X story help

Computron · Post by **Computron** » Mon May 26, 2003 10:07 pm

ok, I'm vague on this but I have a comic (that I cannae be bothered to go get at the moment to find exact names) but it involves a character who appears to be carrying on Magnetos work. He is in some sort of elite mutant point system where he gets points for killing mutants. He has from what I gathered killed Magneto and at the end of it he kills Bishop whilst trying to escape from an X-men attack on his base.

He gets stabbed by Wolverine but survives and he goes back thinking his leadership must be asured due to the points gathered by killing Bishop and Magneto - it ends with someone possibly called the games master/ keeper???? saying all points for him had been withdrawn due to both surviving.

I was wondering if anyone could fill me in on this story

cheers

Wolfang · Post by **Wolfang** » Mon May 26, 2003 10:18 pm

The Gamesmaster I've heard of... but I really have no idea who the guy you're referring to is. Is he Oriental-looking? Could be Lord Nyorin or Shinobi Shaw... I just don't know... sorry.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue May 27, 2003 1:16 am

It's not Fabe Cortez is it? The Upstarts, the group participating in the Gamesmaster's, erm, game were:

Sienna Blaze - attempted to kill Prof X, Storm, Cyclops
Fabien Cortex - believed himself to have killed Magneto by destroying Asteroid M in X-Men #3
Trevor Fitzroy - future criminal who wiped out loads of bods, including the Reavers and the Hellions, and nearly Em Frost
Shinobi Shaw - killed his dad
Someone else I can't remember

The thing ran intermittently from around Uncanny #281, in Uncanny, X-Men and X-Men Ultd, and was I think eventually forgotten about. Yay!

Post by **Hound** » Tue May 27, 2003 1:29 am

You've forgotten Sabretooth and Mystique's son Graydon Creed

Also Fenris were kind of probationary members...

Ozz · Post by **Ozz** » Tue May 27, 2003 10:03 am

From what I heard (cause I haven't read it, damnit

), Cortez was claiming points for killing Magneto, and the whole thing with Upstarts was ended around #40-50 of X-Force, though I may be wrong.

Jetfire · Post by **Jetfire** » Tue May 27, 2003 12:54 pm

Originally posted by Cliffjumper
It's not Fabe Cortez is it? The Upstarts, the group participating in the Gamesmaster's, erm, game were:

Sienna Blaze - attempted to kill Prof X, Storm, Cyclops
Fabien Cortex - believed himself to have killed Magneto by destroying Asteroid M in X-Men #3
Trevor Fitzroy - future criminal who wiped out loads of bods, including the Reavers and the Hellions, and nearly Em Frost
Shinobi Shaw - killed his dad
Someone else I can't remember

The thing ran intermittently from around Uncanny #281, in Uncanny, X-Men and X-Men Ultd, and was I think eventually forgotten about. Yay!

After just about everybody ever killed by them ending up alive I huess they just thought it was ultra pointless keeping it up. Plus if sabastian Shaw, Magneto etc found out you and your friends had almost ssuccessful in offing you would you hang about?

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Tue May 27, 2003 1:47 pm

The exact comic could be Uncanny #299 or #300... it it all shiny? And does it have Nightcrawler in it? It sounds a lot like #300, I;m out at the mo in uni but I'll check when I get back... It sounds like Cortez, who won lots fo points for killing Magneto, and just before the whole Fatal Attractions thing had them retracted as he hadn't suceeded [Trev had the same for Em at least]... IIRC, Fabe didn't kill Bishop, but gave him something of a walloping.

Post by **Hound** » Tue May 27, 2003 1:52 pm

It's #300 Compy's asking about. Beautifully drawn by Romita Jr. with a fantastic opening splash of Nightcrawler. Good stuff IMO.

Computron · Post by **Computron** » Tue May 27, 2003 1:56 pm

yeah thats the one. with Nightcrawler at the beginning (actually I believe its a reprint as the comic is "Essential X Men #1"