Wolverine	Time to make nice with the public, eh, Summers?
Cyclops	We have to do more than that, Logan. We have to astonish them.

Appearing in ""Gifted" (Part 1)"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • ⏴ Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) ⏵
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Emma Frost
  • Kitty Pryde (Rejoins Team) (Main story and flashback)
  • Wolverine (Logan)

Supporting Characters:

• Dr. Kavita Rao (First appearance)
• Tildie Soames (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Sentinels (Danger Room simulation only)
• Ord (First appearance)
• Squad of mercenaries (hired by Ord)

Other Characters:

• Mr. and Mrs. Soames (Dream)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Only in flashback)
• Peter Rasputin (Only in flashback)
• Xavier Institute students
• Jean Grey (Mentioned)
• Attendees of Walter Langford's Annual Fundraiser for the Preservation of Victorian Architecture
• Magneto (Erik Magnus Lensherr) (Mentioned)
• Avengers (Mentioned)
• Fantastic Four (Mentioned)
• Lockheed (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans
• Breakworldians (First appearance)
• Sidri (Mentioned in narration)
• Brood (Mentioned in narration)

Locations:

• Earth
  • North America
    • United States of America
      • Illinois
        • Deerfield (Mentioned)
      • New York State
        • BeneTech Laboratories (First appearance)
        • Westchester County
          • North Salem
            • Salem Center
              • Graymalkin Lane
                • Xavier Institute For Higher Learning
                  • Danger Room
        • New York City
          • The Chapman Building (First appearance)
      • Hawaii (Mentioned)

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor
• Wolverine's Suit
• X-Uniforms
• Hope (The Cure) (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Blackbird

Synopsis for ""Gifted" (Part 1)"

Tildie Soames is having a nightmare about the onset of her mutant powers resulting in the death of her parents. Waking up screaming, Dr. Kavita Rao comforts her.

Kitty Pryde arrives at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, her baggage denoting an indefinite return. Walking down the drive and through the foyer, she experiences flashbacks of her early years with the X-Men.

Arriving in the Danger Room for the orientation presentation, Kitty finds she is late. Emma Frost introduces the faculty, lays down some ground rules and triggers a holographic simulation of a Sentinel attack. Commenting on the 'lesson', she states, "they will always hate us." In the headmaster's office, Cyclops is upset with Emma's simulation. Emma responds that 10% of the students were excited about combat, and she thought he should know.

At dawn, Wolverine finds Scott and Emma together in bed and provokes Cyclops, who blasts him out to the front yard and they face off in front of the students. Later, the staff has a meeting in the Danger Room (sitting on holographic islands of Hawaii). Beast reprimands Logan and Scott for their behavior. Refusing to apologize, Scott realizes the absurdity, going on to say that the X-Men need to start presenting themselves more like a superhero team again, like the Avengers or the Fantastic Four. "Here come the tights," Logan retorts.

Elsewhere, the acclaimed geneticist Kavita Rao gives a press conference about the release of the new drug Hope, claiming it can cure the X-Gene "disease".

At the prestigious Chapman Building, Ord of the Breakworld and some hired mercenaries make hostages of the attendees of Walter Langford's Annual Fundraiser for the Preservation of Victorian Architecture.^[1]

Hearing about the situation on the news, the X-Men don their costumes and leave.

Trivia

See Also

• 11 image(s) from Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 1
  • 4 homage(s) of Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 1 Cassaday Variant.jpg
  • 1 reprint(s) of Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 1 Cassaday Variant.jpg
  • 1 reprint(s) of Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 1.jpg
• 8 reprint(s) of Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 1

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