| Asteroid M | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Real Name | Asteroid M | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team Affiliations | Acolytes | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allies | Magneto | ||||||||||||||||||
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Asteroid M was a large floating rock that served as the base for the mutant Magneto.
History[]
At some unknown point, Magneto formed Asteroid M. It is unknown whether this is an actual asteroid from space or simply a large rock and called it an asteroid.
Magneto offered Asteroid M as a sanctuary for opressed Mutants who would become his Acolytes. However, the whole thing turned sour due to Fabian Cortez betraying Magneto and framing the X-Men. Magneto returned and disarmed the defensive missiles the Cortez launched. After this Magneto started to destroy Asteroid M out of anger for what Cortez ruined. At this point the missiles were targeted at the Earth and there was no recovering from it. No more peace could become of it.
After Magneto unleashed an EMP to deactivate the Prime Sentinels, Magneto restored Asteroid M, deciding that he would lead mutantkind in abandoning Earth and destroy humanity as vengeance for Genosha's destruction by the Wild Sentinels. He appeared before the X-Men telling them that Charles' path had failed and would only lead them to ruin, asking them to join him. Only Rogue and Sunspot took him up on his offer. As revenge for destroying the Prime Sentinels, Bastion tried to bring Asteroid M down to Earth to wipe out both mutants and humans, only to be stopped by the X-Men. When President Kelly used the Magneto Protocols on the asteroid, the X-Men tried to stop it from crashing into Earth, with the help of Magneto. The result was the X-Men being separated in time, after Asteroid M's mysterious destruction.
Background[]
The base seen in the series is based on the third version of Asteroid M. The previous two were merely bases for Magneto during his criminal activities. The third also served as a base during his crimes but was later used as a base for peace, taken over by Cortez, and later destroyed. It was the most recent version before X-Men began.
The design of Asteroid M, from Rick Hoberg, was originally made for "Pryde of the X-Men". Larry Houston made minor revisions for this series.[1]
References[]
- ↑ Larry Houston at Twitter