Storm in New Mutants #51
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 12:38 am
I know this is opening up a can of worms but... I'm curious about the placement of Storm's appearance in New Mutants #51. It's listed as after UX 215-217, which is after MEPHV. 4. I'm wondering how Rogue's appearance in MEPHV. 4 with Thor (which takes place for Thor after T 380) was resolved? The problem with the placement of NM 51 in Storm's chronology is the Fallen Angels mini-series and how it connects to the New Mutants, X-Factor and therefore Thor (in MEPHV. 4) at that time.
There is a crossover between X-Factor & Thor were Iceman gets kidnapped by Loki in XF 15~Thor 377 and returned to X-Factor in XF 17~T 379. Just moments after Iceman returns, Boom Boom leaves X-Factor and joins the Fallen Angels in XF 17~FA 3. For Sunspot & Warlock, FA 1-3 takes place after NM 52.
Which leads to the conclusion: NM 51 must take place before MEPHV. 4 (and therefore UX 215-217) for Storm. Is this possible or are there references in the New Mutants and Uncanny X-Men issues which makes it impossible?
Breakdown as it currently stands:
XF 12 [Angel in hospital post-Mutant Massacre, Sara Grey's house firebombed]
UX 214 [X-Men fight Malice & Dazzler joins the team]
MEPHV. 1-4 [Mephisto kidnaps Marvel Girl, then Rogue. X-Factor must appear before Cyclops leaves for Alaska, X-Men appear alongside Rogue, they see Marvel Girl at the beginning of issue 3, X-Men returned to their bodies at the beginning of 4, then Rogue is forced to kiss Thor to separate his soul from his pulped body and Mephisto returns her to Earth.]
UX 215-217 [Storm & Wolverine investigate Sara Grey's firebombed house and fight 3 WWII mutants, rest of team travel to Muir Island]
NM 51 [Magneto & Storm join Hellfire Club while New Mutants are returning to Earth]
NM @ 3 [Warlock vs Impossible Man, Magneto appears to chide them over this misadventure.]
NM 52 [Magneto appears, the soccer game that leads into:]
FA 1-2 [Magneto appears, Sunspot & Warlock leave New Mutants and join the Fallen Angels]
XF 13-14 [Cyclops in Alaska, doctors recommend Angel's wings be amputated]
XF 15~T 377 [Angel's wings amputated, Iceman kidnapped by Loki just before Angel's "death", Cyclops only returns from Alaska just in time so see Angel's "death"]
T 378/XF 16 [Iceman in Asgard/X-Factor deal with Angel's death]
T 379~XF 17 ~FA 3 [Thor returns Iceman to X-Factor, Boom Boom joins Fallen Angels, Sunspot & Warlock are members.]
T 380 [Thor fights Midgard serpent and his body is pulped.]
MEPHV. 4~T 381 [Mephisto forces Rogue to separate Thor's soul from his pulped body with a kiss.]
If Storm's appearance (with Magneto) in NM 51 takes place before MEPHV. 3-4 & UX 215-217, that would fix the problem. Is this possible?
The change would then mean that the events roughly go:
UX 214 [X-Men fight Malice & Dazzler joins the team]
XF 12 [Angel in hospital post-Mutant Massacre, Sara Grey's house firebombed]
NM 51 [Magneto & Storm join Hellfire Club while New Mutants are returning to Earth]
MEPHV. 1-3 [Mephisto kidnaps Marvel Girl, then Rogue. X-Factor must appear before Cyclops leaves for Alaska, X-Men appear alongside Rogue, they see Marvel Girl at the end of issue 3]
This section is concurrent (to the extended time that probably takes place at the end of MEPHV. 3 & beginning of MEPHV. 4):
NM @ 3 [Warlock vs Impossible Man, Magneto appears at end to chide them over this misadventure.]
NM 52 [Magneto appears, the soccer game that leads into:]
FA 1-2 [Magneto appears, Sunspot & Warlock leave New Mutants and join the Fallen Angels]
...with this section:
XF 13-14 [Cyclops in Alaska, doctors recommend Angel's wings be amputated]
XF 15~T 377 [Angel's wings amputated, Iceman kidnapped by Loki just before Angel's "death", Cyclops only returns from Alaska just in time so see Angel's "death"]
T 378/XF 16 [Iceman in Asgard/X-Factor deal with Angel's death]
T 379~XF 17 ~FA 3 [Thor returns Iceman to X-Factor, Boom Boom joins Fallen Angels, Sunspot & Warlock are members.]
T 380 [Thor fights Midgard serpent and his body is pulped.]
MEPHV. 4~T 381 [Mephisto returns X-Men to their bodies at the beginning of 4, then Rogue is forced to kiss Thor to separate his soul from his pulped body and Mephisto returns her to Earth]
UX 215-217 [Storm & Wolverine investigate Sara Grey's firebombed house and fight 3 WWII mutants, rest of team travel to Muir Island]
There is a crossover between X-Factor & Thor were Iceman gets kidnapped by Loki in XF 15~Thor 377 and returned to X-Factor in XF 17~T 379. Just moments after Iceman returns, Boom Boom leaves X-Factor and joins the Fallen Angels in XF 17~FA 3. For Sunspot & Warlock, FA 1-3 takes place after NM 52.
Which leads to the conclusion: NM 51 must take place before MEPHV. 4 (and therefore UX 215-217) for Storm. Is this possible or are there references in the New Mutants and Uncanny X-Men issues which makes it impossible?
Breakdown as it currently stands:
XF 12 [Angel in hospital post-Mutant Massacre, Sara Grey's house firebombed]
UX 214 [X-Men fight Malice & Dazzler joins the team]
MEPHV. 1-4 [Mephisto kidnaps Marvel Girl, then Rogue. X-Factor must appear before Cyclops leaves for Alaska, X-Men appear alongside Rogue, they see Marvel Girl at the beginning of issue 3, X-Men returned to their bodies at the beginning of 4, then Rogue is forced to kiss Thor to separate his soul from his pulped body and Mephisto returns her to Earth.]
UX 215-217 [Storm & Wolverine investigate Sara Grey's firebombed house and fight 3 WWII mutants, rest of team travel to Muir Island]
NM 51 [Magneto & Storm join Hellfire Club while New Mutants are returning to Earth]
NM @ 3 [Warlock vs Impossible Man, Magneto appears to chide them over this misadventure.]
NM 52 [Magneto appears, the soccer game that leads into:]
FA 1-2 [Magneto appears, Sunspot & Warlock leave New Mutants and join the Fallen Angels]
XF 13-14 [Cyclops in Alaska, doctors recommend Angel's wings be amputated]
XF 15~T 377 [Angel's wings amputated, Iceman kidnapped by Loki just before Angel's "death", Cyclops only returns from Alaska just in time so see Angel's "death"]
T 378/XF 16 [Iceman in Asgard/X-Factor deal with Angel's death]
T 379~XF 17 ~FA 3 [Thor returns Iceman to X-Factor, Boom Boom joins Fallen Angels, Sunspot & Warlock are members.]
T 380 [Thor fights Midgard serpent and his body is pulped.]
MEPHV. 4~T 381 [Mephisto forces Rogue to separate Thor's soul from his pulped body with a kiss.]
If Storm's appearance (with Magneto) in NM 51 takes place before MEPHV. 3-4 & UX 215-217, that would fix the problem. Is this possible?
The change would then mean that the events roughly go:
UX 214 [X-Men fight Malice & Dazzler joins the team]
XF 12 [Angel in hospital post-Mutant Massacre, Sara Grey's house firebombed]
NM 51 [Magneto & Storm join Hellfire Club while New Mutants are returning to Earth]
MEPHV. 1-3 [Mephisto kidnaps Marvel Girl, then Rogue. X-Factor must appear before Cyclops leaves for Alaska, X-Men appear alongside Rogue, they see Marvel Girl at the end of issue 3]
This section is concurrent (to the extended time that probably takes place at the end of MEPHV. 3 & beginning of MEPHV. 4):
NM @ 3 [Warlock vs Impossible Man, Magneto appears at end to chide them over this misadventure.]
NM 52 [Magneto appears, the soccer game that leads into:]
FA 1-2 [Magneto appears, Sunspot & Warlock leave New Mutants and join the Fallen Angels]
...with this section:
XF 13-14 [Cyclops in Alaska, doctors recommend Angel's wings be amputated]
XF 15~T 377 [Angel's wings amputated, Iceman kidnapped by Loki just before Angel's "death", Cyclops only returns from Alaska just in time so see Angel's "death"]
T 378/XF 16 [Iceman in Asgard/X-Factor deal with Angel's death]
T 379~XF 17 ~FA 3 [Thor returns Iceman to X-Factor, Boom Boom joins Fallen Angels, Sunspot & Warlock are members.]
T 380 [Thor fights Midgard serpent and his body is pulped.]
MEPHV. 4~T 381 [Mephisto returns X-Men to their bodies at the beginning of 4, then Rogue is forced to kiss Thor to separate his soul from his pulped body and Mephisto returns her to Earth]
UX 215-217 [Storm & Wolverine investigate Sara Grey's firebombed house and fight 3 WWII mutants, rest of team travel to Muir Island]