X-Men 2099 is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1993 to 1996 that chronicled the adventures of an X-Men team in the year 2099. It extends the Marvel 2099 imprint, which features other future versions of popular Marvel characters, such as Spider-Man 2099 and Hulk 2099. The series was written by John Francis Moore and largely pencilled by Ron Lim.
The X-Men 2099 series of mutants from the future Earth-928 who take on Professor Charles Xavier's dream to unite the mutants of the world. They are founded by Desert Ghost who finds and gathers the mutants to become the new incarnation of the X-Men.
Tropes:
- Alliterative Name: Henri Huang.
- All There in the Manual: Most of the main mutants' codenames were rarely if ever used in the story, being more prominent in supplemental material and cover blurbs.
- Chrome Champion: Metalhead can turn his body into metal.
- Dark Age of Supernames: And how! Being a product of the 1990s, here there are gems among the heroes and villains. To wit:
- Among the main cast, Bloodhawk (the wart-covered red demon-looking guy on the page image) and Skullfire (the blue-clad character in the foreground of the page image).
- Among the villains, Vulcann (with two 'n') the Bloodsmith (in this case, may be justified, as he has the ability to "shape living flesh").
- Dem Bones: Using his powers makes Skullfire look like a glowing skeleton.
- Facial Markings: Sham has a sun over her right eye.
- Master of Illusion: Sham's power is to cast illusions.
- Mundane Utility: In the initial sequence of the first issue, there is a mutant underground rave happening in a desert base. The MC dances and bounces the music sounds off his body, then changes his body structure to another metal (since his power is "metallic mimesis", that is, to adopt the properties of any metal he touches), thus producing other sounds.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Junkpile and La Lunatica's names have never been revealed.
- Overly Long Name: Metalhead's full name is Edward van Beethoven-Osako.
- Super-Speed: Meanstreak is the 2099 X-Men resident speedster.
- Tattoo as Character Type: Serpentina has the tattoo of a snake running around her arms.
- Telepathy: Cerebra's power.
- Winged Humanoid: Bloodhawk can transform into one, with red, bat-like wings.
