—MagnetoI have a new word for the lexicon of man: KRAKOA. And in the future, when you speak it, make sure you do so softly and with proper deference. For we will be listening.
Appearing in "The House That Xavier Built"
Featured Characters:
- Krakoa (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Main story and flashforward)
- Heroes of Krakoa (Only in flashforward)
- Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Main story and flashforward)
- Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) (Main story and flashforward) (Returns as Marvel Girl)
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Only in flashforward)
- Penance (Monet St. Croix) (Only in flashforward)
- Wolverine (Logan) (Main story and flashforward)
- Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr)
Supporting Characters:
- Colossus (Piotr Rasputin) (Only in flashback)
- Storm (Ororo Munroe) (Only in flashback)
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (Only in flashback)
- Armor (Hisako Ichiki) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Hank McCoy) (Only in flashback)
- Kitty Pryde (Only in flashback)
- Lockheed (Only in flashback)
- Stepford Cuckoos (Main story and flashback)
- Esme Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
- Mindee Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
- Sophie Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
- Phoebe Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
- Celeste Cuckoo (Main story and flashback)
- Wrench (Sandra Yo) (First appearance)
- Sonos Rex (Robert Wynn) (First appearance)
- Fauna (Desmond Ochoa-Diaz) (First appearance)
- Banshee (Sean Cassidy) (Returns)
- Cypher (Doug Ramsey) (Merged with Warlock)
- Sage
- Mystique (Raven Darkhölme)
- Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (Returns)
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee)
- Zorn (Shen Xorn) (Returns) (Cameo)
- Xorn (Kuan-Yin) (Returns) (Cameo)
Antagonists:
- Orchis (First appearance)
- Captain Erasmus Mendel (First appearance)
- Agent Goodall (First appearance)
- Dr. Smith (First appearance)
- Dr. Alia Gregor (First appearance)
- Dr. Cain (First appearance)
- Omega Sentinel (Karima Shapandar) (Possessed by Karima Shapandar-A)
- Mothermold (First appearance) (Offline)
- Damage Control
- Fantastic Four
Other Characters:
- U.N. Security Council
- Jean Pierre Kol (First appearance)
- Walter Reppion (First appearance)
- Natalia Vollock (First appearance)
- Unnamed Israeli Ambassador (First appearance)
- Ma Mingyu (First appearance)
- Reilly Marshall (First appearance)
- God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
- Sun Tzu (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- Mary of Nazareth (Invoked)
- Abraham Maslow (Mentioned) (Topical Reference)
- A.I.M. (Named only)
- S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
- S.T.R.I.K.E. (Mentioned)
- S.W.O.R.D. (Mentioned)
- Alpha Flight (Named only)
- H.A.M.M.E.R. (Named only)
- A.R.M.O.R. (Named only)
- Hydra (Named only)
- Dr. Killian Devo (Named only)
- Zaha Gehry (Named only)
- Col. Walker Kin (Named only)
- Iron Man (Tony Stark) (Named only)
- U.S. Military (Mentioned)
- Alicia Grimm (Mentioned)
- Powerhouse (Franklin Richards) (Mentioned)
- Forge (Named only)
- Monarch (Jamie Braddock) (Named only)
- Iceman (Bobby Drake) (Named only)
- Elixir (Josh Foley) (Named only)
- Legion (David Haller) (Named only)
- Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) (Named only)
- Vulcan (Gabriel Summers) (Named only)
- Mister M (Absolon Mercator) (Named only)
- Exodus (Bennet du Paris) (Named only)
- Kid Omega (Quentin Quire) (Named only)
- Hope Summers (Named only)
- IDF (Mentioned)
- National People's Congress (Mentioned)
- Red Sky (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Krakoas (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Mutants (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Dinosaurs (Only in flashback)
- Flock (Only in flashback)
- Humans
- Technarchy
- Sentinels
- Cro-Magnon (Early Humans) (Named only)
- Kangaroos (Cameo)
- Fish (Cameo)
- Pigeons
- Wolves (Mentioned)
- Sheep (Mentioned)
- Gods (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Solar System (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Earth (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Pacific Ocean (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Krakoa (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Arbor Magna (Only in flashforward)
- Transit (First appearance)
- The Grove (First appearance)
- Akademos Habitat (Mentioned)
- House of X (Named only)
- The Cradle (Named only)
- House of M (Named only)
- Arena (Named only)
- The Oracle (Named only)
- The Reservoir (Named only)
- The Wild Hunt (Named only)
- Carousel (Named only)
- Krakoa (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- North America (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- Westchester County (Main story and flashback)
- North Salem (Main story and flashback)
- Salem Center (Main story and flashback)
- Graymalkin Habitat (First appearance as Graymalkin Habitat) (Main story and flashback)
- Salem Center (Main story and flashback)
- North Salem (Main story and flashback)
- New York City
- Manhattan
- Midtown
- Flatiron District
- Damage Control Contested Storage (First appearance)
- Flatiron District
- Greenwich Village
- Midtown
- Manhattan
- Westchester County (Main story and flashback)
- Washington, D.C. (Only in flashback)
- Jefferson Memorial (Only in flashback)
- National Mall (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Washington Monument (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- New York (Main story and flashback)
- United States of America (Main story and flashback)
- Antarctica (Only in flashback)
- Palmer Peninsula (Only in flashback)
- Savage Land (Only in flashback)
- Krakoan Harvest Center (First appearance; unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Savage Land (Only in flashback)
- Palmer Peninsula (Only in flashback)
- Asia (Main story and flashback)
- Israel (Main story and flashback)
- Jerusalem (Main story and flashback)
- Jerusalem Habitat (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Jerusalem (Main story and flashback)
- China (Cameo)
- Japan (Cameo)
- Honshu (Cameo)
- Miyago Prefecture (Cameo)
- Agarashima (Cameo)
- Miyago Prefecture (Cameo)
- Honshu (Cameo)
- Israel (Main story and flashback)
- Earth Orbit (Only in flashback)
- Moon (Only in flashback)
- Blue Area of the Moon (Only in flashback)
- The Summer House (First appearance; unnamed) (Only in flashback)
- Blue Area of the Moon (Only in flashback)
- Moon (Only in flashback)
- Genosha, Africa (Named only)
- Sahul (Cameo)
- Australia (Cameo)
- Northern Territory (Cameo)
- Maynards Plains (Cameo)
- Unidentified habitat (First appearance) (Cameo)
- Maynards Plains (Cameo)
- Northern Territory (Cameo)
- Australia (Cameo)
- Atlantic Ocean
- France, Europe (Mentioned)
- United Kingdom, Europe (Mentioned)
- Russia, Europe (Mentioned)
- Pacific Ocean (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
- Mars (Only in flashback)
- The Garden (Only in flashback)
- Sun
- The Orchis Forge (First appearance)
- Mercury (Mentioned)
- Earth (Main story, flashback, flashforward)
Items:
- Cerebro (Main story and flashforward)
- X-Uniforms (Main story and flashback)
- Flowers of Krakoa (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Gateways (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Habitat (First appearance) (Main story and flashback)
- Human Drug L (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
- Human Drug I (Mentioned)
- Human Drug M (Mentioned)
- No-Place (Named only)
- Magneto's Helmet
- Banshee's Wings
- Transmode Virus
- Wolverine's Suit
- Sol's Hammer
- Orchis Uniforms (First appearance)
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Sol's Anvil (Named only)
- The Bridge (Named only)
- Iron Man Armor Mark V (Named only)
- Iron Man Armor Mark VI (Named only)
- Iron Man Armor Mark VII (Named only)
- Iron Man Armor Mark VIII (Named only)
- Rescue Armor Mark I (Named only)
- Rescue Armor Mark II (Named only)
- Antiproton Sling (Named only)
- Multiversal Beacon (Named only)
- Zorn's Helmet (Cameo)
- Xorn's Helmet (Cameo)
- Cyclops' Visor
Vehicles:
- The Inheritance (First appearance)
- Fantasti-Car
Events:
- Genoshan genocide (Named only)
- Civil War II (Named only)
Synopsis for "The House That Xavier Built"
On Krakoa, Professor X stands over golden pods that birth full-grown mutants whom he welcomes into the world.
Over the course of several weeks, mutants have planted exotic flowers across the world and as far away as Mars. At the Jerusalem Habitat, ambassadors from several nations meet where one of these flowers has in two weeks grown to engulf a building. Magneto and the Stepford Cuckoos greet them and give them a tour.
In Westchester, Marvel Girl leads a group of young mutants through a portal to Krakoa, where Cypher and Sage are establishing the technological backend of a new mutant habitat.
Miles from the surface of the Sun, a coalition of humanity's intelligence agencies and scientists have formed Orchis: a last defense for Homo sapiens against mutants. There they are constructing a Mothermold on their space station.
At the Damage Control Contested Storage, Mystique, Sabretooth, and Toad break in to retrieve some data and are intercepted by the Fantastic Four. Mystique and Toad escape, but Sabretooth is captured and moments later Cyclops arrives to take him into custody: he explains that all mutants have global amnesty from human law and will be taken to Krakoa. Mister Fantastic finds this unacceptable and rather than fight, Cyclops acquiesces and extends an invitation to Krakoa to Franklin Richards.
The two criminals that escaped have teleported to Krakoa, where Magneto has explained to several of Earth's nations that mutantkind is now a new nation: they are sovereign and will not accept any demands or even negotiations with humanity.
Solicit Synopsis
FACE THE FUTURE
Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (SECRET WARS, AVENGERS, FANTASTIC FOUR) takes the reins of the X-Men universe! Since the release of Uncanny X-Men #1, there have been four seminal moments in the history of the X-Men. Giant-Sized X-Men. X-Men. Age of Apocalypse. New X-Men. Four iconic series that introduced a new era for Marvel’s mutants and revolutionized the X-Men. In House of X, Charles Xavier reveals his master plan for mutantkind…one that will bring mutants out of the shadow of mankind and into the light once more.Notes
- A trailer was released by Marvel on YouTube to promote this series and Powers of X. After the book's debut, a video was released highlighting the critical reaction the book received:
- The graphic design and data pages in this issue were done by designer Tom Muller.
X-MEN HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X Trailer
HOUSE OF X 1 — Critics React Marvel Comics
Trivia
- The Krakoan text at the end reads, "NEXT IT'S NOT A DREAM IF IT'S REAL" and "THEN THE CURIOUS CASE OF MOIRA X."
- House of X/Powers of X marked Jonathan Hickman's return to Marvel since Secret Wars (2015). Although S.H.I.E.L.D. (Vol. 2) #5–6 were released during that time period, those were actually delayed issues from Hickman's S.H.I.E.L.D. & S.H.I.E.L.D. (Vol. 2).
- This issue was originally supposed to come out after Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 5) #10 but it got delayed. Age of X-Man was pitched and Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 5) was extended to fill in the time.[2]
See Also
- 89 image(s) from House of X Vol 1 1
- 1 reprint(s) of Charles Xavier (Earth-616) from House of X Vol 1 1 002.jpg
- 3 homage(s) of House of X Powers of X 1 Brooks Connecting Variants Textless.jpg
- 2 reprint(s) of House of X Vol 1 1 Brooks Connecting Virgin Variant.jpg
- 2 homage(s) of House of X Vol 1 1 Textless.jpg
- 6 homage(s) of House of X Vol 1 1.jpg
- 2 reprint(s) of House of X Vol 1 1
Recommended Reading
| House of X / Powers of X | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House of X #1 | Powers of X #1 | House of X #2 | Powers of X #2 | Powers of X #3 | House of X #3 |
| House of X #4 | Powers of X #4 | House of X #5 | Powers of X #5 | House of X #6 | Powers of X #6 |
Links and References
References
- ↑ Marvel (24 May 2023) Meet the G.O.D.S. Marvel. Retrieved on 25 August 2023.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Matthew (17 October 2022) That’s funny! Chapter 65: IDEAS DON'T BLEED episode five Ashcan Press Comics Corporation. Retrieved on 18 October 2022.