Let us all hope your confidence in me is well founded. Because, my students, I am proud to formally introduce you to Bishop -- the NEWEST X-MAN! 

—Professor X

Appearing in "Bishop to King's Five!"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men (Gold Team)
  • Jean Grey
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Iceman (Bobby Drake)
  • Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
  • Archangel (Warren Worthington III)
  • Bishop (Joins) (Origin revealed) (Main story and flashback)

Supporting Characters:

• X.S.E. (Disbands) (Main story and flashback)
  • Malcolm (Death) (Main story and flashback)
  • Randall (Death) (Main story and flashback)
  • Unnamed agents (Only in flashback) (Death)
• X-Men
  • Forge
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier)
• The Witness (LeBeau) (First appearance) (Only in flashback)

Antagonists:

• Styglut (First appearance)
• Several unnamed criminal mutants of Earth-1191 (Main story and flashback) (Death)
• Trevor Fitzroy (Only in flashback)

Other Characters:

• Beast (Dr. Hank McCoy) (Invoked)
• Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Invoked)
• Several unnamed New Yorker civillians
• Magnus (Invoked) (Only in flashback)
• Jean Grey (Appears on screen) (Death)
• Havok (Alex Summers) (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Cable (Mentioned) (Only in flashback)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier) (Mentioned) (Deceased) (Only in flashback)
• X-Men (Mentioned) (Defunct) (Only in flashback)
• Unnamed guards and companions to the Witness
• Shackle (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Anthony Shaw (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Mutants (Main story and flashback)
• Humans
• Cyborgs

Locations:

• Earth-616
  • Earth
    • North America
      • United States of America
        • New York State
          • New York City
            • Manhattan
              • Unidentified nightclub
        • Westchester County
          • North Salem
            • Salem Center
              • Graymalkin Lane
                • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
• Earth-1191 (Only in flashback)
  • Earth
    • North America
      • United States of America
        • New York
          • New York City
            • Morlock Tunnels
              • Manhattan (Destroyed)
                • Pool
            • Westchester
              • North Salem
                • Salem Center
                  • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (Destroyed)
                    • Danger Room (Mentioned)
                    • War Room X (Mentioned)

Items:

• X-Uniforms (Main story and flashback)
• Cerebro
• Forge-3000 Neuro-Collar (Only in flashback)
• Hoverchair

Vehicles:

• X-Men Blackbird

Synopsis for "Bishop to King's Five!"

Bishop, Malcolm and Randall attack the last group of criminals in a New York City nightclub, where they kill most of them. The tide of the battle shifts and the criminals kill Malcolm and Randall in an explosion that also kills almost all of the surviving bad guys, except for two. Bishop is about to avenge Malcolm and Randall’s death, when the X-Men arrive. Bishop shoots at Storm but is actually aiming for the killer behind her. The team mistakes Bishop’s shots as hostility and attack him, which leads to Bishop being impaled. While the X-Men discover the truth, Bishop runs after the last criminal, Styglut, only to pass out in an alley. While unconscious, Bishop dreams about the events preceding this in his own time, when he and the others captured Fitzroy in the sewers. They discovered a recording by Jean Grey in the sewers, proving that the X-Men were killed by one of their own. Bishop contacted the Witness, who reportedly was the last to see the X-Men alive, but the man refused to help. Fitzroy escaped from prison and took an army of criminals to the past. Bishop, Malcolm and Randall followed. Bishop wakes up in the infirmary, convinced that these are the real X-Men. Xavier speaks with Bishop and, moments later, surprises the team by making Bishop the newest X-Man.

Notes

See Also

• 4 image(s) from Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 287
• 3 reprint(s) of Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 287

Recommended Reading

Links and References

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 12/02/2009
• Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Vol. 2) #5 - See for further referencing

References

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