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Appearing in "Atlantis Attacks part 10: I Must Go Down to the Sea Again..."

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  • Ghaur's ship

Synopsis for "Atlantis Attacks part 10: I Must Go Down to the Sea Again..."

Marvel Girl streaks through the air, rendered immobile and pulled by a tractor beam.  Beast is being pulled along with her having grabbed her legs to try and save her.  Knowing she can sense his thoughts telepathically, he has her use telekinesis to break free. The man responsible for the beam is the Deviant lord Ghaur who wants Jean as a bride for the god Set.  Seeing she has broken free, he demands his minions retrieve her.  As she and Beast plummet into the South Atlantic, she telekinetically cushions their impact.  Underwater, she is pulled to a water intake pipe for a nearby purification plant. Beast grabs her just before the pipe explodes, but the blast knocks him out.  The squad of Atlantean warriors responsible for the explosion soon find them. Their leader Attuma mistakes Jean for Phoenix, whom he once sought as a mate, and kidnaps her, leaving his men to kill Beast.  After Attuma leaves, they are attacked by Atlantean rebels led by his daughter Andromeda. While they fight, Beast swims to shore.  Andromeda follows him, and he is stunned she is alive since he saw her die when they were both members of the Defenders.  Andromeda explains she is chasing Attuma, and Beast realizes what has happened to Jean.  Meanwhile, Jean wakes up in an air-filled underwater cell with Attuma watching her. He ignores her protests that she is not Phoenix and tries to force himself on her.  She repels him with her powers so he retaliates by flooding the cell. Fortunately, Andromeda and Beast arrive before Attuma can drown her.  Beast swims to the nearby purification plant with an unconscious Jean while Andromeda duels with her father.  When Beast fails to resuscitate Jean, Ghaur appears to him and offers to save her life, but Beast must let him take her.  Reluctantly, Beast agrees, and Ghaur pulls Jean away with the tractor beam. On the ocean floor, Attuma beats Andromeda and is about to kill her, but Ghaur claims her as another bride for Set.

Appearing in "...That I Be Bound in a Nutshell"

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  • Previous Appearance of Magneto Magneto Next Appearance of Magneto (Flashback and main story)

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Synopsis for "...That I Be Bound in a Nutshell"

Magneto arrives at Castle Doom in Latveria at the invitation of Dr. Doom.  Doom wants to know why Magneto abandoned supervillainy, and he has captured a local telepathic girl to verify the answer.  In addition, Doom has reconstructed Magneto’s old helmet which included circuitry enabling mind control.  Having incorporated similar circuitry into his mask, Doom demands Magneto don the helmet so they can have a contest of wills or else he will kill the girl.  Magneto uses the helmet on Doom and learns his origin, including the deaths of his parents, his disfigurement and expulsion from college, and the forging of his armor. Doom then forces open Magneto’s mind, learning of his escape from Auschwitz and the subsequent loss of his wife and daughter.  Magneto has enough, removes his helmet, and destroys it.  Because the girl has learned their personal histories, Doom dares Magneto to kill her. Realizing she is actually just a robot, Magneto destroys her and leaves.  Doom removes the mind control circuitry from his mask and soliloquizes about his goal of world domination.

Appearing in "Inferno Aftermath"

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The day after the failed demonic invasion of Manhattan, FBI Agents Farber and McNulty are sent to investigate.  After observing first responders cleaning up the city, they interview a team of paranormal scientists being held at a police precinct.  Trapped in the Empire State Building during the invasion, the scientists now claim it was all a hallucination.  Next, Farber and McNulty visit the Daily Bugle and interview publisher J. Jonah Jameson.  He and a photographer reveal all pictures taken during the event came out blank. Reporter Jacob Conover recommends the two agents talk to the Avengers and X-Factor.  They find the Avenger Gilgamesh clearing debris, and he gives them a terse but literal account of the invasion, but they do not believe it. Afterward, they leave a message with Ship for X-Factor to call them back.  Ship notifies Cyclops, and he gathers the team to decide what to tell the FBI. Feeling the public cannot cope with the reality of the supernatural, Jean convinces the team to concoct a cover story.  Cyclops calls the agents and tells them the entire event was a mass hallucination caused by an AIM hypnotic ray.  Later, a demon finds a copy of the Daily Bugle in the trash with the hypno-ray explanation as the front-page story.

Appearing in "Saga of the Serpent Crown part 10: Emperor of Death!"

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  • Lemurians (some die)
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Synopsis for "Saga of the Serpent Crown part 10: Emperor of Death!"

Uatu the Watcher recounts Namor the Sub-Mariner’s battle with Naga, the emperor of Lemuria and wearer of the Serpent Crown.  Namor destroyed Naga’s royal chamber but seemed to have killed his own lover Dorma instead of Naga.  With the consent of his adviser, a priestess of Set, Naga forced Namor to fight as a gladiator in his arena.  After Namor defeated Naga’s giant octopus Gigantos, Naga allowed Namor to name his next opponent, and Namor picked Naga himself.  Naga attacked Namor with the Serpent Crown and revealed the woman Namor killed was not Dorma but a Lemurian woman named Llyna.  Llyna’s brother Karthon, who brought Naga the Crown, heard this and beheaded Naga in revenge.  Karthon briefly claimed the Crown for himself, but Namor removed it before it could take over his mind.  The Serpent Crown, along with the entire city, was pulled into a pit Naga had opened during the battle.  Karthon become the Lemurians’ new leader, and he and Namor parted as friends.  Llyra, the priestess of Set, plotted against them both, unaware that Ghaur, a Deviant priest of Set, was monitoring her as a potential ally.

Notes

  • "I Must Go Down to the Sea Again..." is part ten of the 14-part "Atlantis Attacks" crossover. "Emperor of Death!" is part ten of the 14-part "Saga of the Serpent Crown" back-up feature published with Atlantis Attacks. Both stories continue from New Mutants Annual #5 and continue in Web of Spider-Man Annual #5.
  • This issue includes a pin-up of X-Factor, Power Pack, the X-Terminators, and the New Mutants by Jon Bogdanove and Al Milgrom.
  • This issue is reprinted in:
    • Essential X-Factor vol. 4 trade paperback (2012);
    • X-Factor Epic Collection vol. 4: Judgement War trade paperback (2023).
  • "I Must Go Down to the Sea Again..." is also reprinted in:
    • Atlantis Attacks Omnibus hardcover (2011);
    • Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus vol. 2 hardcover (2018).
  • "...That I Be Bound in a Nutshell" is also reprinted in the Marvel Universe by John Byrne Omnibus vol. 2 hardcover published in 2018.
  • "Inferno Aftermath" is also reprinted in:
    • X-Men: Inferno hardcover (2009);
    • X-Men: Inferno vol. 2 trade paperback (2016);
    • X-Men: Inferno Omnibus hardcover (2021).

Trivia

  • In the first story, the editors state to watch for an upcoming story in X-Factor to learn of how the Beast and Jean Grey end up in their predicament. This story however, never shows in the series.
  • Attuma met Phoenix in Bizarre Adventures #27.
  • Beast and Andromeda were members of the Defenders together. She, along with several other members of the team, died in Defenders #152. Andromeda was resurrected in Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #3.
  • "...That I Be Bound in a Nutshell" takes places after the X-Men vs. Avengers mini-series.
  • "Inferno Aftermath" takes place shortly before the events of X-Factor #40.
  • FBI Agents Jacob Farber and Elwood McNulty are modeled on the characters Jake and Elwood Blues from The Blues Brothers.
  • "Emperor of Death!" recaps the events of Sub-Mariner #12-13.

See Also

Recommended Reading

X-Titles: Recommended Reading
X-Men • X-Factor • X-Force • New Mutants • Generation X

  • Uncanny X-Men Vol 1
  • X-Men Vol 2
  • Astonishing X-Men Vol 1
  • Astonishing X-Men Vol 2
  • Astonishing X-Men Vol 3
  • X-Factor Vol 1
  • X-Factor Vol 2
  • X-Factor Vol 3
  • X-Force Vol 1
  • X-Force Vol 2
  • X-Force Vol 3
  • Bishop Xavier Security Enforcers Vol 1
  • Bishop the Last X-Man Vol 1
  • Cable Vol 1
  • Cable Vol 2
  • Cable: Blood & Metal Vol 1
  • Cable & Deadpool Vol 1
  • Deadpool: The Circle Chase Vol 1
  • Deadpool: Sins of the Past Vol 1
  • Deadpool Vol 1
  • Deadpool Vol 2
  • Gambit Vol 1
  • Gambit Vol 2
  • Generation X Vol 1
  • New Mutants Vol 1
  • New Mutants Vol 2
  • New Mutants Vol 3
  • Wolverine Vol 1
  • Wolverine Vol 2
  • Wolverine Vol 3
  • Wolverine: Origins Vol 1
  • Wolverine: First Class Vol 1
  • Young X-Men Vol 1

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  1. ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks

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