Daron old buddy now that you’re in charge have you got anything new in store for our fans of the Handbook?
Well, not for the fans of the Handbook especially but for our readers in general, yes. If you haven’t read the return of The Overlord’s Corner you should do so. I’ll be using that column to inform readers as to what’s going on with the site. And there’s at least one new surprise there in.
That sounds interesting. How about we start this one up and you can begin your fun.
Works for me…
Mike emails
I’m writing to ask you about the Daredevil video game from a previous column. I was wondering if the person who originally asked about it ever bought it and if the game was legit b/c I am seriously considering buying it myself. Thanks for the help.
Alright, here’s what we know. There was supposed to be a DD game that came out for Play Station. It actually was supposed to tie into the movie. It got canned some time ago. Then, we had sites saying they had it and some people confirmed it might be out. Now, this was half true. The game they thought I meant was the Gameboy version and it’s not. That game is out. I’ve never found any real evidence that the game we’re talking about came out.
RobGrayson posted on the boards
I have some more to, if you don’t mind … mostly about the forgotten and under rated series Mutant X.
I’m ready and willing to answer.
What happened at the end of Mutant X? How did Havok get home so he could be felt up by Evil Nurse Annie?
Havok became something of a nexus between realities and used his mind to transport the Beyonder to another reality with him. There, Havok forced the Goblin Queen to reveal herself and freed Madelyne from her. He said his goodbyes then and erased the Goblin Queen from reality sending him home.
Ever think the Exiles will visit the Mutant X World? If they are going to be in the AoA soon, I would love to see a visit to that world as well.
I’d love to see them go there. It’s one time line that really would be interesting to have the Exiles appear in. There are a few others from What If as well I’d love to see.
Also, I remember in one of the Chuck Austen issues Xavier and Carter were doing some probing in Havok’s mind, and there was some evil presence there. I can’t remember who it ended up being, but I remember being psyched thinking it was a Mutant X reference and some one from there making their way to the 616 world … possibly the Goblin Queen.
Who did that end up being, or was it ever explained?
Here’s just a weird thought. Did you read the last issue of Austin’s run? They never answered the question in the Carter issue about Havok’s mind but could it be possible that is was somehow Cassadra Nova? Just a weird thought seeing as the Goblin Queen is dead as far as we know.
Did that story have anything to do with the crossover with the Exiles. I know it that story evil Havok from Mutant X had possessed our Havok and the Exiles were trying to stop him from killing people. Could that possibly be what Rob was referring to? – The Overlord
How about some Mutant X profiles?
How about I do a series on them after I’m finished with my AOA one. It will keep me busy.
Jason emails
I have a question regarding the Super Soldier Project that created Captain America (Operation: Rebirth being its proper name, I think) and the Weapon X project that included Wolverine.
I just finished reading Frank Miller’s Daredevil: Born Again and something in the last chapter made me curious. Captain America breaks into a top-secret military base at the end of the story to get information on the US government agent known as Nuke. He finds out that Nuke is one of twenty men selected for a new “Operation Rebirth”, a project trying to do what the lost knowledge of the original project tried to do: create an army of enhanced super-soldiers. Cap finds out that Nuke is the only one of the twenty who did not die, though be was obviously driven insane.
Fast-forward many years. Wolverine discovers in Grant Morrison’s X-Men that “Weapon X” actually means “Weapon Ten”, with the “X” actually being a roman numeral. It is mentioned that Cap is one of these “Weapons”, and that the early stages of the experimenting were done on animals.
The Weapon X project has been known to include individuals like Sabretooth, Maverick, Kane/Weapon X, and others. My question is, how do Weapon X and Operation Rebirth fit together? There are numerous recipients of new versions of the super-soldier serum that powers Cap. Do they count as Weapon X subjects? If so, how can they AND the animal subjects all fit in the 1-10 line of people? And how does Weapon X, usually shown as a Canadian project, mesh with Operation Rebirth, an American project? Are they, in fact, one and the same? If they are, why would the Canadians back a super-soldier project that would create Captain America, a soldier loyal to his own country alone?
And what’s up with the fail-safes of both projects? The fail-safe for Operation Rebirth was Tess-One, a giant silver Adamantium robot. The fail-safe for the Weapon X project appears to have been Shiva, also a giant silver Adamantium robot. It appears the two projects may have more in common than meets the eye.
I have not read the recent ‘Weapon X’ comic, but does it shed light on any of this? Does it clear up the convoluted mess that is the histories of Wolverine and Sabretooth? Does it explain the point of these projects, and how they produce super-beings as diverse as Captain America, Wolverine, Sabretooth, Kane, Nuke, Nomad, Fantomex, etc
Any answers you can provide would be very helpful. Maybe also a list of all the known Weapon X/Operation Rebirth principals? Sorry this is so wordy. Thanks!
You know this is one of the reasons I really never liked Morrison’s work. Okay, I read it. I just didn’t understand why he made this whole Weapon X thing a mess and included Captain America into it since Cap wasn’t really his to play around with.
Onto Weapon X version one. The Weapon Series is run by a joint effort between the U.S. and Canadian governments. They trained and created soldiers for the use as an army. In the beginning there wasn’t a connection to Operation Rebirth.; the creation of Captain America. But now with Morrison’s version it seems Cap was the first Weapon. Also if X is a roman numeral then why are Kane and Deadpool also called Weapon X? orrison screwed up the concept royally. I am betting it will be explained somehow in Weapon X the series or just forgotten all together.
Considering that Weapon X is behind a lot more individuals then just Wolverine, Morrison will have to read up the next time he decides to mess with an origin.
You tell ’em Jim! – The Overlord
Age of Apocalypse part 3
Real Name: En Sabah Nur
Group Affiliation: none
Height: Variable, usually 7′.
Weight: Variable
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Apocalypse watched the events of Xavier’s death. Knowing it was time to strike he formed his own force. Sending his Horsemen to Cape Citadel was his first move. This caused the first battle with the X-Men. He lost the battle but in the end would win. He took over America gradually as well as most of the Earth. His forces proved to be too strong. Only a few stood against him. The X-Men led by Magneto being one of the groups.
Dead: Magneto killed him
Horsemen
Real Name: Nils Styger
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: Variable
Weight: Variable
Eyes: white
Hair: blue
Abyss made his first appearance in AOA. Being a Horseman, his domain is the Southern region of North America. He was there to stop the X-Men from helping the humans evacuate Maine but failed.
Died: Banshee killed him
Bastion
Real Name: Sebastian Gilbert
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: unknown
Hair: unknown
Bastion was replaced by Abyss as a Horseman
Died: Abyss killed him
Candra
Real Name: Unrevealed
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: Unrevealed
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: red
Hair: blonde
Candra was chosen by Apocalypse to be part of his first strike. Failing in the end of course. She was later defeated by Holocaust.
Died: Holocaust killed her.
Death
Real Name: unknown
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: white
Hair: gray
Death was part of Apocalypse first strike. Storm defeated her in the first battle and a new death took over later.
Died: Unknown
Gideon
Real Name: Gideon
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: 6′ 8″
Weight: 265 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Green
He was part of Apocalypse’s first attack. Gideon was defeated by Magneto
Died: Magneto killed him.
Real Name: Unrevealed
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: 7′ 5″
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Red, no visible irises, formerly blue
Hair: None, formerly blonde
Holocaust was the son of Apocalypse or so he said. He first struck the X-Men at their home, killing Wanda. Afterwards, Dark Beast placed him in a containment unit. Holocaust led many of the cullings in America and became the head Horseman. He also escaped to the Marvel Universe when X-Man plunged a piece of the M’Kraan Crystal into him.
Maximus
Real Name: Unrevealed
Known Relatives: Agon (father, deceased), Rynda (mother, deceased), Black Bolt (brother), Gorgon, Triton, Karnak, Medusa, and Crystal (cousins)
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Maximus took over as Death. He ruled his own part of Earth. He had an army of Inhumans working for him during the time he took over for Apocalypse while he rested.
Died: Sunfire killed him
Mikhail
Real Name: Mikhail Rasputin
Known Relatives: Colossus (Brother), Illyana Rasputin (Sister), Shadowcat (Sister-in-law)
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: 6′ 2″
Weight: 200 lbs.
Eyes: yellow
Hair: black but shaved bald.
Mikhail like his brother was one of the heroes of the Age of Apocalypse but he late joined Apocalypse as a Horsemen. He was in charge of conquering Europe for Apocalypse. He battled the High Council and other human rebels.
Died: Donald Blake killed him
Real Name: Nathaniel Essex
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: 6′ 5″
Weight: 285 lbs.
Eyes: Shining red, no visible pupils
Hair: Black
Essex met Apocalypse in the 1800’s and was mutated by him then. He would become Apocalypse chief scientist in the AOA. He did rebel against Apocalypse by creating X-Man, Nate Grey. After the boy was kidnapped, Sinister went to get the boy back from Forge. He killed Forge in the end.
Died: Nate Grey killed him.
War
Real Name: Abraham Lincoln Kieros
Group Affiliation: Horsemen
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: white
Hair: brown
War was part of the first strike on America by Apocalypse. War was defeated by Iceman and Colossus in combat
Died: Unknown
Aurora
Real Name: Jeanne-Marie Beaubier
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 125 lbs
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black with silver streaks
Aurora and her brother Northstar were responsible for guarding the mutant breeding pens in AOA as part of Sinister’s forces.
Real Name: Scott Summers
Known Relatives: Chris Summers (father, deceased), Katherine Summers (Mother deceased), Alex Summers (Havok, brother)
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Height: 6′ 3″
Weight: 195 lbs
Eyes: Brown (glowing red when power activated)
Hair: Brown
The Summers family tried to escape to Canada back when the war started. They where attacked by a Shi’ar craft. Their father threw Scott and Alex out of the plane in a parachute. Sinister took them in when they became orphans. Both rose to prelates when Apocalypse came to power. Cyclops lost his left eye in battle with Wolverine. Cyclops though had a good heart unlike his brother. He helped free some of the slaves from the pens. Also became close to Jean Grey and both where captured for a time.
Died: Havok killed him.
Real Name: Henry McCoy
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Height: 6′
Weight: 300 lbs.
Eyes: Yellow (no visible irises)
Hair: Gray
Dark Beast was one of Sinister’s top agents and controlled the breeding pens. He worked on changing some of the slaves DNA for his own sick twisted experiments. He escaped to the Marvel Universe
Havok
Real Name: Alex Summers
Known Relatives: Chris Summers (father, deceased), Katherine Summers (Mother deceased), Scott Summers (Cyclops, brother)
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Height: 6′ 0″
Weight: 176 lbs
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Blonde
The Summers family tried to escape to Canada back when the war started. They where attacked by a Shi’ar craft. Their father threw Scott and Alex out of the plane in a parachute. Sinister took them in when they became orphans. Both rose to prelates when Apocalypse came to power. Alex resented his brother because he was treated better.
Died: Weapon X killed him.
Northstar
Real Name: Jean-Paul Beaubier
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Height 5′ 11″
Weight 185 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black with silver streaks
Northstar and his sister were responsible for guarding the mutant breeding pens in AOA as part of Sinister’s forces.
Amazon
Real Name: Elizabeth Guthrie
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Known Relatives: Samuel Guthrie (Cannonball, brother), Paige Guthrie (Husk, sister)
Height: variable
Weight: variable
Eyes: blue
Hair: blond
Elizabeth like her brother Sam and sister Paige where orphaned in AOA and Sinister took in Sam and Elizabeth. They joined Sinister’s forces.
Bedlam Brothers
Real Name: Jesse Aaronson and Terrance Aaronson
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Both of these brothers where part of Sinister’s group. They where called the Bedlam brothers because of how much trouble they caused the slaves in the pens
Cannonball
Real Name: Samuel Zachery Guthrie
Known Relatives: Elizabeth Guthrie (Amazon, sister), Paige Guthrie (Husk, sister)
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Height: 6′
Weight: 150 lbs.
Eyes: Blue-gray
Hair: Blonde
Sam like his sisters Paige and Elizabeth where orphaned in AOA and Sinister took in Sam and Elizabeth. They joined Sinister’s forces.
Emplate
Real Name: Marius St. Croix
Known Relatives: Carter St. Croix (father, status unknown), Mother (name unrevealed, status unknown), Claudette St. Croix (sister), Nicolette St. Croix (Know It All, sister)
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
Height: 6′ 3″
Weight: Unrevealed
Eyes: Black (no visible irises)
Hair: Gray
Emplate was part of Sinister’s forces. He and his sisters where sent after Chris Summers when he escaped the pens.
Died: Chris Summers shot him
Fenris
Real Name: Andrea Strucker and Andreas Strucker
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
The Strucker’s both where part of the Prelates. Although we never really saw them used they worked for Sinister.
Monets
Real Name: Claudette St. Croix and Nicole St. Croix
Known Relatives: Carter St. Croix (father, status unknown), Mother (name unrevealed, status unknown), Marius St. Croix (Emplate, brother)
Group Affiliation: Elite Mutant Force
They worked alongside of Emplate for a time being and were sent after Chris Summers. Only Claudette was seen afterwards as Know-It-All
Brotherhood
Arclight
Real Name: Phillip Sontag
Group Affiliation: Brotherhood
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Arclight in AOA was part of the Brotherhood who help battle the X-Men. Also in the AOA Arclight is male.
Copycat
Real Name: Vanessa Carlysle
Group Affiliation: Brotherhood
Height: variable
Weight: variable
Eyes: blue
Hair: white
Copycat was part of the Brotherhood who took on the X-Men but they where defeated. She then took on Weapon X and Jean Grey later.
Died: Jean killed her.
Box
Real Name: Madison Jeffries
Group Affiliation: Brotherhood
Height: 6′ 1″ (in Box 10″)
Weight: 195 lbs. (in Box 520 lbs)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Box was part of the Brotherhood who took on the X-Men but they where defeated. He then took on Weapon X later.
Died: Weapon X killed him
Spyne
Real Name: unknown
Group Affiliation: Brotherhood
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: white
Hair: none
Part of the Brotherhood who fought the X-Men. He traveled to Maine with the rest of them.
Died: Exodus killed him
Yeti
Real Name: unknown
Group Affiliation: Brotherhood
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: white
Hair: white
Part of the Brotherhood who faced the X-Men. He traveled to Maine with the rest of them.
Died: Exodus killed him
Hunters
Caliban
Real Name: unknown
Group Affiliation: Hunters
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 150 lbs
Eyes: Black pupils, no apparent irises, yellow corneas
Hair: None
Caliban was sent with Domino after Forge and his crew.
Died: Toad killed him
Real Name: unknown
Group Affiliation: Hunters
Height: 5′ 8″
Weight: 122 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair Black
Domino was one of Apocalypse’s best hunters. He sent her after Forge and his band of rogues.
Grizzly
Real Name: Theodore Winchester
Group Affiliation: Hunter
Height: 8′ 0″
Weight: 525 lbs
Eyes: blue
Hair: blond
Grizzly was sent with Domino after Forge and his team.
Died: Forge killed him
Infinites
Rictor
Real Name: Julio Esteban Richter
Group Affiliation: Infinites
Height: 5′ 9″
Weight: 145 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
He followed Gambit and his team to the Shi’ar Galaxy. He tried to have the Imperial Guard help him stop the X-Ternals.
Died: Apocalypse killed him.
Unus
Real Name: Angelo Unuscione
Group Affiliation: Infinites
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 220 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Unus was sent to Seattle for the culling there. There they met Bishop. But the X-Men stopped him from killing Bishop.
Died: Iceman killed him.
Vanisher
Real Name: Telford Porter
Group Affiliation: Infinites
Height: 5′ 5″
Weight: 175 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: Bald
Vanisher lead an assault on the X-Mansion but failed to get a hold of Magneto’s son.
Died: Nanny killed him
Inhumans
Black Bolt
Real Name: Blackagar Boltagon
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 6′ 2″
Weight: 210 lbs.
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Black
Black Bolt was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed him
Crystal
Real Name: Crystalia Amaquelin
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 5′ 6″
Weight: 110 lbs.
Eyes: Green
Hair: purple
Crystal was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed her
Diablo
Real Name: Esteban Corazan Del Diablo
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 6′ 3″
Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black
Diablo was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed him
Gorgon
Real Name: Unrevealed
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 6′ 5″
Weight: 450 lbs.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Gorgon was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed him
Karnak
Real Name: unknown
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 5′ 7″
Weight: 150 lbs
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Karnak was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed him
Lockjaw
Real Name:
Group Affiliation:
Height: 5′ 8″
Length: 6’8″
Weight: 1,280 lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: brown
Lockjaw was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed him
Medusa
Real Name: Medusalith Amaquelin
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 5′ 11″
Weight: 130 lbs
Eyes: green
Hair: green
Medusa was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed her
Rhino
Real Name: unknown
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 6′ 5″
Weight: 450 lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: brown
Rhino was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: Sunfire killed him
Triton
Real Name: Unknown
Group Affiliation: Inhumans
Height: 6′ 1″
Weight: 210 lbs
Eyes: green
Hair: green
Triton was part of the Inhumans working with Maximus
Died: killed by Sunfire
Pale Riders
Dead Man Wade
Real Name: Wade Wilson
Group Affiliation: Pale Riders
Height: 6′ 2″
Weight: 210 lbs
Eyes: brown
Hair: none
Along with the other Pale Riders who where sent to destroy Avalon and kill Destiny.
Died: Nightcrawler killed him
Moonstar
Real Name: Danielle Moonstar
Group Affiliation: Pale Riders
Height: 5′ 6″
Weight: 105 lbs
Eyes: Dark Brown/Black
Hair: black
She was part of Apocalypse’s Dark Riders sent to Avalon
Died: Demask killed her.
Prelates
Delgado
Real Name: Harry Delgado
Group Affiliation: Prelates
Height: unknown
Weight: unknown
Eyes: red
Hair: none
Delgado followed Blink and Sunfire to the mansion. He was defeated easily.
Died: Blink killed him
Alright that’s it for today. Next week we finish our special feature on the AOA. Just in time for X-Men The End # 6 to come out. So we will do that issue the following week. Then we’ll start another special feature. This one will be Mutant X, the comic version not the show.
Daron any final words?
First, just a quick comment on the AOA thing…Did anyone else notice how much of a badass Sunfire was. The last bunch of guys Jim listed were all killed by sunfire?!? I don’t remember that at all. I’m gonna have to go back and read that. Makes you wonder why 616 Sunfire doesn’t get ANY action???
Past all that I’d like to welcome all of you to check out 144Anima.com, where this week our sister columnist Mathan Erhardt makes his comic strip writing debut (plus you marvel fans should really get a kick out of it, there are more than a few “guest stars.”) And as I said above, make sure to check out the return of my column The Overlord’s Corner to stay on top of everything that’s going on here at your favorite Comic News/Reviews Website.
Alright then, my turn. I’m not going to be longwinded this week. Check out Marvel.com for the new pole on the New Avengers. And be sure to email me your questions or post them here. Also don’t forget Blade Trinity opens today. I’ll review it next week in the Handbook if I can.
Reporting from my corner of the Marvel Universe, I’m Jim Trabold. Have a great week and see you again next Wednesday.
