccessful, as telepathy is revealed worthless against the Worthy. Kuurth simply continues his march of terror helmet-less, walking past the unconscious Hope. Hope is later shown in Utopia's infirmary, along with Emma Frost, who had been telepathically injured by Kuurth when Hope removed his helmet. Emma
7526-453: Is the main protagonist in the 2024 revival of Ultimate X-Men by Peach Momoko . During the " Ultimate Invasion " storyline, Maker visited Earth-6160 and started remaking it into his own image, reshaping the global political status quo into a new world order. Hisako Ichiki lives in Hi no Kuni, a power bloc which includes Japan's territories. While riding her bicycle, a car collides with her. While
7668-630: Is why I call my students... X-Men , for Ex -tra power!" This issue also features the first reference to mutants as the species "Homo Superior" by Magneto . Following the relaunch under writer Chris Claremont , narration in stories taking place on Muir Island described Moira MacTaggert as "second only to Charles Xavier as an authority on genetic mutation." In the New Mutants graphic novel , after witnessing Rahne Sinclair demonstrate her mutant shapeshifting ability, MacTaggert refers to "an anomalous DNA matrix" in her blood signaling that Sinclair "could be
7810-449: The Avengers . Cyclops feels that Cable has lost control of his mind due to the techno-organic virus. Cyclops attempts to free The Avengers only to be held at gunpoint by his son, Cable, as he explains why it has to be done. Hope intervenes by saying she is grown and can make her own decisions. Cable states the mission has been compromised due to the fact that Hope wasn't supposed to be there in
7952-714: The Hulk , Spider-Man , the Fantastic Four , Absorbing Man , and Captain Marvel ), mutants have actual genetic mutations . A March 1952 story in Amazing Detective Cases #11 called "The Weird Woman" tells of a woman describing herself as a mutant who seeks a similarly superhuman mate. Roger Carstairs, a mutant who can create illusions, is shown in Man Comics #28, dated September 1953. A character with superhuman powers, born from
8094-581: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) media franchise: Armor (comics) Armor ( Hisako Ichiki ( 市来 久子 , Ichiki Hisako ) ) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday , the character first appeared in Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #4. Armor is a Japanese mutant who enrolled at the Xavier Institute as
8236-551: The Messiah War storyline, which ran through Cable and X-Force, Hope Summers was the center of conflict between the forces of Stryfe , Cable, and X-Force . The Messiah War was part of a three-part story that began with X-Men: Messiah Complex. During the Messiah War, Hope was kidnapped by Cable's clone Stryfe, in league with Bishop. Hope watched as Stryfe tortured Warpath until Cable, Wolverine and Elixir came to their rescue. In
8378-481: The development of the atomic bomb , though later descriptions of mutation would describe it deriving from genetics. The first in-story mention of mutants in this context is in The X-Men #1, in which Professor Xavier explains his school to the newly admitted Jean Grey: "You, Miss Grey, like the other students at this most exclusive school, are a mutant ! You possess an extra power...one which ordinary humans do not!! That
8520-418: The old school, Hisako and Mei are confronted by a security guard. The shadowy figure is found in the room where the stuffed animal came from, stating that the three bullies that picked on Tsubasa are no longer around. The security guard then disintegrates as the shadowy figure chases after the girls. Just then, Mei suddenly emits a gust of wind and Hisako then manifests the armored figure around herself. Later at
8662-410: The "Girl Who Wouldn't Burn", and decides to go by "Oya", in reference to Yoruba Goddess of Fire and Magic. As the group gets ready to leave for court, Hope walks in on Zero working on a painting of her, which he quickly destroys because she saw it before it was ready. Several witnesses take the stand, including Primal's mother who gives a heartfelt testimony about wanting her son back. After she leaves
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#17328694271728804-480: The "Six Second War", will turn humanity against mutants once again and lead into a new era of mutant persecution, creating the dark timeline into which Bishop is born. Later, the baby is kidnapped by the Marauders and delivered to the mutant Mystique who is disguised as Mister Sinister . Mystique takes the baby and makes her touch the comatose Rogue with the intention of waking her from her coma. The mutant Gambit intervenes and takes Hope from Mystique. Believing
8946-542: The 2011 film X-Men: First Class , Hank McCoy (later known as Beast ), upon being outed to a colleague as a mutant, responds, " You didn't ask, so I didn't tell. " In his article Super Heroes, a Modern Mythology , Richard Reynolds writes: Much of the appeal and draw of the mutants that comprise the X-Men has to do with feeling like an outcast while simultaneously feeling like part of a family. Mutants are ostracized because they are different but they bound together because of their differences. They may be forced together to
9088-401: The Annex destroy the world, Hisako, Beast, who now has a childlike mentality, and Wolverine, who uses a wheelchair, are the last people on Earth. Kitty Pryde apparently returns to Earth and organizes an evacuation. After traveling to the evacuation point and finding out it was really a trap, Hisako breaks Beast's neck and burns Wolverine until his healing factor cancels out and dies leaving her as
9230-538: The Avengers to her scheme. The team meets Hope and Wolverine on the Blue Area of the Moon. Before they can contain Hope, the X-Men also arrive. The Phoenix force arrives and, instead of possessing Hope, possess each of the five X-Men present after Iron Man's failed-attempt to destroy the Phoenix Force with his new 'PhoenixKiller' armour. They take her now comatose body back to Earth and, as one, declare plans to heal her. However, she
9372-627: The Blackbird carrying Rogue, Hope and the rest of the Lights. Teon takes off after one of Kenji's tendrils and tears it apart. He releases a girl trapped inside but is utterly ineffective against him. Hope attempts to make contact with Kenji in order to complete his transformation but he seemingly avoids her touch. She presses on after him and encounters him within his apartment. She tells him she's there to help and he explains how his "throat slid out of his neck and danced like an eel when this began" and NOW she's here to help. He turns around and grabs Hope and
9514-556: The Cheyarafim after this has not been revealed. Angel and Icarus are said to be descended from Cheyarafim, while Nightcrawler is supposedly the son of a Neyaphem, Azazel. In the pages of " House of X and Powers of X ", the Chimeras are genetically altered humanoid mutants who are combined from the DNA of past mutants so that they would have combinations of their power set and also propagate
9656-473: The Couch about the appeal of mutants and their meaning to society: The most popular pop culture franchises are those that make the viewer/reader feel special and unique, while simultaneously making him or her feel he or she is part of a mass of people experiencing and enjoying the same phenomenon. The plight of the mutants is universally compelling. Many people feel a need for a surrogate family, one composed of those
9798-574: The DNA samples of an Arraki named Tarn the Uncaring. When the experiment proved to be a failure and the Quiet Council of Krakoa found out about it, Mister Sinister is undeterred in his next plans to research the Chimeras. Later in the " Sins of Sinister " storyline, Mister Sinister was in an alternate timeline where he created his Chimeras after taking over world with his Sinister gene. The following are
9940-677: The Danger Room testing his newly restrained powers, Hope saves him and offers to teach him some non-power based combat techniques. X-Man agrees, and the two start training. In the Fear Itself crossover event, Hope is part of Cyclops' "Plan 2" in defeating Kuurth, the Breaker of Stone , who is leading his trail of destruction to San Francisco . Cyclops gathers all of the mutants of Utopia behind Hope, and gives her free rein to use any and all of their powers to remove Kuurth's telepathy-blocking helmet. Hope
10082-461: The Iridori High School entrance ceremony, Hisako narrates about three boys who were found hanging at their old middle school. She then finds that Mei is her classmate. Hisako officially introduces herself. After flashing back to when she last used a Japanese spirit board, Hisako Ichiki finds a 10 yen coin on the ground as Mei considers it lucky. Mei also tells Hisako that she doesn't know how
10224-434: The Lights and determines the specifications of each of their powers, Hope and Gabriel share a kiss during a moment of privacy. Soon afterwards, after training the Lights to use guns, Magneto introduces Hope to his "old and dear friend", Charles Xavier . Hope takes issue with Charles calling his school a "School for Gifted Youngsters", thinking that it just increases the line between human and mutant. Instead, she suggests that
10366-553: The Lights leave Utopia. Cyclops accepts this agreement, telling Hope that he isn't a jailor and that she and the Lights are welcome to come and go however they like. A Sixth Light is located in Germany , and Hope and the Lights hurry to get there with their new liaison Shadowcat , where the German Authorities have cordoned off a hospital. Gabriel quickly tries to enter the hospital to scout the area, but he falls unconscious before he
10508-637: The Muramasa blade, which can cut through any material, since memory is "the only material that the blade cannot cut through." Similarly, in Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #39, Armor's armor expands and grows to the size of a building due to the fact she feels strongly about not attending her recently deceased mother and brother's wake. Hisako has also received combat training from Wolverine and classes in tactics from Cyclops. George Marston of Newsarama included Armor in their "20 X-Men characters that should make
10650-616: The New X-Men launch a pre-emptive strike against the Purifiers . Hisako joins them and while spying on the Purifers, she is impressed by X-23 's senses. After breaking into the Washington base and getting into a brief tussle with the Purifers they are ambushed by the Reavers , who wound Hellion . Pixie manages to teleport the team out, and they are spread between Washington and the institute. Hisako
10792-438: The Phoenix Force as it could help revive the dwindling mutant "race" . As the two teams start fighting over this, Cyclops orders Emma to take Hope away so she could be safe. As the fight continues Wolverine and Spider-Man sneak into the building only to be confronted by a fiery Hope Summers, around her were the unconscious teammates from Generation Hope. As Wolverine moved to apparently kill Hope, he's overwhelmed by Hope who uses
10934-568: The Phoenix Force. While in the White Hot room Jean detected how Enigma attempt to alter history by making himself Hope’s father. Utilizing the power of the Phoenix Force, Jean was able to travel to the past to stop him. Jean’s trip to the past didn’t stop with making sure Enigma didn’t manipulate his way to become Hope’s father. After defeating Enigma, Jean proceeded to place a portion of the Phoenix Force within Hope’s mother. Afterwards, Hope’s mom would leave
11076-515: The Red Queen's Sisterhood, Armor is shown scared and hiding with X-23 when they are attacked by Chimera only to be teleported out by Pixie before her attack could succeed. Hisako is seen watching the protests between Humanity Now and Pro-Mutant Rights protestors. Hisako is then seen during the riots in San Francisco with Karma, Match, Angel and Bling! trying to keep calm. She is later made a part of
11218-505: The Strain 88 virus. During Messiah Complex when the Three-in-One tried to search for her when she was kidnapped by the Marauders , she was able to block and disrupt Cerebro from finding her. Hope Summers can also mimic mutant powers at their utmost capacity. However, she generates power levels that are potentially dangerous to people and the environment around her. Prodigy describes her as
11360-428: The U.N. alongside Cyclops , Wolverine , Emma Frost , Magneto , and others. She is perturbed by the prospect of an oncoming attack and muses that such situations always end with dead mutants because people are always afraid of them. Later, after Oya and Transonic leave with several of the X-Men to attend the opening of a Mutant History Museum, Hope and Velocidad go on a date. The date appears to be cut short, however, as
11502-606: The Ultimate Universe was destroyed during the " Secret Wars " storyline, Armor was one of the few inhabitants to slip through the cracks of reality and ended up in the Prime universe. Disorientated and slightly amnesic from her ordeal, she was found by the villain Miss Sinister and brainwashed. Operating as part of Miss Sinister's New Marauders, she was forced to attack the X-Men against her will. On Earth-6160 , its version of Armor
11644-627: The X-Force and fires Cable, for leading the team down a morally questionable route. With the majority of the X-Men believed to be dead following their battle against Legion and X-Man, Cyclops and Wolverine's ragtag team of X-Men created a hit list of lingering threats that need to be dealt with. Among the threats is the Mutant Liberation Front, who count former X-Men Hope Summers and Banshee among their ranks. Hope isn't dealing with Cable's death in Extermination very well, and has hooked up with
11786-473: The X-Men and Hisako because they need heroes to fight a threat: Breakworld has a weapon capable of destroying the Earth. Ord sends the ship's coordinates to Breakworld's ruler, and he sends a fleet to attack the ship. The ship is heavily damaged and the X-Men are separated. Hisako ends up with Wolverine. Hisako is given membership to the X-Men and Shadowcat's uniform. Later, Wolverine and Armor are captured as Emma and
11928-401: The X-Men and is working alongside them in San Francisco. She is currently receiving classes from Wolverine in combat and classes from Cyclops in tactics. She is thinking of changing her codename because Wolverine keeps mocking her for her choice of Armor . She later accompanies the team to a spaceship graveyard known as Chaparanga where she performs a fastball special with Wolverine and confronts
12070-655: The X-gene. It causes the mutant to develop superhuman powers that manifest at puberty . Human mutants are sometimes referred to as a human subspecies Homo sapiens superior or simply Homo superior . Mutants are the evolutionary progeny of Homo sapiens , and are actually revealed to be the next stage in human evolution . The accuracy of this is the subject of much debate in the Marvel Universe . Unlike Marvel's mutates, which are characters who develop their powers only after exposure to outside stimuli or energies (such as
12212-482: The abilities of other mutants. Having used her powers in conjunction with others in order to resurrect their fallen number. Thanks to Cable's training, Hope has some knowledge of advanced technology. During the Avengers Vs X-Men storyline she was able to construct a portable device capable of masking her presence from Cerebra using components found at a common hardware store. In an alternate future, Hope Summers
12354-408: The arrival at the temple, Hisako meets a shadowy figure who gives her a special onomori charm and mentions how they both knew her friend Tsubasa until he died. The shadowy figure tells her that it is now time for vengeance. After the "shadow" disappears, Hisako runs away on her bicycle. Just then, a car drives towards her as a pink armored figure saves her with the car getting wrecked. The next day,
12496-502: The baby has died during her rescue, Gambit is amazed to find not only is the baby unharmed, but also Rogue has been awakened from her coma. After an intense battle between the Marauders, the X-Men and Predator X , X-Men leader Cyclops decides the baby would be better off with his son Cable, and allows him to take her to the future. However, an adamant Bishop decides to track Cable and the baby through time in order to kill her and prevent
12638-470: The bar they were in without any other further scenes set in this time period. When Jean Grey returned to the White Hot Room, Hope's body becomes the new Phoenix Force. While identifying Jean as “mother-me” Hope merged her Phoenix Force with Jean’s own. Hope Summers is an Omega level mutant with an ability of unspecified limits to psychically manipulate and mimic the powers of other mutants. This ability
12780-409: The bleak future of his own timeline from happening. During one of the first battles with Bishop, Cable's time traveling device is damaged, so he can only jump into the future, instead of the past, when he needs to escape Bishop each time he finds them. After several jumps into the future, it is revealed that Cable has taken her to the secluded safe haven of New Liberty in the future, where Cable marries
12922-509: The brains of some Utopia inhabitants, manipulates them into clamoring for Hope's death. No-Girl later kills Zero by disrupting his powers, also destroying the body he gave her. Her brain endures again, however, and Nemesis and Danger build her a new containment unit. Before Cable can fire a round into Red Hulk's head, he hears a voice screaming "No". To his surprise it's Hope and Cyclops who were brought by Blaquesmith to stop him. Hope immediately hugs him and pleads to him to stop trying to take out
13064-530: The character Azazel , the Cheyarafim are a group of angel -like mutants who were the traditional enemies of the Neyaphem, a demonic-looking group of mutants who lived in Biblical times. The Cheyarafim were fanatics who had a strict, absolutist view of morality which led them into conflict with the Neyaphem. This escalated into a holy war , causing the Neyaphem to be exiled into an alternate dimension. What happened to
13206-414: The concussive force behind her unusually offensive and highly destructive blows. In some depictions, her psionic armor grants her enough strength to lift a Skrull ground tank and punch someone through several walls of a building. Hisako's armor is strong and durable enough to survive the heat caused from a long fall through the atmosphere. Likewise, she is able to fully withstand the impact from falling to
13348-407: The driver was seriously injured, Hisako leaves without a scratch. On March at Kirigaya Minami Middle School, Hisako Ichiki arrives to attend her middle school graduation. She gets an anonymous note telling her to meet the unkwnown writer at the temple in the mountain behind the school. Hisako gets a call from her mother stating that she will be working late again and to eat with her grandmother. Upon
13490-445: The epitome of peak physical skill, having superhuman levels of strength, speed, reflexes, agility, stamina, and durability. Vargas also seems to be immune to various mutant abilities (such as Rogue's absorption and Psylocke's telekinetic blast). Mutants have been shown to successfully crossbreed or a result of crossbreed with Humans (Homo sapiens), Atlanteans (Homo mermanus), fairies, and other humanoid aliens like Shi'ar , etc. As
13632-404: The event by killing Russell. However, Deadpool sacrifices himself to save Russell, leading to Cable sacrificing the ability to return to the future to save Deadpool before staying in the present to ensure his family have a brighter future. Mutant (Marvel Comics) In American comic books published by Marvel Comics , a mutant is a human being that possesses a genetic trait called
13774-405: The event was released depicting two versions of Hope: one angelic, emphasizing her role as a savior; the other as evil and surrounded by the Phoenix Force, depicting her as a destroyer. During the " X-Men: Second Coming " story arc Hope manifests various X-Men powers such as Armor 's psionic armor and Colossus 's organic steel and kills Lang and Creed. Nightcrawler saves her from Bastion, dying in
13916-441: The fifth so-called "Light", a mutant boy called Kenji Uedo . Like the four new mutants to emerge since M-Day, Kenji's mutant powers manifested and caused some horrible side effects. He impales his agent with a tendril when the agent pressured him about his contribution for the "Future is a Four-Letter Word" event. He burst through the apartment building and onto the street where Cyclops and Wolverine are investigating. Kenji pulls down
14058-494: The film rights to the X-Men and other mutant characters reverted to Marvel Studios . When asked if his use of the term "mutants" meant the film would be avoiding the term "X-Men", Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige clarified that he was using the two terms interchangeably. He added that Marvel Studios' approach to the characters would be different to Fox's franchise. Since 2022, the mutant race have appeared in various media set within
14200-447: The first place. She ultimately manages to permanently cure Cable of the T-O virus by completely burning it out of his system once and for all. Cable gives confirmation to Cyclops that Hope is indeed an aspect of The Phoenix. In AvX, Hope is targeted by the Phoenix Force. The Avengers want to take her into custody to protect her from the Phoenix Force, but the X-Men want her to be able to accept
14342-483: The following fight, Hope survived along with the rest of X-Force and Cable, though Bishop lost an eye to Wolverine and had his time travel device damaged. When Cable and Hope were forced to time travel again, Hope resisted because she wanted to stay with X-23 and Elixir, with whom she had bonded during the events of Messiah War. She kicked Cable in mid-jump, stranding herself and Cable two years apart. They eventually reunited, with Hope now 11 years old instead of nine. In
14484-460: The four-part series A Girl Called Hope , Hope watches over Cable as he sleeps, and she says "I would come back from the dead to kill them", referring to anyone who would harm Cable, with the Phoenix emblem reflecting in Hope's eyes again as she looks in the fire. As the short series closes, it is revealed that Hope slaughtered many of the evolved wolves in order to keep Cable safe. A promotional image for
14626-435: The fourth Light, a boy named Teon , in the hope of having him join the X-Men. Their first interaction with Teon results in the feral boy's attempt at "mating" with Hope. A battle ensues and is promptly finished by Hope who uses her power to tame Teon. From this point, Teon views her as his Master. In the series Generation Hope , Hope and the four "Lights" along with Rogue, Cyclops and Wolverine travel to Tokyo to find and help
14768-424: The girls form a team to investigate a cult of Mutants covertly researching their powers, settling on the name of "X-Men" inspired jokingly by their bad grades. While watching Natsu Tsukishima and Mori play basketball, Hisako, Mei, and Nico talk about a cult that Nico's grandmother had been researching when she was still alive. As Nico analyzes Hisako's charm, Mori claims that she has seen a similar symbol before that
14910-690: The globe. After the events of Second Coming , five new mutants are detected by Cerebro. Hope is then tasked with the mission to find and help these "Five Lights". Hope finds the first of the Five Lights in Canada attempting to kill herself by jumping off a building. Hope touches the girl, Laurie Tromette , whose mutation is jump started (a power display similar to Sage 's) and she develops an ability to fly. Introducing herself, she also agrees to follow Hope. Being in Canada, Hope expressed an interest in discovery her biological family to which Cyclops agreed and organized an escort team of Rogue, Dr. Nemesis and Cypher. Once
15052-417: The ground from high up in the atmosphere without any physical or external injury. She can also cause her armor to release a large amount of solid, concussive energy at once, though this is initially a difficult task. Her armor is vulnerable to lasers, which are able to pass through it and harm her. This vulnerability is explained when she states later that her armor still has to let light through. Adamantium
15194-535: The group arrived in Alaska they discovered the identity of Louise Spalding, visited her grave, as Louise was one of the casualties of the Purifiers when they killed everyone in the hospital, and Hope was able to meet her maternal grandmother, although she did not reveal her biological connection, she learned that Louise was considered a fiery redhead with a strong will, free spirit, and a good head on her shoulders. She worked as
15336-405: The headquarters of a group of mutants from another dimension. Sadly, they seem to be dying because of the effects of M-Day. As Armor and Logan go off to search the temple for anyone else, they come across a man who can fire lasers from his fingers. Armor is shocked when the laser goes through her armor and hits her in the arm. After the X-Men take down their foes, they reveal to the X-Men they have
15478-498: The hospital, and finds hundreds of people unconscious on the floor. They search the building, and find the Sixth Light, who is revealed to be a baby still in the womb of its mother. The baby is terrified to leave the womb, and rises all of the unconscious people into a zombie -like state to protect it. Additionally, it extends its influence to the area outside of the hospital, bringing Shadowcat and Idie, amongst others, under its control. Laurie breaks off from Kenji's protection, and she
15620-406: The host for the Phoenix. Spider-Man later teaches her about patience, and waiting for one's moment when it comes, and to step up to the challenge. Guided by these lessons, Hope fights alongside the Scarlet Witch against Cyclops when he takes on the full power of the Phoenix Force and ascends to Dark Phoenix as he kills Professor X, allowing her to not only take on the power of the Phoenix and restore
15762-1152: The jump from Marvel comics to the MCU" list. Marc Buxton of Den of Geek included Armor in their "40 X-Men Characters Who Haven't Appeared in the Movies But Should" list. CBR.com ranked Armor 5th in their "10 Best X-Men Mutants Who Haven't Been In A Movie Yet" list, 5th in their "10 X-Men That Are Surprisingly More Powerful Than Hulk" list, 6th in their "10 Powerful X-Mutants Who Still Haven't Shown Up On The Big Screen" list, 7th in their "X-Men: 10 Classic Mutants The MCU Needs To Introduce ASAP" list, 9th in their "10 Most Powerful Female X-Men" list, 9th in their "Marvel's 15 Fiercest Female Mutants" list, 9th in their "15 Most Powerful Ultimate Universe X-Men" list, 12th in their "20 Most Physically Strong Mutants" list, 15th in their "X-Men: The 15 Strongest Members Ever" list, 17th in their "25 Strongest Marvel Mutants" list, and 23rd in their "25 Most Powerful Young X-Men" list. Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly ranked Armor 58th in their "Let's rank every X-Man ever" list. In Runaways ,
15904-504: The known Chimeras: Maximus Lobo claims to be a part of a mutant sub-species of feral wolf -like mutants, whom he calls the Dominant Species. He later tries to recruit Wolf Cub into his ranks to no avail. A few years later, another mutant named Romulus claims that some human mutants evolved from canines instead of primates. Romulus' sister Remus would later consider his claim to be a hoax when she meets Wolverine. Humans are not
16046-402: The last of the X-Men and possibly the last person on Earth. The Ultimate Marvel version of Hisako first appears as a young Japanese child being held captive in one of William Stryker Jr. 's Mutant internment camps. After being rescued by Iceman and Husk , she joins their Mutant resistance movement. In this continuity, Hisako's energy armor takes the form of a large, glowing dragon. When
16188-475: The major and minor heroes of midgard did battle with the invading forces of Malekith. Making hit and run passes against enemy forces headed by Sabretooth working in league with the Dark Council while running the beachhead of fallen New York. Hope would begin to realize her full potential while working with the newly reborn X in making a better society away from most human civilization: she now works in tandem with
16330-531: The mutant population. Third generation Chimeras have a 10% failure rate making them unable to be warriors. Fourth generation Chimeras have a corrupted hive mind. They were more common in Moira MacTaggert 's ninth life where they were created in Mister Sinister's Breeding Pits on Mars. Sometime after the " X of Swords " storyline, Mister Sinister created his first Chimera by splicing his own DNA samples with
16472-467: The mutant race, but also have the power to give up that power afterwards. With her destiny fulfilled, she is shown departing Utopia to find a new place for herself. After the events of AvX, The Scarlet Witch and Captain America question Hope about what she wants to do with her life. Hope decides to attempt to live a normal life. She does not enroll at Jean Grey Academy, but enrolls in a regular public school. Around this time, Cable wakes up from his coma, and
16614-626: The mutant trigger was released into the environment worldwide, leading to the appearance of mutants in the general population. Following the events of the Ultimatum storyline, information concerning the origins of mutancy was made public and steps were taken in the US to make being a mutant illegal. While the move apparently has majority support among the non-mutant population, a vocal minority has voiced concern that it will lead to witch-hunts and genocide. Following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019,
16756-581: The mutants and proposed a formal treaty alliance, explaining to Storm , "You mutants share some DNA with Deviants? It's of little matter. Until a mutant triggers our physiological 'excess deviation' response, you're not Deviants in the way that counts. You're just human." Introduced in the second series of X-Factor , a changeling is a mutant whose powers manifest at birth. Jamie Madrox and Damian Tryp are examples of this sub-class. Cheyarafim and Neyaphem first appear in Uncanny X-Men #429. According to
16898-504: The new Hellfire Club attacks the Museum, and defeats most of the X-Men. Hope and Velocidad arrive at the Museum to discover that Oya has "saved the day" by "murdering" most of the Hellfire grunts based on Cyclops' orders to do what she thought was necessary. This causes Hope to chastise Transonic for losing her head during the battle and leaving Oya in that position, but Transonic explains that she
17040-573: The new X-Force team, Hope is in a coma after being infected with a virus that infected both her and Cable. It was revealed that she was able to manifest herself in a digital avatar by copying the powers of a brain-dead mutant, MeMe. In order to remain with Cable's team, she had chosen to keep this a secret from him, adopting MeMe's identity, however her ruse is discovered by Psylocke, who chose to keep Hope's identity secret. Hope's secret ended up being revealed to all her teammates by Mojo, leading to an argument between her and Cable. After ForgetMeNot delivers
17182-440: The news of the car accident are known as Hisako is called to have lunch with her mother and grandmother. Hisako heads out as her mother advises her to bring her key as she will be working late again. Leaving flowers at the temple, Hisako is confronted by the shadowy figure again who salvaged Hisako's diploma from the crime scene and once again offers her to join up with him. When the shadowy figure tries to attack Hisako, she manifests
17324-509: The only species to have mutant subspecies. Created by Rob Liefeld , Externals are immortal mutants whose powers have allowed them to exist for centuries. Eventually, most of the Externals are killed by Selene , and later by Apocalypse . Introduced in Chris Claremont 's X-Treme X-Men , a character known as Vargas claims to be humanity's natural response to mutants. Vargas was born at
17466-455: The people on Utopia are good, they will still try and craft her in their image, and that her best course of action would be to leave. Spurred on by the letter, Hope goes and talks to Wolverine , but Logan simply tells her that she's not a fool, and he wants to keep Hope at arm's length for her safety. Hope then goes to see Cyclops , whom she tells that she will welcome his support, but he should stay out of her way; if any of that changes, Hope and
17608-455: The pink armored figure again who fights off the shadowy figure as he claims that it is too late. Hisako then gets a call from someone stating that Tsubasa's coach has hung himself. Hisako then speculates that something unimaginable is happening. While lying on her bed, Hisako Ichiki dreams about when she talked with Tsubasa. After waking up upon seeing the same shadow in her dream, Hisako heads out to her motorcycle-riding class. After stopping at
17750-404: The power of Phoenix on him and escape the compound. While on the run, Hope creates a device that camouflages her power signature and makes her untraceable. After stealing a ship, she strikes a deal with Wolverine. Essentially, she wants the opportunity to contain the Phoenix Force, but if she is unable to do so then she will allow Wolverine to kill her. However, Hope is betrayed when Wolverine alerts
17892-522: The president, and the family moves on. The family encounters a settlement, but are met with resistance. Cable takes care of them easily, but not fast enough, as Hope is shot and dies in Cable's arms while the girl watches. The girl sees Cable bury the closest thing she ever had to a mother and departs with him. After arriving at a church, the pastor asks the name of the child. In that moment, Cable decides to name her Hope Summers, in honor of her adoptive mother. In
18034-575: The process. With the assistance of the X-Men, she eradicates Bastion and shatters the dome surrounding the city. At a celebratory bonfire, Emma Frost notices the flames around Hope take the shape of the Phoenix, and triggers a flashback to the Sisterhood storyline where Jean freed her from Lady Mastermind 's illusion after giving her the warning to prepare. Seized with terror, Emma runs to Cyclops to warn him but before she can, Cyclops tells her that Cerebro has found five new mutants that have appeared around
18176-557: The remaining X-Men try to free Cyclops. It is then revealed through a flashback that Leviathan is a fake and that Wolverine and Armor were told to be captured so the X-Men would have men inside Kruun's palace. Kruun only captured and brought Cyclops back to life so as to question him about the fake Leviathan. Cyclops then uses his newly regained powers to knock out Kruun and free Wolverine and Armor. Back on earth, Armor attempts to console Wolverine after losing Shadowcat by forcing him to fight/train with her. During Messiah Complex, some of
18318-454: The restroom, followed closely by the feral Beast . Beast attacks Blindfold, but Hisako uses her powers to fight off Beast with a large blast of psionic energy from her psi-body armor. Exhausting herself, she faints. Blindfold tells Hisako that someone is awake in the infirmary; they find the unconscious bodies of Colossus and Cyclops. Soon after, both Ord and Danger attack the mansion, where they are confronted by Hisako and then Wolverine where
18460-405: The stand, Primal himself rushes the stand to give his own testimony, which is surprisingly well-spoken and deep. He explains that he is no longer sentient in the way that everyone else is, and that he sees the modern world through his primitive instincts. Give him a refrigerator and he will eat the food inside in order to satisfy his nutritional needs; give him a court room, and he will give the court
18602-535: The terrorist group Mutant Liberation Front. She has her sights set on assassinating Senate candidate Prestel, but the X-Men attempt to stop her. Hope believes she and Cyclops both failed Cable, who means a lot to both of them. She points her pistol at Cyclops, just as Wolverine's attacks via Magik's teleportation which surprises Hope, causing her gun to go off and the bullet to connect directly with Cyclops' right eye. Hope participated in Scott's survivor retrieval mission while
18744-550: The time-traveling Nimrod who warns them of her arrival. Although all the children in town are murdered by the Purifiers, the X-Man Cable manages to save Hope. According to Cable, the baby is a Messianic figure destined to save both mutant and humankind. The Purifiers and Bishop , however, recall a timeline in which Hope will become the mutant equivalent of the Antichrist , and kill a million humans in an instant. This event, known as
18886-450: The wasteland, the family is attacked by the president of the insects, from whom Hope manages to save her family by stabbing the insect in his weak spot, since she has been watching Cable fight. Cable questions the president where he finds out that Bishop, in order to find Hope in the future, has destroyed all the continents in the world and left them uninhabitable, except North America, in order to box them in, find her and kill her. Cable kills
19028-487: The wind attack she caused happened as she assumes that it happened when she needed it badly. During a game of kickball Hisako also gets Mei familiar with Nico Minoru who she claims has something strange about her and that her parents are psychic. After a classmate tells Hisako and Mei not to be on their phones while on the bench, Nico states she figured out that Hisako and Mei are "mutants" too. This leaves Hisako and Mei confused about that comment. Hisako and Mei prepare for
19170-452: The world has abused and persecuted in the same way they have been their whole life. This is especially true in adolescents, which may in part explain some of the draw of mutants. An obvious parallel between homosexuality and mutation is drawn in the feature film X2 , where Iceman 's mother asks, "Have you tried not being a mutant?" This question (or various forms thereof) is common among parents who find out their children are gay . In
19312-440: The world, in this case Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters . Following the 1963 debut of this conception of mutants in the superhero series X-Men , Marvel later introduced several additional mutant superhero teams, including The New Mutants , X-Factor , Excalibur , X-Force , and Generation X . In early X-Men stories, Professor Xavier and others suggest that mutation is related to nuclear radiation, as his parents worked on
19454-491: The young girl holds her own only to be wounded by Wolverine's claws. Although she only receives minor injuries, when Cassandra Nova chooses Hisako to be her new host body. It is unknown if Cassandra was successful in getting Emma Frost to transfer her consciousness into Hisako, as S.W.O.R.D. beams the team, Danger, Ord, and Hisako into a spaceship headed for the Breakworld. The team and Hisako find that S.W.O.R.D. have abducted
19596-520: Was a member of Kitty Pryde's Paladins squad. Along with her friend and fellow student, Wing (whom, after his death, she later describes as being her best friend), Hisako is attacked in the halls of the Xavier Institute by the alien villain Ord of the Breakworld. Hisako and Wing attempt to oppose Ord, but are overpowered. While both teenagers survive the attack, Wing discovers that he has been injected with
19738-667: Was another code name he was considering spitting back at their "messiah" Hope, and Transonic wonders if they can both be "Judas". In the United Kingdom , a boy named Zeeshan is talking to his friends about how difficult it must truly be to be a mutant, especially if you get an "uncool" power. Almost immediately afterwards, Zeeshan's X-Gene activates, and Hope and the Lights begin to head towards Zeeshan, whose skin has started to melt off of his body. One of Zeeshan's friends takes pictures and videos of Zeeshan and posts them online, quickly getting thousands of hits. Greatly saddened, Zeeshan takes
19880-565: Was associated with the Children of the Atom. Just then, they are confronted by Shinobu Kageyama's shadow appearance as Natsu recognizes him and advises everyone to be careful while not trusting their senses. Hisako activates her abilities first and charges towards Kageyama where she manages to grab his shadow. After nearly falling for the shadow's illusion, Hisako gives Nico the signal as she uses her magic to make it disappear. Hisako later mentions to Mei that
20022-471: Was looking all over the world for him, he was there and didn't bother to reach out to her the minute he woke up from his coma. Cable responds with "I miss you too kid. Every damned day". Hope's rage stops and she hugs him. Suddenly Cable has another headache and Hope sees visions of a future event, Cable passes out and awakens later on, only to see Hope's vision on television. Hope makes a surprise visit to The Jean Grey Academy to see Idie on graduation day. In
20164-525: Was triggered with technological aid. In the 2022 storyline, A.X.E.: Judgment Day , mutants are discovered by Eternals to be an offshoot of the Deviant race, triggering efforts by the Eternals' leader Druig to wipe them out, giving the mutants an explicit link to the Celestials and to the publisher's cosmic storylines. In the series' conclusion, new Prime Eternal Zuras confirms the end of hostilities with
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