X-Treme X-Men #1

Cover: Salvador Larocca (pencils) Liquid (Colors)

Title: "Now, It Begins!" (31 pages)

Writer: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Salvador Larroca
Colors: Liquid! Graphics
Letters: Tom Orzechowski
Assistant Editor: Frank Dunkerley
Editor: Matt Hicks
Editor in Chief: Joe Quesada
President: Bill Jemas

Feature Characters: Storm, Bishop, the Beast, Rogue, Psylocke, Thunderbird III, Sage (all also in flashback, Bishop behind the scenes, preceeding fifth flashback in X-Treme X-Men #3, )

Villains: Vargas, Thais, Thaiis (first appearance of all); Maria Pilar Cortes (Spanish Deputy Minister of Justice), Commander Diego Sandoval (commander of Spain's elite militarty team Action Force), Action Force (first appearance of all)

Guest Appearances: Destiny II (in flashbacks preceeding X-Force #-1), Mystique (in flashbacks preceeding flashback in X-Men Unlimited #4)

Cameo Appearances: The Original X-Men: Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel and the Beast; The All New All Different X-Men: Cyclops, Phoenix, Nightcrawler, Wolverine, Colossus, Storm, the Banshee, the Beast, Kitty Pride; Modern X-Men: Storm, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Rogue, the Beast, Gambit, Wolverine, Psylocke (all in pictures depicting the X-Men's history; Wolverine, Rogue and Storm also appear in a flashback to Uncanny X-Men #153, and Colossus and Rogue appear in a flashback to Uncanny X-Men #171)

Flashbacks: At the start of the Twentieth Century in London, Irene Adler's precognitive powers manifest and she writes thirteen journals. In order to decrypt them she enlists the aid of a private detective named Raven Darkholme. The two spend most of the century together working on this task; The X-Men travel across the Atlantic ocean aboard a yacht

Note: This issue is double-sized and also features an interview with Chris Claremont and character design sketches. The name of Maria Pilar Cortes is presumably based on Salvador Larocca's wife/girlfriend?, the Maria Pilar who appears in the Marvel Offices in Fantastic Four Vol.3 #27.

While relaxing in Spain the X-Men are suddenly attacked by armed assault teams of the Guarda Civil. Rogue's invulnerability saves her from the initial assault and finds herself facing a large number of hostiles. Trying to avoid civilian casualties she heads out to sea where she is struck by missiles and disappears into the ocean. Tessa had also avoided the initial assault and dispatches the teams that come after he effortlessly. Disappearing in to the crowd, Tessa recounts their trip to Spain and the rationale behind it, their quest for Destiny's volumes of prophecy. The captured X-Men are taken to Los Torres De Serranos in Valencia were they are studied by government scientists. The X-Men awaken a day later in a series of tunnels were their powers and skills are tested. They defeat the first group of attackers but are taken by surprise when the floor beneath them collapses.

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