X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong
| X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong | |
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Promotional art for X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong #1. Art by Marc Silvestri.
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | November 2006 - March 2007 |
| Number of issues | 5 |
| Main character(s) | X-Men, Phoenix Force, Stepford Cuckoos |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Greg Pak |
| Penciller(s) | Tyler Kirkham |
| Inker(s) | Sal Regla |
| Letterer(s) | Troy Peteri |
| Colorist(s) | John Starr |
| Editor(s) |
Nick Lowe Mike Marts Sean Ryan |
| Collected editions | |
| Hardcover | |
X-Men: Phoenix – Warsong is an American five-issue comic book limited series released in 2006, beginning in September. The series is a sequel to X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong. It is written by Greg Pak and illustrated by Tyler Kirkham.
In an interview, Author Greg Pak said "This is not a Jean Grey resurrection story."
A hardcover "Marvel Premiere Edition" was released on July 18, 2007, compiling all five issues.
The story revolves around the Stepford Cuckoos and includes the team from Astonishing X-Men.
In the first issue, a piece of the Phoenix Force attaches itself to the three remaining Stepford Cuckoos, amplifies their telepathic power, and gives them the power of telekinesis. With their newfound abilities, the girls overcome Emma Frost's psychic detention and resurrect their deceased sisters Esme and Sophie. Kid Omega also wakes, once again, from his stasis in Beast's lab.
In the second issue, several revelations come to the forefront: both for the audience, as well as the Cuckoos themselves. It is shown that the girls' bones are actually composed of or bonded to a yet-to-be disclosed metal. We also learn that they have the ability to mentally communicate with each other in binary language, at a rate far too rapid for other telepaths to decipher. Emma goes on to discover that the girls had placed all of the X-Men, including its most powerful telepaths, into a looping psionic memory-block which would disable their linear thought process whenever they began to question the Cuckoos' origin. And finally, the episode concludes with the Three-In-One's discovery that they're only three of nearly a thousand identical female units—the remainder residing in individual incubation chambers hidden within an underground laboratory. The two deceased Cuckoos, now undead but still decayed, appear and are more aware of the unfolding events than the Three-In-One.
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