Curse of the Mutants
| "Curse of the Mutants" | |
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Cover of X-Men (vol. 3) #1 (Sep 2010). Art by Adi Granov.
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| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Publication date | July 2010 – May 2011 |
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| Title(s) |
X-Men Namor the First Mutant |
| Main character(s) |
X-Men Blade Dracula Jubilee X-Club Xarus |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) |
Victor Gischler Stuart Moore Duane Swierczynski Chuck Kim Simon Spurrier Kathryn Immonen |
"Curse of the Mutants" is a comics storyline that ran in books published by American company Marvel Comics from July 2010 to May 2011. The arc centers on a human bomb exploding in San Francisco's Union Square, covering dozens (including Jubilee) in vampire-converting blood. It then becomes the mission of the X-Men to track down Dracula's son Xarus, now 'Lord of the Vampires', even if that means enlisting vampire-hunter Blade.
The main writer of the storyline is Victor Gischler, who wrote the Death of Dracula one-shot which started the storyline as well as the new ongoing series X-Men (vol. 3), which forms the main part of the storyline.
There is also a 4-issue mini-series that links in with "Curse of the Mutants", Namor the First Mutant by Stuart Moore, as well as a 2-issue mini-series X-Men vs. Vampires by various creators and a number of one-shots: Blade by Duane Swierczynski,Storm and Gambit by Chuck Kim and Smoke and Blood by Simon Spurrier.
A 4-issue mini-series by Kathryn Immonen and Phil Noto that ties into the storyline, called Wolverine and Jubilee: Cursed, started in January 2011.
The story begins with Dracula at a vampire summit. His son Xarus plans to overthrow him due to his "bad leadership". Xarus had met with the leaders of each vampire clan and makes a deal that unites the Claw Sect (a clan of vampire warriors), the Charniputra Sect (a race of gargoyle-like vampires), the Mystikos Sect (a clan of business vampires), the Nosferatu Sect (who are similar to Count Orlok), the Krieger Sect (a race of Western Vampires), the Atlantean Sect Vampires (a race of aquatic vampires that resemble the gill-man from the film Creature from the Black Lagoon), Moksha Sect (a clan of vampire seers) and Siren Sect (a clan of vampire seductresses). Xarus and his allies stake Dracula, enabling Xarus to assume leadership over the vampires. Xarus' allies in the Mystikos Sect managed to invent a special device that can block the frequencies of light that are harmful to Vampires. Xarus decides to use this device to create a new, dominant place in the world for vampires. Upon attacking the fortress of the Krieger Sect Vampires, Xarus' allies eliminate the clan's elder leadership. He has the Claw Sect not declare itself for him, so it can hang back and be contacted by any would-be traitors seeking an alliance - like his brother Janus Tepes and the peaceful Anchorite Sect. Following an attempted betrayal from the Siren Sect, Xarus foolishly allows its leader Alyssa to live and keep serving him. Alyssa secretly slips one of the light-deflecting pendants to Janus which enables him to escape after the Claw Sect betray him to Xarus. While wearing a light-deflecting pendant Xarus declares himself Lord of the Vampires in front of his vampire army.
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