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The Special Class: Basilisk
Real Name: UnrevealedFirst Appearance: New X-Men #135 Last Appearance: New X-Men #149 Group Affiliation: Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning (Special Class), Magneto's Brotherhood Distinguishing Features: Camera eye, no nose, slit-like mouth, sunken ears, overly fleshy head and body Mutation: Basilisk has the ability to emit a pulse of high-frequency strobe light from his eye. The light paralyzes any living being that looks at it. The mutant known as Basilisk was the Special Class' resident joker. He often made fun of their teacher Xorn and enjoyed teasing Beak. His clownish attitude persisted even when the Special Class was forced to join Magneto's Brotherhood, though he was otherwise indifferent to the Brotherhood's terrorist acts. Magneto accidentally killed Basilisk when the younger mutant made an inappropriately timed fart joke. 
The Special Class: Dummy
Real Name: UnrevealedFirst Appearance: New X-Men #135 Last Appearance: New X-Men #137 Group Affiliation: Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning (Special Class) Distinguishing Features: Gaseous form Mutation: Dummy is a living, sentient gas. Because of his gaseous form, Dummy had to be encased in a latex suit that gave him a humanoid appearance. During the U-Men's attack on the Special Class' camp site, Dummy's suit was torn by a scalpel projectile. He began leaking, but Beak saved his life by stopping up the hole in his suit with a condom. Unfortunately, his suit was later sliced by shrapnel during the Omega Gang's riot. He dissipated and is now presumed dead. 
The Special Class: Ernst
Real Name: Cassandra XavierFirst Appearance: New X-Men #135 Group Affiliation: Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning (Special Class), formerly Magneto's Brotherhood Mutation: Ernst was once believed to have possessed superhuman strength. It has since been revealed that she is actually a reprogrammed and rehabilitated Cassandra Nova contained within the synthetic Shi'ar creature Stuff. When Ernst first appeared, she seemed to be suffering from progeria. Despite having a childlike stature, she had the wrinkled appearance of an old woman. As a member of the Special Class, she was especially attached to their teacher Xorn and was good friends with Martha Johansson. She carried Martha's floating capsule around and frequently communicated her thoughts to their classmates. When Xorn revealed himself as Magneto, Ernst was reluctant to accept the "loss" of her teacher and later defied him. Ernst presumably returned to Xavier's Institute along with the rest of the Special Class after Magneto's defeat. In Here Comes Tomorrow, it was revealed that she was in fact Cassandra Nova, now reformed and working for her brother Charles' dream. She was also allies with Beak's descendant, Tito. 
The Special Class: Martha
Real Name: Martha JohanssonFirst Appearance: New X-Men #118 Group Affiliation: Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning (Special Class), formerly Magneto's Brotherhood Distinguishing Features: Disembodied brain Mutation: Martha possesses the power of telepathy. Martha was a mutant runaway who was captured by the U-Men. Their founder John Sublime had her brain removed and kept alive in a capsule. Sublime controlled her through drugs and syringes and used her to subdue Cyclops and Emma Frost. The two X-Men eventually broke free of her control, after which Martha gained her revenge on Sublime by causing him to fall to his death. She later became a student in Xavier's Institute's Special Class. Esme of the Stepford Cuckoos, who was secretly working with Magneto, manipulated Martha through the same drugs and syringes that Sublime used. She forced Martha to influence the minds of the Special Class students and make them go along with Magneto's plans. When Magneto and his Brotherhood were defeated, Martha presumably returned to Xavier's Institute with her classmates. 
The Stepford Cuckoos
Real Names: Esme, Sophie, Phoebe, Celeste, Mindee (last names unknown)First Appearance: New X-Men #118 Last Appearance: New X-Men #137 (Sophie), New X-Men #150 (Esme) Group Affiliation: Xavier's Institute for Higher Learning Mutation: The Stepford Cuckoos are telepaths whose psychic powers are greatly amplified when they merge their minds with each other. The telepathic collective known as the Stepford Cuckoos were the pet students of Emma Frost. They teamed up with Beak and Angel during the Imperial Guard's assault on the Institute, in order to aid the X-Men against Cassandra Nova. When the Omega Gang started a riot during Open Day, the Cuckoos decided to stop him. Sophie used Cerebra and the power-enhancing drug Kick and, together with her sisters, fought and defeated Kid Omega. She died in the process, seemingly because of the strain that the effort had caused her. However, it was later revealed that Esme had been responsible for her sister's death and that she'd been conspiring with Magneto, who had infiltrated the X-Men by posing as the mutant Xorn. Esme then broke away from the Cuckoo collective and left the Institute to join Magneto during his attack on New York City. The remaining Cuckoos, along with Beak, became part of the underground resistance against the new Brotherhood's terrorism. Esme was killed in the ensuing battle between the X-Men and the Brotherhood, but the rest of the Cuckoos returned to Xavier's Institute after Magneto's defeat. 
Xavier's Institute Staff: Beast
Real Name: Henry McCoyFirst Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #1 Group Affiliation: X-Men Distinguishing Features: Blue fur, catlike snout, limbs and paws Mutation: Beast possesses superhuman size, strength, speed, agility, endurance, reflexes, dexterity and acrobatic prowess, catlike night vision, enhanced senses, healing abilities, low-level pheromones and razor edged claws. A founding member of the X-Men, the brilliant Hank McCoy was once a fairly normal-looking person with extraordinary physical prowess and large hands and feet. He accidentally transformed himself a furry beast when he took a hormonal extract that caused a further mutation in his genetic structure. He later evolved into an oversized catlike creature. As a teacher in Xavier's Institute, Hank took a special interest in Barnell, sympathizing with his feelings of loneliness and isolation over his freakish appearance. Feeling attached to Beast, Beak decided to entrust his teacher with his prize titanium bat. However, when Beast found out the truth about Cassandra Nova and Professor X, Cassandra mentally forced Beak to beat Beast with the bat. Beak's attack left Beast comatose for a time. In spite of that, Beast continued to support and befriend Beak. 
Xavier's Institute Staff: Professor X
Real Name: Charles Francis XavierFirst Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #1 Group Affiliation: X-Men Mutation: Professor X possesses vast telepathic abilities. He is often said to have the most powerful mutant mind in the planet. Professor X was a visionary who dreamed of peaceful coexistence between the often antagonistic human and mutant races. To that end, he gathered to him young mutants and trained them to help foster that coexistence. The X-Men later grew in number as Professor X's ideals spread among his kind. The Institute for Higher Learning recently opened its doors to the quickly rising mutant population. Among the new students were Barnell Bohusk and Angel Salvadore, who Professor X awarded for their heroism in dealing with the U-Men. When Barnell feared he would be expelled for getting Angel pregnant, Professor X assured him that this would not happen and that Barnell was one of the school's most valued students. 
Xavier's Institute Staff: Xorn
Real Name: Erik Magnus LensherrFirst Appearance: New X-Men Annual 2001 Group Affiliation: Formerly X-Men Mutation: Xorn evidently has a star for a head. As Xorn's story went, his mutant powers manifested shortly after puberty. His head radiated with glowing blue energy. A fearful Chinese government put an iron mask over his head and imprisoned him for over fifty years in a chamber devoid of sunlight and human contact. The X-Men discovered him in this prison while they were investigating the activities of John Sublime and the U-Men. Cyclops talked Xorn out of a dangerous suicide attempt and offered him a place with the X-Men. Xorn accepted and was put in charge of Xavier's Institute's Special Class. He was a wise and compassionate man who encouraged his students to be the best they could be. The Special Class became attached to him and looked up to him as a role model. But it was revealed that Xorn was actually Magneto in disguise, working to destroy the X-Men from within. Magneto attacked Professor X, destroyed the mansion and took the Special Class to New York City, which he leveled and rebuilt as New Genosha. At this time, the Special Class (and Beak in particular) began to rebel against him. Magneto was later seemingly killed in a battle with the X-Men. In spite of his lies, the influence of Magneto's pacifist Xorn persona was still felt strongly by Beak. He took Xorn's iron helmet with him, claiming that he hoped some of his old teacher's "cool" would rub off on him. When Beak was unwillingly unhinged from time and recruited into the Exiles, Xorn's helmet and his titanium baseball bat were the only two mementos of his old life that he was able to take with him. 
The Exiles
First Appearance: Exiles #1Members: Beak, Blink, Mimic, Morph, Namora, Sabretooth, Sasquatch Base of Operations: Panoptichron Pulled out of different realities by the mysterious entity known as the Timebroker, the Exiles have been tasked to travel from one dimension to another, setting to right events that have gone wrong. The only way they can return to the lives they knew is to complete each mission given to them by the Timebroker. His instructions come through the bracelet talisman known as the "Tallus." In one of their missions, the Exiles were ordered to recruit Barnell Bohusk. Barnell, according to the Timebroker, needed to live the sometimes harsh life of an Exile in order to prepare himself for an important task in which the fate of several worlds would hang in the balance. The Exiles were thus forced to leave one of their own behind and take Beak with them. Because of Beak's inexperience and lack of offensive powers, the other Exiles would often have to protect him during their missions. Nevertheless, Beak occasionally proved his usefulness, usually by raising a point of view or proposing a line of thinking that was different from what the more seasoned Exiles were used to. Among his older teammates, Sasquatch has been shown to be protective of him. She was initially against bringing Beak into the Exiles, because she felt that it was too harsh a life for a teenager. Mimic, on the other hand, acted as a sort of mentor and big brother to Beak. And of course Morph, as the team's resident goofball, often cracked jokes at his expense. Some of this information was taken from the character database of Comixfan. |
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