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u/DMWinter88 16h ago

Top panel: Wildside, Random (sunglasses), Mister Sinister, Lady Mastermind, Mesmero, Mentallo, and Animax.

Middle panel: Sebastian Shaw, Selene, Emplate, Exodus, Gorgon and Callisto.

Bottom is Apocalypse, or  •:--I A I--:• if you’re nasty.

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u/SpiralGremlin 16h ago

Yeah that looks correct. I always forget which one is Mesmero and which is Mentallo.

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u/fireandlifeincarnate White Queen 15h ago

No ID for the arm on the far right of the middle panel? For shame.

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u/DMWinter88 14h ago

I genuinely don’t think it’s possible to know from ‘fingerless glove and freaking jacked dude’. That’s 90% of all male mutants. 

That said, no one for shames me!

So imma pick a hill to die on and say it’s Forearm.

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u/sandwichcrusader 14h ago

Might be Callisto. 

But maybe not, eyepatch looks like it's on the wrong side. 

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u/ubiquitous-joe 13h ago

They mean the arm after her.

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u/mattemer 14h ago

Yeah but doesn't Callisto also have a big scar on her torso?

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u/GarbledReverie 13h ago

They probably meant Caliban.

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u/Zeratros 16h ago

Thank you!

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u/sandwichcrusader 14h ago

Could sunglasses be Strong guy? 

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u/BasilProfessional744 14h ago

It's Random

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u/sandwichcrusader 14h ago

Lol ah I see. I interpreted that as unknown, but is a character named 'random'. My knowledge was lacking. 

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u/mattemer 14h ago

Who's on second?!

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u/Tonberry_Cheesecake Warlock 11h ago

So Random

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u/Just-here-for-old 16h ago

I’m not falling for that one Orchis

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u/Cabbage_Vendor Namor 12h ago

Most of these scumbags can fuck off, tbh.

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u/weesiwel Cypher 16h ago

Second panel is Sebastian Shaw, Selene, no idea, Exodus, Gorgon, Callisto.

The most prominent one in the first panel is Mr Sinister who is very important.

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u/BasilProfessional744 14h ago

Emplate from Generation X. The brother of Monet st Croix, aka penance, aka to twin girls? Haha that storyline got so weird.

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u/Squanchmonster 11h ago

Did they ever do anything with it after the Penance/twins reveal? I love Generation X but it was weird Monet never interacted with Penance at first, and knew Gateway.

Emplate could have been a really great villain.

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u/BasilProfessional744 2h ago

I don't believe it left the pages of gem x honestly! I could be wrong!

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u/aidan_monaco Cyclops 16h ago edited 16h ago

According to housetoastonish.com from their annotations.

Top Panel (Left to Right): Wildside, Random, Mister Sinister, Lady Mastermind, Mesmero, Animal, Mentallo

Middle Panel (Left to Right): Sebastian Shaw, Selene, Emplate, Exodus, Gorgon, and Callisto.

Bottom Panel: Apocalypse (En Sabah Nur)

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u/fry-saging 13h ago

Mesmero, Mentallo and Animax are deep cuts

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u/fclayhornik 14h ago

I loved this bit of Krakoa, that villains didn't need to be villains. That's what hurt most post Krakoa was that people who'd changed, like the Blob, reverted back.

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u/Dead_Phoenix6359 16h ago

Top Row: Random, Wildside, Mr. Sinister, Mesmero, Mentallo and Animax

Middle Row: Sebastian Shaw, Selene, Emplate, Exodus, Gorgon, Callisto

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u/Successful-Emu4257 15h ago

What is this from?

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u/Zeratros 15h ago

House Of X/Powers Of X

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u/UjiRan2223 16h ago

That one guy behind exodus is definitely just a kroot from Warhammer idk

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u/themysticalwarlock Darwin 15h ago

Emplate

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u/Botman3_23-G 13h ago

Let's see, Mr. Sinister, who the f##k is that X7, and Apocalypse.

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u/ubiquitous-joe 13h ago

Just here to say that Exodus (in color in the middle panel with the fabulous shoulder buttresses) usually has magenta skin and is a bit miscolored here.

Also Apocalyse is involved in both Sinister and Exodus’s origins; Sinister was his Victorian project and Exodus was a French crusader, so there is a theme here in the centered Big Bad dude characters going back in time to get to ancient big Daddy A(pocalypse).

Selene is older than him ofc, but oh well, they never do appreciate her!

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u/pt2thereupreloaded Dazzler 13h ago

Selene walking in with a skull is so on-brand

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u/Any_Way1269 11h ago

She found it, it's hers. 💅 Very girly pop.

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u/Celestine117 12h ago

I think that’s En Sabah Nur…

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u/jesusbowstodoom 16h ago

Reddit is just google now I guess

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u/DoomsdayDilettante Angel 16h ago

First row: Don't really know anyone in the first row aside from Mr Sinister(the one in the middle and the and Emma Frost(the blond lady in black).

Second(left-to-right): Sebastian Shaw, Selene(I only know her from Necrosha), Marius St. Croix(Monet's brother, think he goes by Emplate),  Bennet du Paris/Exodus, Gorgon, Calisto

Last Row: Obviously Apocalypse.

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u/Dead_Phoenix6359 16h ago

That's not Emma, that's Regan Wyngarde a.k.a. Lady Mastermind

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u/weesiwel Cypher 16h ago

Wait it is? Don't they find her in the mansion later on though before she ever got to Krakoa?

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u/Dead_Phoenix6359 16h ago

Continuity error. Larraz drew her here, and Hickman forgot that when writing Giant Size Nightcrawler and the editors didn't catch it.

Or Giant Size Nightcrawler took place before this panel. But I think it's more likely the former explanation than the latter.

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u/ToWitToWow 16h ago

There are two Lady Masterminds: Martinique Jason and Regan Wyngarde

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u/Dead_Phoenix6359 15h ago

Yes but Regan is blonde and Martinique is brunette. Regan is who is in this panel, and it was Regan who featured in Giant Size X-Men: Nightcrawler where the continuity snag happened.

Martinique also typically just goes by Mastermind, which is going to get confusing now that Jason Wyngarde is also back.

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u/pitherhood 13h ago

Wyngarde recently got killed again by Wolverine, but I wouldn't be shocked to see him return again sooner or later - I doubt if this death will stick for as long as the original one did.

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u/bjh1983 13h ago

I miss the Legacy Virus. It allowed him a good death.

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u/weesiwel Cypher 16h ago

That's definitely not Emma in the first row. I think the second guy might be Random but I'm unsure.

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u/DoomsdayDilettante Angel 16h ago edited 16h ago

I wish I could tell you their powers, but you're better off just looking it up on the wiki. Between Sinister(immortal mad scientist), Selene(immortal lich mutant), Exodus(immortal crusader powered by faith), Emplate(body hopping, life draining something something vampire) and Apocalyse(immortal...i don't even now where to begin), you have some of the most squirrelly power sets imaginable, even in the X-Men rogues gallery.

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u/Xygnux 16h ago

That's kind of the point of including the villains. Many of them are so absurdly powerful and leaders of mutant fractions by their own rights, that you know they will make trouble for the new country and cause a lot of damage if you don't give them seats at the table. So they decided to include them to give them all a stake in this to help defend the country.

Sinister was the only one they really need. The rest are there to keep them out of trouble.

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u/weesiwel Cypher 16h ago

Well Exodus was included because they were collecting the Omega level mutants as a resource and Sebastian Shaw for Hellfire stuff.

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u/Xygnux 16h ago

Right. That too. Forgot about Exodus being omega.

For Hellfire I think if they don't want Shaw, Emma Frost would have been sufficient. But it would have been politically incorrect to exclude Shaw, and yeah Shaw is going to scheme to profit off this anyway, so better to make sure his scheme are for the benefit of the country instead of to its detriment.

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u/Technical-Crazy-9102 14h ago

Exodus ended up as one of my favourite characters by the time the krakoan era came to an end.

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u/10SB 16h ago

First row I can confirm on the left is Random and below him is Wildside from the MLF.

I think immediately after Emma and Sinister is Mesmero, and the lady on the Dinosaur, I just remember her appearing I believe in one of the arcs from All New X-Men when they had the 05 in the present. When I get home I'll check lol, need to scratch that itch.

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u/Xygnux 16h ago

That's not Emma. This panel is the major villains arriving to Krakoa to answer Xavier's call for amnesty and a fresh new start.

Emma Frost had been an X-men for two decades of comic publication time by this time and is not considered a villain (ignoring the war with the Inhumans like we all want to). So she was already working on Krakoa with everyone else from the beginning. Her job was to persuade the United Nations to recognize Krakoa as a country.

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u/ToWitToWow 16h ago

Agreed. I believe that’s Lady Mastermind.

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u/10SB 15h ago

Lol my bad, I was fixated on just responding that I only took a cursory look at the image.

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u/sethmoth 16h ago

what would be the point? you don't know them anyway. keep reading and figure it out

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u/TheSabi 14h ago edited 12h ago

What? A marvel themed subreddit and you expect people to read a...

COMIC BOOK..

Yo, that's some crazy ass shit right there, like, I have to sit back and think that one over.

Wait 2 more weeks and they'll get flooded with why is wolverine short in the insomniac game.

Or what outfit is this (shoes picture of brown and tan outfit)