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New York City had one of the highest mutant populations in the country, largely due to District X and the diverse, melting-pot nature of the city. All across the city there were roving death squads of Purifiers, rioters and lynch-mobs from associated anti-mutant groups like Purity, and Sentinels and Prime Sentinels attempting to hunt down mutants ( Read more... )

Viper paced back and forth while she waited for those fool scientists to do their jobs. The first batch of the serum had been…disappointing. The transformation had taken entirely too long and the dose need had been too high. She needed something with a low dosage and worked quickly. The only thing that they had gotten right was the delivery ( Read more... )

Spider-Man Encourages Reckless Behavior Among TeenagersNEW YORK, NY -- Last night, a young woman was attacked by a gang of masked thugs and dragged into an alley. The victim, Melinda Brown, managed to escape with superficial injuries, but not, she says, because of the girl, the masked vigilante known as "Stinger", who interfered on her behalf ( Read more... )

Dinner is at a sushi restaurant where the dress code is casual, but the prices and guest list are not. Good looking, half naked people handle the food and copious drink orders. John hasn't spoiled a woman in a good long time. Sure he dates, but...Well, he has another nightlife now he's going to ignore in favor of getting happily drunk, hearing a ( Read more... )

There were writeups in all of the big papers in the city. The explosion had been seen and heard across most of the city and there hadn't been anything else horribly newsworthy that day, like, say, Galactus trying to snack on the planet ( Read more... )

The police had watched as the New Warriors were bound then struck down with some sort of unholy fire. The old witch had said she was sending them to hell. Even if she brought them back, they were likely good as dead right now ( Read more... )

For the longest time, Venus had believed that she was truly Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. Not too long ago, she'd discovered that, in truth, she had once been a cold, ruthless naiad who had lured people to her with her beautiful voice, and then fed upon them. A curse had changed that, though, and along the way, Venus had fooled herself ( Read more... )

The Silver Saucer hovers over Greenwich Village, invisible, undetectable. Bob Grayson turns to the New Warriors.

"I believe this is where you get off. I can't send you directly to his house, but to an alley nearby. Good luck."

He turns to Namora, gives her a silent nod, then takes his leave.

They'd kept him secure, all shackled up and power-inhibitored, but it wasn't like he would've been able to do much if he got free. Maybe take a menacing step towards somebody before he started having a freakin' electricity-induced seizure ( Read more... )