X-Men: Deadly Genesis
| X-Men: Deadly Genesis | |
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Cover to X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1,
by Marc Silvestri. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) | January - July 2006 |
| No. of issues | 6 |
| Main character(s) | X-Men |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | Ed Brubaker |
| Penciller(s) |
Trevor Hairsine (lead stories, layouts only on #2-5) Pete Woods (backup stories) Marc Silvestri (covers only) |
| Inker(s) |
Kris Justice (#1, lead story) Pete Woods (backup stories) Scott Hanna ("finisher", #2-5, lead story) Mike Perkins ("finisher", #2, lead story) Nelson ("finisher", #3, lead story) |
| Colorist(s) |
Val Staples (lead stories) Brad Anderson (backup stories) |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | ISBN |
X-Men: Deadly Genesis is a comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics in late 2005 and early 2006. The series was written by Ed Brubaker with interior art by Trevor Hairsine and covers by Marc Silvestri. Starring the X-Men, this series celebrates the 30th anniversary of Giant-Size X-Men #1. The plot deals with the X-Men looking for Professor Charles Xavier, who went missing after House of M, as well as the appearance of a new, incredibly powerful mutant threat.
Deadly Genesis is a retcon of the classic Giant Size X-Men #1 story of 1975 by Len Wein. In that story, he used the abduction of the original X-Men by the living island Krakoa as an instrument to discard the first-generation X-Men of 1963. Wein's story depicts Professor X recruiting international characters into a new team of X-Men, to rescue the missing original team; the new team replaced the old when most of the original X-Men left Xavier's school at the end of the story.
In Deadly Genesis, Ed Brubaker writes that this episode was only half of the truth: the international X-Men had been Professor X's second attempt to rescue the original X-Men. The first attempt to retrieve the missing X-Men was conducted with a team of young mutants (the energy-wielding Vulcan, time-manipulator Sway, the hyperadaptive Darwin and terrakinetic Petra) who had been taken in by Moira McTaggert, which had ended in catastrophe, seemingly claiming all of their lives. However, Vulcan had survived, having absorbed the energies from his fallen comrades. When Polaris (though mentioned incorrectly in this mini-series as Jean Grey/Phoenix) blasted Krakoa into outer space in Giant Size X-Men #1, Vulcan was shot into space, too, but survived in a comatose state, thanks to Darwin's reactive powers. After the debacle, Cyclops—the only member of the group who was aware of the "first" wave—was deeply distraught, prompting Professor Xavier to decide to mind-wipe him in order to spare him the agony and grief of knowing that his brother died for him, and later working to clear his name by creating an elaborate illusion that Krakoa was sentient.
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