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* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUse: The Sentinels going haywire smashes up the X-Mansion, and Predator X's attack smashes it up even further. In the aftermath, the mansion is abandoned, and remained as such until ''Wolverine and the X-Men''.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (sometimes styled as ''Messiah [=CompleX=]'') is a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover, the first part of a trilogy of linked events, which was released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXMen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (sometimes styled as ''Messiah [=CompleX=]'') is a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover, the first part of a trilogy of linked events, which was released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXMen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen'', ''ComicBook/XFactor'', ''[[ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX New X-Men]]'' and ComicBook/XMen.''ComicBook/XMen''.
* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUse: The Sentinels going haywire smashes up the X-Mansion, and Predator X's attack smashes it up even further. In the aftermath, the mansion is abandoned, and remained as such until ''Wolverine and the X-Men''.
* BadFuture: Since M-Day, the number of potential futures visible or accessible via time machine has dried up, until this story, where Forge's time machine finds two potential futures, which he sends Madrox to. It turns out to be Bishop's future, ''before'' the Summers Rebellion smashed the Sentinels. America is a police state after the Mutant Messiah killed millions of humans in minutes, and Mutants are summarily branded and thrown into camps.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: While the characterization was already going that way anyway, this storyline really codifies how Cyclops, pushed to desperation by Mutantkind's dire straits, has become willing to do ''anything'' in the name of Mutant preservation, a character arc which would last through to his apparent death in 2016.
* BatmanGrabsAGun: While the characterization was already going that way anyway, this storyline really codifies how Cyclops, pushed to desperation by Mutantkind's dire straits, has become willing to do ''anything'' in the name of Mutant preservation, a character arc which would last through to his apparent death in 2016.
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* TheBusCameBack: Warren Kenneth Worthington III/Angel returns to the X-Men titles after an absence.
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* TheBusCameBack: BreakingTheFellowship: Just before the event starts, the "Adjectiveless" team is disbanded by Cyclops, on the grounds that at the moment, Iceman's the only one active (Karima's possessed, Lady Deathstrike and Mystique turned traitor, Cable's presumed dead and Cannonball's hospitalized).
* TheBusCameBack:
** Warren Kenneth Worthington III/Angel returns to the X-Men titles after anabsence.absence.
** Several minor members of the Acolytes, including Amelia Voght, make brief appearances.
* CallingTheOldManOut: When Professor X tries offering mentorship to the New X-Men, Surge tears into him for his CommutingOnABus since ''Deadly Genesis'' and how he's of no help to them.
* TheBusCameBack:
** Warren Kenneth Worthington III/Angel returns to the X-Men titles after an
** Several minor members of the Acolytes, including Amelia Voght, make brief appearances.
* CallingTheOldManOut: When Professor X tries offering mentorship to the New X-Men, Surge tears into him for his CommutingOnABus since ''Deadly Genesis'' and how he's of no help to them.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A lot of CListFodder characters died in the crossfire of Mr. Sinister's precog purge, including [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen2001 Vargas]], [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Finality]], and Gateway (the latter of whom got better).
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: DidntSeeThatComing: In the final battle, the Marauders and Acolytes have all been trained for a fight with the X-Men. So, with some reluctance, they send the students into battle, banking on the fact they'll be a bigger unknown. And they are.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim:
** A lot of CListFodder characters died in the crossfire of Mr. Sinister's precog purge, including [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen2001 Vargas]], [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Finality]], and Gateway (the latter of whom got better). Predator X also goes after a few others, devouring Peepers of Mutant Force.
** Sentinel Squad O*N*E, who've been recurring characters / pains in the behind to the X-Men since ''Decimation'' began, are suddenly overtaken by nano-sentinels, killing the pilots.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim:
** A lot of CListFodder characters died in the crossfire of Mr. Sinister's precog purge, including [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen2001 Vargas]], [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Finality]], and Gateway (the latter of whom got better). Predator X also goes after a few others, devouring Peepers of Mutant Force.
** Sentinel Squad O*N*E, who've been recurring characters / pains in the behind to the X-Men since ''Decimation'' began, are suddenly overtaken by nano-sentinels, killing the pilots.
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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gambit and Sunfire]], both of whom were formerly allies of the X-Men, throw in with Mr. Sinister.
* FromTheAshes: The second volume of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', which focuses on an original cast now grown up and teaching a new generation themselves, is very short-lived. It paves the way for books focused more on the students, ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX''.
* FromTheAshes: The second volume of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', which focuses on an original cast now grown up and teaching a new generation themselves, is very short-lived. It paves the way for books focused more on the students, ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX''.
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* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: During their fight, X-23 lands a hit on Lady Deathstrike that she sneers at, since it's hardly drawn any blood. Except Laura wasn't looking to draw blood; she was aiming for Yuriko's mechanisms, and now that arm's busted.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gambit and Sunfire]], both of whom were formerly allies of the X-Men, throw in with Mr.Sinister.
* FromTheAshes: The second volume of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', which focuses on an original cast now grown up and teaching a new generation themselves, is very short-lived. It paves the way for books focused moreSinister. [[spoiler:Bishop turns on the students, ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX''.X-Men trying to kill baby Hope.]]
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gambit and Sunfire]], both of whom were formerly allies of the X-Men, throw in with Mr.
* FromTheAshes: The second volume of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', which focuses on an original cast now grown up and teaching a new generation themselves, is very short-lived. It paves the way for books focused more
* IdiotBall: Lady Mastermind's need for pointless sadism backfires on her when Logan realizes she's using her illusion powers, and will be nearby. He shoves out his claws, and skewers her, dropping her illusion.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Hellion is skewered through the chest by Lady Deathstrike, and only barely survives.
* ItsPersonal: X-23 has a crush on Hellion. So when Yuriko badly wounds him...
-->'''X-23:''' You were dead the moment you touched Julien Keller.
* IWarnedYou: In fairness, ''none'' of the X-Men wanted the Sentinels hovering over them to begin with, so when they apparently turn on the X-Men, Warpath grumbles about it.
-->'''Warpath:''' Nobody listens to the Indian...
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:Mystique feeds Sinister to Rogue's death touch, and pretends to be him.]]
* LiteralDisarming: Scrambler's powers require physical contact to disable someone's powers. X-23 solves that problem in her own way, by slicing his wrists off.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Hellion is skewered through the chest by Lady Deathstrike, and only barely survives.
* ItsPersonal: X-23 has a crush on Hellion. So when Yuriko badly wounds him...
-->'''X-23:''' You were dead the moment you touched Julien Keller.
* IWarnedYou: In fairness, ''none'' of the X-Men wanted the Sentinels hovering over them to begin with, so when they apparently turn on the X-Men, Warpath grumbles about it.
-->'''Warpath:''' Nobody listens to the Indian...
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:Mystique feeds Sinister to Rogue's death touch, and pretends to be him.]]
* LiteralDisarming: Scrambler's powers require physical contact to disable someone's powers. X-23 solves that problem in her own way, by slicing his wrists off.
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* MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister's Marauders and Revered Stryker's Purifiers before the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X, a feral beast who attacks all sides indiscriminately due to being programmed to devour mutants.
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* MamaBear: Mystique's motivation is mainly to keep Rogue alive and cure her of her bad case of MySkullRunnethOver.
* MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister's Marauders and the Acolytes and Revered Stryker'sPurifiers before Purifiers, who are backed up by the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. Reavers. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X, a feral beast who attacks all sides indiscriminately due to being programmed to devour mutants.mutants.
* MoralMyopia: Mystique is perfectly willing to risk a newborn child being killed just to save Rogue, never mind one that represents the potential future of an entire species. Rogue is ''not'' appreciative when she wakes up.
* NoNameGiven: The newborn "Mutant Messiah", on account of the Purifiers attacking the hospital she was at. She won't get her name of "Hope" for half a year.
* MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister's Marauders and the Acolytes and Revered Stryker's
* MoralMyopia: Mystique is perfectly willing to risk a newborn child being killed just to save Rogue, never mind one that represents the potential future of an entire species. Rogue is ''not'' appreciative when she wakes up.
* NoNameGiven: The newborn "Mutant Messiah", on account of the Purifiers attacking the hospital she was at. She won't get her name of "Hope" for half a year.
* {{Retcon}}: A pretty big one to make the major twist of the story work, regarding Bishop's backstory and general motivation.
* TheReveal: For the first few chapters, the X-Men aren't sure who has the new Mutant. They find out it's not the Purifiers and then that it's not Exodus or Sinister, which leaves the question of ''who'' it is... turns out it's Cable, who'd been presumed dead in an attack from Gambit and Sunfire back in ''X-Men'' #200.
* TheReveal: For the first few chapters, the X-Men aren't sure who has the new Mutant. They find out it's not the Purifiers and then that it's not Exodus or Sinister, which leaves the question of ''who'' it is... turns out it's Cable, who'd been presumed dead in an attack from Gambit and Sunfire back in ''X-Men'' #200.
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* TheWorfEffect: Because of the story throwing so many villains together, uses of this were inevitable. Lowlights include Nightcrawler teleporting the powerful mutant Exodus away to get him out of a battle (despite Exodus having the power to teleport himself) and Mystique [[spoiler:using Rogue's powers to kill Mr. Sinister at the end]] (despite him being completely invulnerable to those very same powers in ''ComicBook/Inferno1988'').
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* TheWorfEffect: Because TakingTheBullet: Caliban is killed diving in front of several bullets for Cable.
* TapOnTheHead: During thestory throwing so many villains together, uses of this were inevitable. Lowlights include Nightcrawler teleporting the powerful mutant Exodus away final fight, Tempo is about ready to get him out of a battle (despite Exodus having the power to teleport himself) and Mystique [[spoiler:using Rogue's use her powers to kill Mr. Sinister at put a stop to things... and then gets clubbed over the end]] (despite him being completely invulnerable to those very same powers in ''ComicBook/Inferno1988'').head.
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** Subverted with Malice, who boasts of "moving with the times" when she possesses the Omega Sentinel Karima Shapandar yet in practice is a much less effective presence than she was when she inhabited Polaris.
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** Subverted with Malice, who boasts of "moving with the times" when she possesses the Omega Sentinel Karima Shapandar yet in practice is a much less effective presence than she was when she inhabited Polaris.Polaris.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** The story begins with the Marauders and Purifiers absolutely devastating a town to get to Hope, and the X-Men figure it's going to tank Mutantkind's reputation even further, but it doesn't come up for the rest of the crossover.
** There are two futures mentioned. The story follows Madrox Prime and Layla Miller in the BadFuture, but the fate of the Madrii who went first is never brought up again, and wouldn't be until a few years later in ''X-Factor'', where that dupe is pretty ''pissed'' about being forgotten.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Bishop manages to get the drop on Cable and the Mutant Messiah, and has her at his mercy. But he can't bring himself to pull the trigger, allowing the Marauders time to catch up and grab her.
* TheWorfEffect: Because of the story throwing so many villains together, uses of this were inevitable. Lowlights include Nightcrawler teleporting the powerful mutant Exodus away to get him out of a battle (despite Exodus having the power to teleport himself).
* WouldHurtAChild: An unfortunate requirement when the living plot device of the story is a child. The Marauders and Purifiers are totally indiscriminate looking to get to the newborn, torching a natal ward just to be absolutely sure.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** The story begins with the Marauders and Purifiers absolutely devastating a town to get to Hope, and the X-Men figure it's going to tank Mutantkind's reputation even further, but it doesn't come up for the rest of the crossover.
** There are two futures mentioned. The story follows Madrox Prime and Layla Miller in the BadFuture, but the fate of the Madrii who went first is never brought up again, and wouldn't be until a few years later in ''X-Factor'', where that dupe is pretty ''pissed'' about being forgotten.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Bishop manages to get the drop on Cable and the Mutant Messiah, and has her at his mercy. But he can't bring himself to pull the trigger, allowing the Marauders time to catch up and grab her.
* TheWorfEffect: Because of the story throwing so many villains together, uses of this were inevitable. Lowlights include Nightcrawler teleporting the powerful mutant Exodus away to get him out of a battle (despite Exodus having the power to teleport himself).
* WouldHurtAChild: An unfortunate requirement when the living plot device of the story is a child. The Marauders and Purifiers are totally indiscriminate looking to get to the newborn, torching a natal ward just to be absolutely sure.
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* FromTheAshes: The second volume of ''ComicBook/NewMutants'', which focuses on an original cast now grown up and teaching a new generation themselves, is very short-lived. It paves the way for books focused more on the students, ''ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX''.
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* KickTheDog: Bishop infamously pops in at the end to [[spoiler:shoot Professor X through the head]], beginning a long history of dog-kicking by him.
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* TheChosenOne: The Mutant Messiah is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly that]] and the different reasons for the various factors attempts to retrieve them vary wildly.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Mystique and [[spoiler:Gambit]] see their respective propensities for treachery flare up once more.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Mystique and [[spoiler:Gambit]] see their respective propensities for treachery flare up once more.
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* CliffHanger: The Marauders are defeated, but [[spoiler:Professor X is dead courtesy of being shot through the head by Bishop]]. Also, [[spoiler:Cable has taken the messiah child into the future to raise and train her]].
* DealWithTheDevil: The reason why Exodus chooses to ally with Mr. Sinister, as seen in the 2007 X-Men annual that serves as a prequel to this story.
* DealWithTheDevil: The reason why Exodus chooses to ally with Mr. Sinister, as seen in the 2007 X-Men annual that serves as a prequel to this story.
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* CliffHanger: The Marauders are defeated, but [[spoiler:Professor X is dead courtesy of being shot through the head by Bishop]].Bishop, leaving the future of the X-Men uncertain]]. Also, [[spoiler:Cable has taken the messiah child into the future to raise and train her]].
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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gambit and Sunfire]] both throw in with Mr. Sinister.
* GeneticAbomination: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Predator X]] On [[ComicBook/GodLovesManKills Revered]] [[SinisterMinister William]] Stryker’s behalf, the Facility created a living weapon to aid in his crusade to eradicate the human race.
* GeneticAbomination: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Predator X]] On [[ComicBook/GodLovesManKills Revered]] [[SinisterMinister William]] Stryker’s behalf, the Facility created a living weapon to aid in his crusade to eradicate the human race.
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* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gambit and Sunfire]] Sunfire]], both of whom were formerly allies of the X-Men, throw in with Mr. Sinister.
* GeneticAbomination: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast PredatorX]] X]]. On [[ComicBook/GodLovesManKills Revered]] [[SinisterMinister William]] Stryker’s behalf, the Facility created a living weapon to aid in his crusade to eradicate the human mutant race.
* GeneticAbomination: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Predator
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* LivingMacGuffin: The Mutant Messiah is the one all want to get their hands on, some to save others [[WouldHurtAChild to kill]].
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* LivingMacGuffin: The Mutant Messiah is the one all want to get their hands on, some to save save, others [[WouldHurtAChild to kill]].
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* MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister's Marauders and Revered Stryker's Purifiers before the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X.
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* MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister's Marauders and Revered Stryker's Purifiers before the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X.X, a feral beast who attacks all sides indiscriminately due to being programmed to devour mutants.
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* SequelHook: The whole story exists to be this. In particular, the messiah child goes on to become ComicBook/HopeSummers, a sort of "next coming of ComicBook/JeanGrey" who is a pivotal character in several later stories.
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* SequelHook: The whole story exists to be this. In particular, is but the first part of a trilogy revolving around the mutant messiah. The messiah child goes on to become ComicBook/HopeSummers, a sort of "next coming of ComicBook/JeanGrey" who is a pivotal character in several later stories.
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* TookALevelInBadass: When Cannonball and Iceman interrogate a captive mutant whose power is PlayingWithFire, Sam reveals that Bobby's control of his powers has become so advanced that he can now control chemical reactions involving a thermal exchange, letting him block the fire mutant's powers at their source.
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** When Cannonball and Iceman interrogate a captive mutant whose power is PlayingWithFire, Sam reveals that Bobby's control of his powers has become so advanced that he can now control chemical reactions involving a thermal exchange, letting him block the fire mutant's powers at their source.
** When Cannonball and Iceman interrogate a captive mutant whose power is PlayingWithFire, Sam reveals that Bobby's control of his powers has become so advanced that he can now control chemical reactions involving a thermal exchange, letting him block the fire mutant's powers at their source.
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->''"When we first met, Professor Xavier told me his dream.. He saw a world where mutants and humans lived together without fear or hate. Where mutants could discover their potential, and use their gifts to serve all mankind.. And on [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], when most mutants lost their powers, when we became an endangered species-that vision became just that-a dream. As leader of the X-Men, I’ve had to embrace a new vision for mutantkind. Survival.''"
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->''"When we first met, Professor Xavier told me his dream.. He saw a world where mutants and humans lived together without fear or hate. Where mutants could discover their potential, and use their gifts to serve all mankind.. mankind. And on [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], M-Day, when most mutants lost their powers, when we became an endangered species-that vision became just that-a dream. As leader of the X-Men, I’ve had to embrace a new vision for mutantkind. Survival.''"
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') is a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover, the first part of a trilogy of linked events, which was released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXMen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known (sometimes styled as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') ''Messiah [=CompleX=]'') is a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover, the first part of a trilogy of linked events, which was released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXMen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXMen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') is a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and BatFamilyCrossover, the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] a trilogy of linked events, which was released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXMen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A lot of CListFodder characters died in the crossfire of Mr. Sinister's precog purge, including [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen Vargas]], [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Finality]], and Gateway (the latter of whom got better).
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A lot of CListFodder characters died in the crossfire of Mr. Sinister's precog purge, including [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen2001 Vargas]], [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Finality]], and Gateway (the latter of whom got better).
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* ArtEvolution: Mr. Sinister is given a bit of an art evolution of this story, being drawn as younger and with longer hair than the character traditionally sported.
* BigBad: Mr. Sinister is the big villain of this story, bringing back his Marauders and forging new alliances with ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and [[Characters/MarvelComicsExodus Exodus]].
* BigBad: Mr. Sinister is the big villain of this story, bringing back his Marauders and forging new alliances with ComicBook/{{Mystique}} and [[Characters/MarvelComicsExodus Exodus]].
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Mystique and [[spoiler:Gambit]] see their respective propensities for treachery flare up once more.
* ChurchMilitant: The Purifiers are one of the factions in the race for the messiah child, wanting to kill it as they see it as TheAntichrist.
* CliffHanger: The Marauders are defeated, but [[spoiler:Professor X is dead courtesy of being shot through the head by Bishop]]. Also, [[spoiler:Cable has taken the messiah child into the future to raise and train her]].
* DealWithTheDevil: The reason why Exodus chooses to ally with Mr. Sinister, as seen in the 2007 X-Men annual that serves as a prequel to this story.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A lot of CListFodder characters died in the crossfire of Mr. Sinister's precog purge, including [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen Vargas]], [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Finality]], and Gateway (the latter of whom got better).
* EliteMooks: Any villain that isn't Mr. Sinister or Mystique is basically reduced to this, in particular Exodus (normally a team-wrecking threat) never rises above another face in the melee.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gambit and Sunfire]] both throw in with Mr. Sinister.
* ChurchMilitant: The Purifiers are one of the factions in the race for the messiah child, wanting to kill it as they see it as TheAntichrist.
* CliffHanger: The Marauders are defeated, but [[spoiler:Professor X is dead courtesy of being shot through the head by Bishop]]. Also, [[spoiler:Cable has taken the messiah child into the future to raise and train her]].
* DealWithTheDevil: The reason why Exodus chooses to ally with Mr. Sinister, as seen in the 2007 X-Men annual that serves as a prequel to this story.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A lot of CListFodder characters died in the crossfire of Mr. Sinister's precog purge, including [[ComicBook/XTremeXMen Vargas]], [[ComicBook/{{Cable}} Finality]], and Gateway (the latter of whom got better).
* EliteMooks: Any villain that isn't Mr. Sinister or Mystique is basically reduced to this, in particular Exodus (normally a team-wrecking threat) never rises above another face in the melee.
* FallenHero: [[spoiler:Gambit and Sunfire]] both throw in with Mr. Sinister.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Sinister was dumb enough to trust [[spoiler:Mystique]]. It only serves him right when that character turns the tables on him later.
* KickTheDog: Bishop infamously pops in at the end to [[spoiler:shoot Professor X through the head]], beginning a long history of dog-kicking by him.
* KickTheDog: Bishop infamously pops in at the end to [[spoiler:shoot Professor X through the head]], beginning a long history of dog-kicking by him.
* MacGuffin: In a story with a LivingMacGuffin there's a secondary one of the more traditional kind: Destiny's diaries, which apparently foretell the birth of the mutant messiah. The involved factions chase after the diaries so that they can more effectively chase after the mutant messiah.
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* MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister’s Marauders and Revered Stryker’s Purifier’s before the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X.
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* MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister’s Sinister's Marauders and Revered Stryker’s Purifier’s Stryker's Purifiers before the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X.X.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: After several years of being portrayed as {{Mooks}}, the Marauders are finally shown as a threat again.
* ThePlan: Mr. Sinister has a nebulous-yet-evil plan involving the messiah child that requires the deaths of every precognitive mutant to prevent the X-Men from figuring out what he's up to.
* ThePurge: The story begins with Mr. Sinister sending his Marauders and Acolyte allies to kill all mutants with precognitive powers, so that no one can foresee what he is about to do.
* SequelHook: The whole story exists to be this. In particular, the messiah child goes on to become ComicBook/HopeSummers, a sort of "next coming of ComicBook/JeanGrey" who is a pivotal character in several later stories.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: After several years of being portrayed as {{Mooks}}, the Marauders are finally shown as a threat again.
* ThePlan: Mr. Sinister has a nebulous-yet-evil plan involving the messiah child that requires the deaths of every precognitive mutant to prevent the X-Men from figuring out what he's up to.
* ThePurge: The story begins with Mr. Sinister sending his Marauders and Acolyte allies to kill all mutants with precognitive powers, so that no one can foresee what he is about to do.
* SequelHook: The whole story exists to be this. In particular, the messiah child goes on to become ComicBook/HopeSummers, a sort of "next coming of ComicBook/JeanGrey" who is a pivotal character in several later stories.
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-->'''Narration:''' It’s called Predator X..bred to hunt and feed on mutant DNA... It felt this new arrival with a hunger that nearly staggered it. It used all its strength to push on over hundreds of miles. Never stopping...
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-->'''Narration:''' It’s called Predator X..bred to hunt and feed on mutant DNA... It felt this new arrival with a hunger that nearly staggered it. It used all its strength to push on over hundreds of miles. Never stopping...stopping...
* TheWorfEffect: Because of the story throwing so many villains together, uses of this were inevitable. Lowlights include Nightcrawler teleporting the powerful mutant Exodus away to get him out of a battle (despite Exodus having the power to teleport himself) and Mystique [[spoiler:using Rogue's powers to kill Mr. Sinister at the end]] (despite him being completely invulnerable to those very same powers in ''ComicBook/Inferno1988'').
* TookALevelInBadass: When Cannonball and Iceman interrogate a captive mutant whose power is PlayingWithFire, Sam reveals that Bobby's control of his powers has become so advanced that he can now control chemical reactions involving a thermal exchange, letting him block the fire mutant's powers at their source.
** Subverted with Malice, who boasts of "moving with the times" when she possesses the Omega Sentinel Karima Shapandar yet in practice is a much less effective presence than she was when she inhabited Polaris.
* TheWorfEffect: Because of the story throwing so many villains together, uses of this were inevitable. Lowlights include Nightcrawler teleporting the powerful mutant Exodus away to get him out of a battle (despite Exodus having the power to teleport himself) and Mystique [[spoiler:using Rogue's powers to kill Mr. Sinister at the end]] (despite him being completely invulnerable to those very same powers in ''ComicBook/Inferno1988'').
* TookALevelInBadass: When Cannonball and Iceman interrogate a captive mutant whose power is PlayingWithFire, Sam reveals that Bobby's control of his powers has become so advanced that he can now control chemical reactions involving a thermal exchange, letting him block the fire mutant's powers at their source.
** Subverted with Malice, who boasts of "moving with the times" when she possesses the Omega Sentinel Karima Shapandar yet in practice is a much less effective presence than she was when she inhabited Polaris.
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The "Messiah Complex" storyline is the climax of events set into motion in "House of M" and defined the direction of the X-Men franchise for the next several years. The storyline's main plot involves the birth of the first child with the X-gene since Decimation, sparking a race between the X-Men, [[Characters/XMenMarauders the Marauders]],[[Characters/XMenAcolytes the Acolytes]], the Reavers, the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first.
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The "Messiah Complex" storyline is the climax of events set into motion in "House of M" and defined the direction of the X-Men franchise for the next several years. The storyline's main plot involves the birth of the first child with the X-gene since Decimation, sparking a race between the X-Men, [[Characters/XMenMarauders the Marauders]],[[Characters/XMenAcolytes Marauders]], [[Characters/XMenAcolytes the Acolytes]], the Reavers, the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/UncannyXMen, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX ComicBook/NewXMenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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->''"When we first met, Professor Xavier told me his dream.. He saw a world where mutants and humans lived together without fear or hate. Where mutants could discover their potential, and use their gifts to serve all mankind.. And on [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], when most mutants lost their powers, when we became an endangered species-that vision became just that-a dream. As leader of the X-Men, I’ve had to embrace a new vision for mutantkind. Survival.” "''
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->''"When we first met, Professor Xavier told me his dream.. He saw a world where mutants and humans lived together without fear or hate. Where mutants could discover their potential, and use their gifts to serve all mankind.. And on [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], when most mutants lost their powers, when we became an endangered species-that vision became just that-a dream. As leader of the X-Men, I’ve had to embrace a new vision for mutantkind. Survival.” "''''"
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/Xfactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah [=CompleX=]''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/Xfactor, ComicBook/XFactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah CompleX''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/Xfactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah CompleX''') [=CompleX=]''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/Xfactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
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[[caption-width-right:252: ''The Mutant Messiah Is Born'' [[note]] Clockwise from top right: Raven Darkholme/Mystique, Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister, Charles Xavier/Professor X, James “Logan” Howlett/Wolverine and Scott Summers/Cyclops.[[/note]]]]
->''"When we first met, Professor Xavier told me his dream.. He saw a world where mutants and humans lived together without fear or hate. Where mutants could discover their potential, and use their gifts to serve all mankind.. And on [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], when most mutants lost their powers, when we became an endangered species-that vision became just that-a dream. As leader of the X-Men, I’ve had to embrace a new vision for mutantkind. Survival.” "''
-->-- '''Scott Summers/Cyclops'''
'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah CompleX''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/Xfactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
The "Messiah Complex" storyline is the climax of events set into motion in "House of M" and defined the direction of the X-Men franchise for the next several years. The storyline's main plot involves the birth of the first child with the X-gene since Decimation, sparking a race between the X-Men, [[Characters/XMenMarauders the Marauders]],[[Characters/XMenAcolytes the Acolytes]], the Reavers, the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first.
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!! ''X:Men: Messiah Complex'' provides examples of:
*TheBusCameBack: Warren Kenneth Worthington III/Angel returns to the X-Men titles after an absence.
*TheChosenOne: The Mutant Messiah is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly that]] and the different reasons for the various factors attempts to retrieve them vary wildly.
*GeneticAbomination: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Predator X]] On [[ComicBook/GodLovesManKills Revered]] [[SinisterMinister William]] Stryker’s behalf, the Facility created a living weapon to aid in his crusade to eradicate the human race.
*LivingMacGuffin: The Mutant Messiah is the one all want to get their hands on, some to save others [[WouldHurtAChild to kill]].
*MacGuffinSuperPerson: The Mutant Messiah’s birth was enough to alert everyone and short-circuit Cerebra.
*MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister’s Marauders and Revered Stryker’s Purifier’s before the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X.
*SuperPersistentPredator: Predator X was created for killing and consuming mutants and it cannot stop until it does so.
-->'''Narration:''' It’s called Predator X..bred to hunt and feed on mutant DNA... It felt this new arrival with a hunger that nearly staggered it. It used all its strength to push on over hundreds of miles. Never stopping...
[[caption-width-right:252: ''The Mutant Messiah Is Born'' [[note]] Clockwise from top right: Raven Darkholme/Mystique, Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister, Charles Xavier/Professor X, James “Logan” Howlett/Wolverine and Scott Summers/Cyclops.[[/note]]]]
->''"When we first met, Professor Xavier told me his dream.. He saw a world where mutants and humans lived together without fear or hate. Where mutants could discover their potential, and use their gifts to serve all mankind.. And on [[ComicBook/HouseOfM M-Day]], when most mutants lost their powers, when we became an endangered species-that vision became just that-a dream. As leader of the X-Men, I’ve had to embrace a new vision for mutantkind. Survival.” "''
-->-- '''Scott Summers/Cyclops'''
'' X-Men: Messiah Complex'' (also known as '''Messiah CompleX''') a thirteen-part ComicBook/XMen BatFamilyCrossover and the first part of the [[FanNickname Messiah Trilogy]] released from October 2007 to January 2008. It was co-written by Creator/EdBrubaker, Creator/PeterDavid, Creator/ChristopherYost and Craig Kyle and Creator/MikeCarey. It ran through its own titled book, ComicBook/UncannyXmen, ComicBook/Xfactor, ComicBook/NewXmenAcademyX and ComicBook/XMen.
The "Messiah Complex" storyline is the climax of events set into motion in "House of M" and defined the direction of the X-Men franchise for the next several years. The storyline's main plot involves the birth of the first child with the X-gene since Decimation, sparking a race between the X-Men, [[Characters/XMenMarauders the Marauders]],[[Characters/XMenAcolytes the Acolytes]], the Reavers, the Purifiers, and Predator X to see who will find the child first.
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!! ''X:Men: Messiah Complex'' provides examples of:
*TheBusCameBack: Warren Kenneth Worthington III/Angel returns to the X-Men titles after an absence.
*TheChosenOne: The Mutant Messiah is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin exactly that]] and the different reasons for the various factors attempts to retrieve them vary wildly.
*GeneticAbomination: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Predator X]] On [[ComicBook/GodLovesManKills Revered]] [[SinisterMinister William]] Stryker’s behalf, the Facility created a living weapon to aid in his crusade to eradicate the human race.
*LivingMacGuffin: The Mutant Messiah is the one all want to get their hands on, some to save others [[WouldHurtAChild to kill]].
*MacGuffinSuperPerson: The Mutant Messiah’s birth was enough to alert everyone and short-circuit Cerebra.
*MeleeATrois: The X-Men are initially in competition with both Mister Sinister’s Marauders and Revered Stryker’s Purifier’s before the Acolytes and the Reavers join the fray. And one cannot forget the monstrous Predator X.
*SuperPersistentPredator: Predator X was created for killing and consuming mutants and it cannot stop until it does so.
-->'''Narration:''' It’s called Predator X..bred to hunt and feed on mutant DNA... It felt this new arrival with a hunger that nearly staggered it. It used all its strength to push on over hundreds of miles. Never stopping...
