Jim Learning
Jan 7, 2003, 03:22 am
Purpose: To police the mutant population.
First Appearance: <i>Uncanny X-Men #401</I>
Known Former Members: Banshee (founder/leader), Multiple Man, Sunpyre, Husk, Jubilee, M II, Fever Pitch, Blob, Radius, Mastermind IV, Avalanche, Mystique (as Surge)
Known Bases of Operations: X-Corps headquarters near Paris, France
Known Extent of Operations: Europe
Known Allies: X-Men, Abyss
Major Enemies: Acculturation Resistance Movement (A.R.M.), Mystique, Avalanche, Mastermind IV, Blob, Fever Pitch
Profile: From the closing of the Massachusetts Academy, and the death of his love Moira Mactaggert, Sean Cassidy, the former X-Man known as Banshee, decided on a new method to bring Professor X's dream, of a world where humans and mutants exist in harmony, to reality. Using his ties to Interpol, and an abandoned A.I.M. facility, Banshee created the mutant police force, the X-Corps. The new organization would maintain the mutant populace in Europe from endangering the lives of human citizens. Though some X-Corps members were allies of the X-Men time and again, others were known terrorists, such as Avalanche and Blob. To keep these malcontents in line, Banshee had captured the Brotherhood member Mastermind and manipulated her powers to keep the disgruntled X-Corps officers under control. The X-Corps did not last long, as it was brought down from the inside. Mystique, posing as a new member named Surge, allied herself with captive Mastermind. Together, they freed their former Brotherhood teammates and used the X-Corps' gunships to launch an all-out assault on the city of Paris. The remaining X-Corps members and the X-Men were able to stop the damage from progressing further, but not without taking losses. The X-Corps was deprived of its resources and their leader Banshee was incapacitated. What remained of the X-Corps melded in with Professor X's X-Corporation.
History: On one of other earlier missions of the X-Corps, Banshee sent Jamie Madrox, also known as Multiple Man, to a hi-tech prison facility to retrieve the Brotherhood members Mystique and Mastermind. Multiple Man and his duplicates were successful to abducting Mastermind, but Mystique was nowhere to be found. Banshee later recruited other mutants such as Radius, M, and Jubilee, who volunteered, and Blob and Avalanche, who were forced to join the new mutant militia, with Mastermind keeping them from rebelling.
As the X-Men were heading towards a G8 summit in Rome, they stopped by X-Corps headquarters to investigate what their former teammate and now X-Corps leader was doing with this new organization he founded. There, Banshee revealed the X-Corps purpose of halting out-of-control mutants from harming the human population, by use of military force. Afterwards, in Berlin, Germany, the X-Corps and a new member named Surge stopped a battle between the mutants Abyss and Fever Pitch and contained them both. While in Berlin, the X-Corps also encountered the Acculturation Resistance Movement, a new anti-mutant organization. Abyss was taken in by the X-Corps to be studied by Sunpyre, and Fever Pitch became another reluctant member.
Later, when it was announced that A.R.M. had murdered Surge. Banshee sent a reconnaissance team to A.R.M.'s base in Zurich. The recon team fell into a trap set by A.R.M., and Banshee and the X-Men set out to help them. This allowed Surge, who was actually alive and was really the shapeshifter Mystique, to free Mastermind from captivity. Along with the newly liberated Avalanche, Blob and Fever Pitch, Mystique took control of X-Corps resources and also had Sunpyre and Radius disposed of. Under Mastermind's influence, Multiple Man's duplicates used the X-Corps' gunships to attack Paris and was accompanied by Avalanche and Fever Pitch. As Banshee tried to deal with the situation, he was struck from behind by Mystique and stabbed in the throat.
With the X-Men's help, the remaining members of the X-Corps ended the attack on Paris, and Abyss, who was freed by the injured Banshee, defeated Mystique by sucking her in the void within his body. The X-Corps never recovered from this disaster, and was forced to disband, and Banshee had to be hospitalized. M and Multiple Man, the remaining members of the X-Corps, join the new Paris X-Corporation, which was set up after this recent incident.
APPEARANCES:
Uncanny X-Men #401-406
First Appearance: <i>Uncanny X-Men #401</I>
Known Former Members: Banshee (founder/leader), Multiple Man, Sunpyre, Husk, Jubilee, M II, Fever Pitch, Blob, Radius, Mastermind IV, Avalanche, Mystique (as Surge)
Known Bases of Operations: X-Corps headquarters near Paris, France
Known Extent of Operations: Europe
Known Allies: X-Men, Abyss
Major Enemies: Acculturation Resistance Movement (A.R.M.), Mystique, Avalanche, Mastermind IV, Blob, Fever Pitch
Profile: From the closing of the Massachusetts Academy, and the death of his love Moira Mactaggert, Sean Cassidy, the former X-Man known as Banshee, decided on a new method to bring Professor X's dream, of a world where humans and mutants exist in harmony, to reality. Using his ties to Interpol, and an abandoned A.I.M. facility, Banshee created the mutant police force, the X-Corps. The new organization would maintain the mutant populace in Europe from endangering the lives of human citizens. Though some X-Corps members were allies of the X-Men time and again, others were known terrorists, such as Avalanche and Blob. To keep these malcontents in line, Banshee had captured the Brotherhood member Mastermind and manipulated her powers to keep the disgruntled X-Corps officers under control. The X-Corps did not last long, as it was brought down from the inside. Mystique, posing as a new member named Surge, allied herself with captive Mastermind. Together, they freed their former Brotherhood teammates and used the X-Corps' gunships to launch an all-out assault on the city of Paris. The remaining X-Corps members and the X-Men were able to stop the damage from progressing further, but not without taking losses. The X-Corps was deprived of its resources and their leader Banshee was incapacitated. What remained of the X-Corps melded in with Professor X's X-Corporation.
History: On one of other earlier missions of the X-Corps, Banshee sent Jamie Madrox, also known as Multiple Man, to a hi-tech prison facility to retrieve the Brotherhood members Mystique and Mastermind. Multiple Man and his duplicates were successful to abducting Mastermind, but Mystique was nowhere to be found. Banshee later recruited other mutants such as Radius, M, and Jubilee, who volunteered, and Blob and Avalanche, who were forced to join the new mutant militia, with Mastermind keeping them from rebelling.
As the X-Men were heading towards a G8 summit in Rome, they stopped by X-Corps headquarters to investigate what their former teammate and now X-Corps leader was doing with this new organization he founded. There, Banshee revealed the X-Corps purpose of halting out-of-control mutants from harming the human population, by use of military force. Afterwards, in Berlin, Germany, the X-Corps and a new member named Surge stopped a battle between the mutants Abyss and Fever Pitch and contained them both. While in Berlin, the X-Corps also encountered the Acculturation Resistance Movement, a new anti-mutant organization. Abyss was taken in by the X-Corps to be studied by Sunpyre, and Fever Pitch became another reluctant member.
Later, when it was announced that A.R.M. had murdered Surge. Banshee sent a reconnaissance team to A.R.M.'s base in Zurich. The recon team fell into a trap set by A.R.M., and Banshee and the X-Men set out to help them. This allowed Surge, who was actually alive and was really the shapeshifter Mystique, to free Mastermind from captivity. Along with the newly liberated Avalanche, Blob and Fever Pitch, Mystique took control of X-Corps resources and also had Sunpyre and Radius disposed of. Under Mastermind's influence, Multiple Man's duplicates used the X-Corps' gunships to attack Paris and was accompanied by Avalanche and Fever Pitch. As Banshee tried to deal with the situation, he was struck from behind by Mystique and stabbed in the throat.
With the X-Men's help, the remaining members of the X-Corps ended the attack on Paris, and Abyss, who was freed by the injured Banshee, defeated Mystique by sucking her in the void within his body. The X-Corps never recovered from this disaster, and was forced to disband, and Banshee had to be hospitalized. M and Multiple Man, the remaining members of the X-Corps, join the new Paris X-Corporation, which was set up after this recent incident.
APPEARANCES:
Uncanny X-Men #401-406