New X-Men #20 [Cover A newsstand]

(January 2006)

Childhood's End Part 1 of 4 (Table of Contents: 1)

New X-Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Craig Kyle; Christopher Yost

Pencils

Mark Brooks

Inks

Jaime Mendoza

Colors

Brian Reber

Letters

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Genre

superhero

Characters

New X-Men [Elixir [Josh Foley]; Hellion [Julian Keller]; Surge [Noriko Ashida]; Dust [Sooraya Quadir]; Mercury [Cessily Kincaid]; Rockslide [Santo Vaccarro]; Icarus [Jay Guthrie]; Wallflower [Laurie Collins]; Wither [Kevin Ford]]; Anole [Victor Borkowski]; Indra [Paras Gavaskar]; Stepford Cuckoos [Celeste; Mindee; Phoebe]; David Alleyne [Prodigy]; Sofia Mantega [Wind Dancer]; Brian Cruz [Tag]; Dallas Gibson [Spectre]; Melody Guthrie [Aero]; Hydro [Noah Crichton] (death); Emma Frost [White Queen]; Beast; Wolverine; Cyclops; Dani Moonstar; X-23; Reverend William Stryker

Synopsis

It is M-Day and most of the kids at Xavier's wake up to learn they have lost their mutant abilities. Believing his powers to be gone, Kevin touches Laurie and withers her arm. With panic and mayhem rippling through the school, Emma and the Cuckoos use their telepathy to cause everyone to go to sleep so the mess can be sorted out. Two days later, a powerless Dani is asked to resign as all humans will soon be required to leave. Wolverine calls X-23 and asks her to come home and help. Two weeks later, Emma opens the front door and learns that Jay has had his wings amputated.

Reprints

• in New X-Men: Childhood's End (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Marvel Select Flip Magazine (Marvel, 2005 series) #22 (May 2007)

Indexer Notes

Story page count includes the credits and recap page as the first panel of the story appears on it. Characters identified by code names retained their powers while those identified by their real names lost their powers.