Ororo – Before the Storm | Comics

Orphaned as a child, Ororo Munroe was raised in the city of Cairo, Egypt and trained up as a master thief along with fellow children of the Thieves' Quarter under the guidance of their leader Achmed el-Gibar; also a father figure to them all. As she bonds to her new found friends, she soon became a very important part of this family of misfits and quite a formidable pupil of her master as well.

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This brave young lady had no idea of her becoming an important member of the superhero mutant adventurer team X-Men and also being worshiped as a goddess of nature who manipulates weather by people in the upcoming future. Meanwhile, a mysterious persona came to Egypt, looking for some rare ancient artifact pieces for the reasons unknown.

Called by the name of Barrett, he comes to the city of Cairo, looking to hire the best thieves of Cairo, which leads him to meet Achmed el-Gibar, who happens to be the teacher as well as leader of the thieves. Barrett wants to hire the services of his thieves to steal an artifact which is a powerful gem located inside of a pyramid and is surrounded by various death traps and puzzles.

Achmed el-Gibar refused at first seeing the risk on his kids but later accepts for a greater price. Unknown danger waits for Ororo Munroe and her friends in their quest that would change their lives forever. As they advances inside the pyramid, she even witnesses the tomb of the eternal mutant En Sabah Nur, also encountering his servant Ozymandias, who prophecies on her upcoming bright future.

Egyptian History Lesson

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Ororo – Before the Storm

To celebrate the 30 Years anniversary of the fictional superhero character Storm, a member of mutant superhero team X-Men, Marvel Comics has launched a four issue limited series titled "Ororo – Before the Storm". Writer Marc Sumerak and artist Carlo Barberi (Deadpool – Suicide Kings, Thunderbolts) were tasked to tell this early tale of Storm where they even brought up one of her future nemesis in stasis, yet to come out and reveal himself to humanity.

Adventure of Her Youth

This small time adventure of a lifetime featuring one of the greatest Marvel heroines was published back in 2005. This storyline gave a special look-back at Storm's life as 2001's Marvel limited series "Origin" did depicting the back story of Wolverine.
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Ultimate War | Comics

After battling Magneto (Tomorrow People) and his deadly Sentinel fleet from Savage Land to save New York as well as The President of United States of America, Professor Charles Xavier had brainwashed him and declared him dead upon sending him far away. However, this action was not able to please the authority and did not seem convincing enough.

Ultimate War | Comics

Actually Professor Xavier was planning to reform his old friend under his own care. This news is mistakenly leaked out by X-Men’s Beast to his virtual girlfriend over internet. While chatting with his unknown virtual girlfriend, he disclosed this piece of information, which caused the Brotherhood of Mutants to capture him as they were the ones posing as his cyber girlfriend to dig out their spiritual leader, Magneto.

Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. is approached by US government, when Magneto starts re-appearing. He blew up eight-hundred people by destroying Brooklyn Bridge in a sudden terrorist attack with a reformed Brotherhood of Mutants at his side. So, along with The Ultimates, Fury successfully tracks down X-Men’s whereabouts but found it empty.

This however led Fury to believe that the X-Men have finally joined the very cause of Brotherhood of Mutants to fight against humankind. Meanwhile, Magneto learns of a plan by Xavier, who intends to track him down. But this plan backfired when The Ultimates and X-Men members encounter each other for quest of self-styled mutant master of magnetism. It's a battle of might and pride to prove who among them are the best.

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Released back in 2002 as a four issue limited series, "Ultimate War" is based on Marvel’s Ultimate Universe timeline which is Earth-1610, highlighting The Ultimates; The Avengers of this timeline and the team of X-Men from same universe. This crossover story was written by celebrated writer Mark Miller (Wolverine – Enemy of the State, Civil War) and drawn by master penciller Chris Bachalo (Generation X, X-Men – Supernovas), which follows two of the storyline from the beginning of Ultimate X-Men monthly ongoing series.

The Ultimates Vs. Magneto

It happens to be the first crossover story arc of the Ultimate Universe, where The Ultimates and Ultimate X-Men came face to face for an ultimate showdown.
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Ultimate X-Men – Return to Weapon X | Comics

After saving New Work City and the life of the President of United States from Magneto’s attempted genocide, for the first time X-Men have found some appreciation from public. With Magneto out of the picture, Cyclops, Storm and Colossus travels to Japan to appear on a Japanese talk show as part of building public relations and improving their image to masses.

Ultimate X-Men – Return to Weapon X | Comics

Wolverine also heads to track down Weapon X program to settling some of his old scores with them. A mutant-hating Colonel John Wraith, head of the barbaric Weapon X Program was hunting down the teleporter mutant named Nightcrawler, who ran away from the facility. Next, Wraith led his operatives on the X-Mansion to led an ambush attack on the X-Men and captured them all, sans Wolverine.

They released the Juggernaut who took down four of them and the rest also followed. The X-Men were all captured and later forced to act against their will for the threat of a forcible neural implant. Meanwhile, Wraith and General "Thunderbolt" Ross of S.H.I.E.L.D. had a meeting for rescuing Nick Fury from India.

John Wraith plans to use them for his own purpose of deadly covert missions led by his right-hand man Sabretooth. He tasks Sabretooth to find Wolverine out for giving him a terrible face scar on their previous encounter. But Wolverine has a secret plan of his own to rescue his fellow X-Men that he cooked up especially for them. While Ross planned to shut down all the funding for Weapon X, Wraith also kept secret of having Charles Xavier alive in his fold.

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Ultimate X-Men – Return to Weapon X

Following the opening story of Ultimate X-Men series from Ultimate Universe of Marvel titled "The Tomorrow People", writer Mark Miller (Kick-Ass, Civil War) and artist Adam Kubert (Superman – Last Son, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine) returns with "Return to Weapon X" storyline that runs through issue #07-12 of the Ultimate X-Men monthly ongoing comic series in 2001.

Brotherhood To The Rescue

Lots of character development was on progress throughout the plot and there was an epic brawl between the feral mutant Wolverine and Sabretooth in the end that makes it even better for any fan. This spectacular storyline leads to the hit four part crossover limited series titled "Ultimate War" featuring The Ultimates.
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Ultimate X-Men – The Tomorrow People | Comics

At the brink of 21st Century, mutant population has significantly grown to a large number and the humans mostly feared or hated them. The mutant terrorist and the self proclaimed master of magnetism; Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants make their demands on TV as scientist Bolivar Trask creates a group of mutant hunting robot Sentinels as part of Government's "Sentinel Initiative" to track down and eliminate the mutant populace.

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Professor Charles Xavier, a powerful mutant telepath has sent his mutant student Jean Grey, who is also a telepath, to recruit Beast, Storm and Colossus for their team of mutant student dubbed the X-Men. When they are about to recruit Bobby Drake AKA Iceman next, they are all attacked by the sentinels.

Though, Beast, Storm and Colossus are newly drafted and had no combat experience, they successfully managed to rescue Bobby and took out the Sentinels. Meanwhile, realizing his old friend Charles Xavier is alive and assembling students, Magneto hires a master assassin named Wolverine to eliminate Professor Xavier, who is a threat to his agendas.

Logan however is captured by Weapon X operatives but soon the X-Men rescued him and take him in. Back in the X-Mansion, Wolverine is confronted by Professor Xavier himself and shows his impressive skills. Every other X-Man has a mixed feeling about him and he starts falling for the young Jean Grey. Soon, some side choosing changes the entire landscape of the whole already tensed status quo.

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Set in the alternate timeline of Earth 1610, "The Tomorrow People" is the first six part storyline that took place in the Ultimate X-Men monthly comic series. In 2001, writer Mark Miller (Kick-Ass, Civil War) and artist Adam Kubert (Superman – Last Son, Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine) joined forces to create this spectacular new beginning for the X-Men series of the Ultimate Universe of Marvel.

The Enemy Within

Miller’s story and Kubert’s top-notch art gives the entire story a grand feeling of a mega-event. The story is then followed by "Return to Weapon X" tale, which contains the mysterious back-story of the feral mutant Wolverine.
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X-Men – The Hunt for Xavier | Comics

At Cape Citadel, Florida, a public controversy is forming regarding the launch of a rocket that is secretly programmed to track and terminate all mutants of the world. The location of the launch also stirs controversy as it was the place where the world known about the existence of mutants as Professor X's original X-Men were fighting against Magneto for the first time. Operating from the shadows, Xavier is seen recruiting Chaos, Crux, Grey King, Landslide, Mercury and Rapture to re-form his dream team of X-Men.

Along with Nightcrawler, Shadowcat and Colossus were resting by the pool abroad the cruise ship Titania after the Excalibur team has been disbanded most recently. Calling themselves the X-Men, Xavier's new recruits attacks on board Titania. While Kurt and Peter were busy on crowd-control, these newly assembled mutants abduct Kitty Pryde and take her to their so-called savior.

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The X-Men team at the X-Mansion is re grouping again after the devastating events of "Operation – Zero Tolerance" and Storm is in charge of the current team. She leads fellow teammates Marrow, Rogue and Wolverine through the tunnels of Washington, D.C., through a series of defensive machines and hidden traps. After their brief meeting with X-Factor liaison Valerie Cooper about the recent developments regarding the missile launch, the X-Men are attacked by their impostors in mid-air, ensuing a battle but Nightcrawler and Colossus came to the rescue.

Afterwards, all of them goes to rescue Shadowcat and breaks her out of there after battling it out with their fake counterparts. Kitty Pryde was brought here in the first place as Xavier explained that during the time Bastion kept him, he was infected with a computer virus that now only she can cure him off. The X-Men flies back home in Blackbird and Xavier seemingly absorbed his fake recruits to take a robotic form, now calling himself Cerebro.

They soon are summoned by Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. to deal with one of their former villain Pyro. The mutant Pyro has good nuts and is flaming out intensely in Nebraska. Not only that, he's been shouting out the name of Professor Charles Xavier all the time. Storm splits the team in two groups, sending Wolverine, Colossus and Gambit after Pyro and led her own team of Marrow, Nightcrawler, Rogue and Shadowcat for crowd control.

As Storm engage to control the situation, Marrow confronts her about Xavier's action on the infamous "Mutant Massacre" event. Since Pyro is infected with the lethal Legacy Virus that is reaching to its ultimate stage, his powers are way out of their regular scale. Even Colossus felt the heat Pyro emitted in his armor mode. The X-Men were finally successful to take him down, but they are still riddled with the question that, why Pyro was frequently calling out for Xavier, when they don't share even a short history together.

After returning to the X-Mansion, they ran a search for Xavier via Cerebro but surprisingly found that currently there are two Xavier around the world! Meanwhile, the real Professor Charles Xavier was forming a new Brotherhood of Mutants consisting Blob, Post, Mimic and Toad to oppose an oncoming foe that he fears he cannot face and win alone against.

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X-Men – The Hunt for Professor X

Followed from the "Operation - Zero Tolerance" crossover, "The Hunt for Xavier" is a six part crossover take that ran in the two major X-Men titles. With writer Steve Seagle teaming up with artist Chris Bachalo (Captain America – Homeland, Dark Reign – The Sinister Spider-Man) in the issues of Uncanny X-Men. Joe Kelly (Emperor Joker, Justice League Elite) and Adam Kubert (Amazing Spider-Man – Renew Your Vows, Avengers & X-Men – Axis) also filled the story in the pages of the second volume of X-Men comic series by Marvel Comics in 1998.

Cerebro Ascendant

Since this was a six-issue crossover arc, penciller Leinil Francis Yu (New Avengers, Secret Invasion) and Pasqual Ferry (Adam Strange – Planet Heist, Superman – Ending Battle) also appeared as guest artist. Late artist Mike Wieringo (Fantastic Four, The Flash) also contributed to the X-Men issue #1/2 that is also part of the book as well. The entire concept has build upon the idea of what if Professor Xavier's long-time trusty mutant-detecting program goes rogue and how will he manage to put an end to it's menace then.
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Operation – Zero Tolerance | Comics

After most of The Avengers, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk and Doctor Doom has seemingly sacrificed themselves to destroy the essence of the psionic being Onslaught, only the mutant superheroes were left on Earth. Bunch of non-mutant superheroes including Daredevil, Doctor Strange and Spider-Man were left behind along with the team of X-Men. A mutant-hating human and also a candidate for Presidential election, Graydon Creed got killed and his unknown killer is suspected to be a mutant.

The government has given the complete authority to Bastion; an upgrade to the advanced sentinel Nimrod, to handle the situation and he came up with a plan along with his newly assembled troops of Prime Sentinels to capture all mutants, dubbing it as "Operation: Zero Tolerance". Many of the X-Men are captured and the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning is seized by him. This gave Bastion all access to the information about every known mutant out there.

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Because of his role on Onslaught Saga, Professor X voluntarily turns himself to the authority and Bastion confronts him personally before locking him away. The young mutant Jubilee of team Generation X is soon captured along with her team and taken to the custody of Bastion where she is extensively tortured on a mental level by the Sentinel-Hybrid to discover the secrets about her fellow mutants.

X-Men member Cyclops, Jean Grey, Cannonball, Storm and Wolverine are also captured by the program. In the mean time, the time-travelling mutant from the future, Cable sneaks into the X-Mansion to rescue his ally Caliban and erase Xavier's files containing all information on other mutants to save them from Bastion. Iceman has formed a small rebellion team against the Operation and Bastion himself.

The mutant Marrow also joins in his cause to avenge her mentor and the Morlock leader, Callisto. As they were preparing to lead an attack on Bastion, the rebellion faced a sudden ambush by a group of Prime Sentinels. Iceman eventually gets his chance to go up against Bastion and was seemingly besting him but then the Sentinel tuned the tides of their fight.

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X-Men – Zero Tolerance

"Operation – Zero Tolerance" is a 1997 X-Men crossover event from Marvel Comics that spawned in the monthly ongoing series of Cable, Generation X, Uncanny X-Men, Wolverine, X-Force, and X-Man. The story revolves around the assassination of a presidential candidate and afterwards, how the effects of that incident helps an advanced Sentinel prototype named Bastion to take over the mutant community with help from the government. The initial plots of the event were planned by veteran writer Scott Lobdell (Alpha Flight, Excalibur) and Larry Hama (Venom – Along Came A Spider, Venom – Carnage Unleashed).

Bastion Declares War

Artist Leinil Francis Yu (New Avengers, Secret Invasion) did the drawings along with Chris Bachalo (Captain America – Homeland, Dark Reign – The Sinister Spider-Man), Pasqual Ferry (Adam Strange – Planet Heist, Superman – Ending Battle), Joe Madureira (Inhuman – Genesis, Savage Wolverine – Hands on a Dead Body), Roger Cruz and Salvador Larroca (Death of Wolverine – The Weapon X Program, Spider-Man – House of M). This event got bigger and better with the participation of all the big guns of the industry in the post-Onslaught devastated Marvel Universe.
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