"EARTH-24208" (EARTH-THE X-MEN FORMED WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS)
Type: Alternate/divergent
Earth
Environment: Earth-like
Usual
means of access: Presumably
vibrational attunement
Dominant
Life Form: Mutants, humans
Significant
Inhabitants: Blob,
Magneto,
Mastermind,
Storm,
Wolverine, X-Men (Colossus
(Piotr), Gambit
(Remy LeBeau), Professor
X (Charles Xavier), Rogue)
First
Appearance: X-Men Cyber Comic:
Twisted History -
Part One (January, 2000)
History:
(X-Men
Cyber Comic:
Twisted History -
Part One (fb) - BTS) - Professor Charles Xavier recruited Colossus,
Gambit and
Rogue in an effort to both train them in the use of their mutant powers
and to
train them to defend the world from mutant threats.
(X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part Three (fb) - BTS) - In 1963, Magneto secretly sent
Mastermind to
spy on Professor X's X-Men. Mastermind secretly infiltrated Xavier's
Mansion, setting a trap for the X-Men in the lower levels by casting
illusions of three mutants to counter Professor X's mutant team.
(X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part One) - Shortly thereafter, Professor X summoned his
X-Men
recruits to a training session. Commending them as their ability to
hear his
telepathic commands, Professor X first tested Gambit by launching
spiked balls
at the young mutant, who took out each one of them with his
explosively-charged
cards. After telling Gambit that he would receive his grade the
following day,
Professor X tested Colossus by having two metallic jaws close in on
Colossus,
who was soon trapped by the jaws. Colossus then punched his way out of
the trap
and apologized to Professor X, claiming he had failed the Professor.
Professor
X reminded Colossus that he only failed if he gave up, which he did not
do.
Promising to work on Colossus' powers and spirit, Professor X next
tested Rogue
by having her fly through the spinning Spanner device. Successfully
passing the
test, Rogue was congratulated by Gambit, who attempted to flirt with
Rogue.
Rogue immediately jumped back, fearing her touch-activated,
uncontrollable
absorption abilities and Professor X reminded Gambit to be mindful of
Rogue's
abilities. Once the tests had finished, Professor X donned his
prototype mutant
scanner, Cerebro, and did a quick search for mutant allies and enemies,
deciding that he must investigate some of the mutant signatures in
person, including Blob, Magneto, Storm and Wolverine.
Almost as soon as Professor X left, the X-Men heard a rumbling coming
from
their Mansion's sub-levels. Investigating, they found that the rumbling
seemed
to be coming from a mysterious door down there.
(X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part Two) - Unaware of the evil mutant Mastermind's presence
on the
Xavier School grounds, the X-Men attempted to break their way through
the
mysterious door. While Gambit was unable to break through the door,
Colossus
managed to smash his way through it and the X-Men were surprised to
find
some sort
of dungeon that appeared to contain more mutants (actually Mastermind's
illusions), including
the optic blast-firing Cyclops, the telekinetic Marvel
Girl and the
animalistic Beast. After freeing the three mutants, the X-Men asked who
they
were and Cyclops said that they were the X-Men: Professor Xavier's
original
students
who had rebelled against Xavier's plot to create a mutant army for
world
domination.
(X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part Three) - While the "original X-Men" explained to the
more recent
recruits about Xavier's truly torturous nature, Mastermind made his way
inside
the Xavier School, where he found Xavier's prototype Cerebro device.
Once
outside of the Mansion, Rogue, Colossus and Gambit began questioning
whether
the "original X-Men" were telling the truth, causing the "original
X-Men" to
fade away, revealing themselves to be mere illusions generated by the
mutant
Mastermind, who finally revealed his presence to the X-Men. Donning the
stolen
Cerebro helmet, Mastermind recreated Cyclops, Marvel Girl and the Beast
as
solid illusions.
(X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part Four) - The X-Men battled Mastermind's illusory X-Men
without
gaining the upper hand. As Mastermind gloated about how powerful he was
while
using Cerebro, Gambit came up with the idea to let Rogue absorb his and
Colossus' mutant powers in hopes of being able to defeat Mastermind.
Reluctantly agreeing, Rogue absorbed their powers and
took the
fight directly to Mastermind's illusory X-Men. When she attempted to
absorb
the powers and memories of the solid illusion X-Men, she instead
absorbed the
powers and memories of Mastermind himself, causing intense psychic
feedback
that rendered Mastermind unconscious. With Mastermind defeated,
Colossus
suggested that they clean up the mess before Professor X returned.
Unfortunately for them, Professor X had returned and announced that
there would
demerits all around for allowing the situation with Mastermind escalate
to such
a level. Despite this, Professor X admitted that the demerits were
outweighed
by the pride he felt for his X-Men. When Rogue asked Professor X if he
thought
that actual mutants like Cyclops, Marvel Girl and Beast existed, Xavier
simply
replied that anything was possible.
Comments: Created by D. G.
Chichester and Daerick
Gross.
While
normally the year 1963
would be topical, but since this is an alternate Earth, I see no reason
to leave
it topical. It could theoretically take place in 1963.
Several
characters were seen only
in Professor X's mind's eye when he used Cerebro to detect mutant
signatures.
While Blob, Storm and Wolverine were all seen, they were not identified
so it's
possible that in this reality, they did not use the same codenames as
they did
on Earth-616. Storm appeared in her "Giant-Size X-Men#1" costume, even
though on
Earth-616, she did not adopt that costume until well after the X-Men
were
formed and Wolverine did not appear in costume at all, suggesting that
perhaps,
in this reality, he never became a costumed superhero.
While
the full real names of
Colossus, Blob, Storm, Wolverine, Mastermind and Magneto were not
revealed, one
could assume they were Piotr Rasputin, Fred Dukes, Ororo Munroe, James
Howlett,
Jason Wyngarde and Max Eisenhardt, respectively.
Thanks
to D. G. Chichester
himself for the images!
Profile
by Proto-Man.
CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-The
X-Men Formed With Different Members has no known connections to
- any other alternate or divergent
Earth with mutants
Blob
appeared to be the same as his Earth-616 counterpart, other than being
active
in 1963 rather than the modern era. When Professor X used the prototype
Cerebro, he learned of Blob's mutant nature.
--X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part One (seen only in Professor X's mind's eye)
Magneto
appeared to be the same as his Earth-616 counterpart, other than being
active
as Magneto in 1963 rather than the modern era. When Professor X used
the
prototype Cerebro, he located Magneto. Unbeknownst to the X-Men,
Magneto had
sent Mastermind to spy on them.
--X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part One (seen only in Professor X's mind's eye) (Part Three
- BTS,
Mastermind
was an illusion-casting mutant servant of Magneto, just like his
Earth-616
counterpart. Ordered to spy on the X-Men for Magneto, Mastermind
trapped the
X-Men in a realistic illusion in which three "new mutants" called
Cyclops, Beast
and Marvel Girl claimed that Professor X secretly performed experiments
on
them, even killing their teammates Iceman and Angel. While the X-Men
were
caught up in Mastermind's illusions, Mastermind himself snuck into the
Xavier
School and stole Xavier's prototype Cerebro helmet. When the X-Men
began
questioning the truth of Beast, Marvel Girl and Cyclops' accusations,
Mastermind's illusion failed and Mastermind was forced to reveal
himself to the
X-Men. Donning the Cerebro helmet to boost his psychic abilities,
Mastermind
recreated Beast, Cyclops and Marvel Girl in physical form. In an effort
to defeat the solid illusions, the X-Men allowed Rogue to absorb their
powers to add to her own. When Rogue tried to also absorb the powers of
the illusory X-Men, she instead absorbed the powers and memories of
Mastermind himself, rendering Mastermind unconscious.
--X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part One (seen only on the "cover" of the story); (in
shadow): X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part Two; (fully seen): X-Men Cyber
Comic:
Twisted History - Part Three (Part Four,
Storm
appeared much the same as her Earth-616 counterpart, other than being
as active
in 1963 as a costumed superhuman rather than the modern era. When
Professor X
used the prototype Cerebro, he learned of Storm's mutant nature.
--X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part One (seen only in Professor X's mind's eye)
Wolverine
appeared much the same as his Earth-616 counterpart. When Professor X
used the
prototype Cerebro, he learned of Wolverine's mutant nature.
--X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part One (seen only in Professor X's mind's eye)
The X-Men, like their
Earth-616
counterparts, were a group of heroic mutants formed by Professor X.
When
Professor X left to investigate several mutant signatures detected by
Cerebro,
the X-Men began hearing rumblings in the sub-levels of the Mansion.
Investigating, they found the rumblings originating from a mysterious
door in
the sub-levels. Unaware that Mastermind had arrived on the grounds of
the
Xavier School and had trapped them in an illusion, the X-Men burst
through the
mysterious door to find captive mutants claiming to be Xavier's
original
students whom Xavier had tortured and imprisoned. Unsure what to think,
the
X-Men followed these mutants (Cyclops, Beast and Marvel Girl) outside
of the
Mansion while Mastermind entered the Mansion and stole Xavier's
prototype
Cerebro helmet. When the X-Men started questioning the truth behind the
other
mutants' claims, they disappeared, revealing themselves to be illusions
created
by Mastermind, who revealed himself and donned Cerebro. His power amped
up by
Cerebro, Mastermind recreated Cyclops, Beast and Marvel Girl to battle
the
X-Men, who allowed Rogue to absorb all of their powers. Powered up
herself,
Rogue took the fight directly to the illusory X-Men, absorbing
Mastermind's
powers and abilities into herself when she tried to absorb the powers
of the
illusory X-Men, causing psychic feedback that left Mastermind
unconscious.
Professor X soon returned and congratulated the X-Men on their victory
despite
the demerits they would suffer for allowing the situation to escalate
to such a
degree.
--X-Men
Cyber Comic: Twisted
History - Part One (Part Two, Part Three, Part Four
images: (without ads)
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part One, p5, splash page (X-Men,
main
image)
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part One, p11, pan2 (Blob,
Magneto, Storm
& Wolverine)
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part Three, p9, pan1 (Mastermind)
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part Two, "cover"
(X-Men)
Appearances:
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part One (January, 2000) - D. G.
Chichester (writer), Daerick Gross (art), Gregg Sanderson (editor)
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part Two (January, 2000) - D. G.
Chichester
(writer), Daerick Gross (art), Gregg Sanderson (editor)
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part Three (January, 2000) - D. G.
Chichester (writer), Daerick Gross (art), Gregg Sanderson (editor)
X-Men Cyber Comic: Twisted History - Part Four (January, 2000) - D. G.
Chichester (writer), Daerick Gross (art), Gregg Sanderson (editor)
Any
Additions/Corrections? please
let me know.
Last
Updated:
11/22/13
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