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#7A Dangerous, Part 1 [January 2005]

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Editor	Mike Marts, Sean Ryan, Stephanie Moore
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Wing

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Human Torch (Johnny Storm)

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Invisible Woman (Susan Storm-Richards)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Thing (Benjamin J. Grimm)

Plot: The X-Men finally get some positive press when they take care of a giant monster in Manhattan, arriving moments before the Fantastic Four, allowing a coordinated effort. This effort is far more public than the suicide of Wing, the student who lost his powers when Ord forced the cure upon him.

#6B Gifted, Part 6 [June 2005]
Edition: Variant Cover

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos

Characters

Ord

Abigail Brand

Nick Fury

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Lockheed the Dragon

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Kavita Rao

Plot: Nick Fury and Agent Brand explain about S.W.O.R.D. and thier involvement in this. The confusion is enough for Ord to escape, however, and he takes Tildie with him. S.H.I.E.L.D. is not ready to take down Ord's craft, but Wolverine and Colossus are ready to perform a fastball special. With Wolverine on Ord's ship, the craft comes down relatively intact, with Tildie safe, but with Ord and Dr. Rao's research very heavily damaged. Fury assures the team that Agent Brand will be properly dealt with for her role in all of this, and then departs, leaving the team to reassimilate Colossus.

#6A Gifted, Part 6 [December 2004]

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Cover Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Editor	Mike Marts, Sean Ryan, Stephanie Moore
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Abigail Brand

Nick Fury

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Lockheed the Dragon

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Kavita Rao

Plot: Nick Fury and Agent Brand explain about S.W.O.R.D. and thier involvement in this. The confusion is enough for Ord to escape, however, and he takes Tildie with him. S.H.I.E.L.D. is not ready to take down Ord's craft, but Wolverine and Colossus are ready to perform a fastball special. With Wolverine on Ord's ship, the craft comes down relatively intact, with Tildie safe, but with Ord and Dr. Rao's research very heavily damaged. Fury assures the team that Agent Brand will be properly dealt with for her role in all of this, and then departs, leaving the team to reassimilate Colossus.

#5 Gifted, Part 5 [November 2004]

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Editor	Mike Marts, Sean Ryan, Stephanie Moore
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Wing

Armor (Hisako Ichiki)

Elixir (Josh Foley)

Nick Fury

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Lockheed the Dragon

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Kavita Rao

Plot: Still recovering from their respective attacks, the students help Wing while the X-Men deal with their captors. Dr. Rao and her group come in and ensure that nobody gets seriously hurt, but Ord breaks in with other ideas. Colossus, however, is alive and well and really, really mad at Ord. He hits Ord from behind, and continues an onslaught that nearly finishes him, but it stopped by the entrance of Nick Fury.

#4C Gifted, Part 4 [2005]
Edition: Marvel Legends Reprint

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Cover Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Editor	Mike Marts

Characters

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Lockheed the Dragon

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Plot: The X-Men break into Benetech to search for the mutant sample. They do find one dead mutant, but not the one Hank, Scott and Emma are looking for. Wolverine realizes that there is a more specific target, but they are attacked before he can pursue the matter. Ord isn't present, as he's too busy invading the mansion and using the cure on Wing while in flight. Shadowcat finds a bunker under the building, and investigates it, only to find Colossus alive and well.

#4B Gifted, Part 4 [October 2004]
Edition: Variant Cover

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Editor	Mike Marts
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Wing

Armor (Hisako Ichiki)

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Lockheed the Dragon

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Plot: The X-Men break into Benetech to search for the mutant sample. They do find one dead mutant, but not the one Hank, Scott and Emma are looking for. Wolverine realizes that there is a more specific target, but they are attacked before he can pursue the matter. Ord isn't present, as he's too busy invading the mansion and using the cure on Wing while in flight. Shadowcat finds a bunker under the building, and investigates it, only to find Colossus alive and well.

#4A Gifted, Part 4 [October 2004]

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Editor	Mike Marts, Mike Marts, Stephanie Moore
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Tildie

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Lockheed the Dragon

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Colossus (Piotr 'Peter' Nikolaievitch Rasputin)

Kavita Rao

Plot: The X-Men break into Benetech to search for the mutant sample. They do find one dead mutant, but not the one Hank, Scott and Emma are looking for. Wolverine realizes that there is a more specific target, but they are attacked before he can pursue the matter. Ord isn't present, as he's too busy invading the mansion and using the cure on Wing while in flight. Shadowcat finds a bunker under the building, and investigates it, only to find Colossus alive and well.

#3 Gifted, Part 3 [September 2004]

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Cover Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Editor	Mike Marts, Sean Ryan, Cory Sedlmeier, Stephanie Moore
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Wing

Nick Fury

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Kavita Rao

Plot: Hank continues to investigate the viability of Dr. Rao's cure, while Logan makes it well known that he does not want Beast to accept the cure. Cyclops goes to Nick Fury to investigate the weapons used by the terrorists from the previous issue, and confirms that they are modified S.H.I.E.L.D. artillery. Fury denies involvement or knowledge of Ord, but then the (still unnamed) Agent Abigail Brand of S.W.O.R.D. comes to check up on what Fury thinks Scott knows. Back in the lab, Hank is extremely concerned by the strain of the particular mutant that was being used to create the cure.

#2 Gifted, Part 2 [August 2004]

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Editor	Stephanie Moore, Mike Marts, Cory Sedlmeier
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Tildie

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Lockheed the Dragon

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Kavita Rao

Plot: The X-Men take on Ord and his human underlings. The humans were quickly and efficiently eliminated, but Ord handed them their butts, losing only because of the unexpected intervention of Lockheed. As the X-Men deal with the press and the revelation of the mutant cure, they debate the best course of action. Some want to kill Dr. Rao and eliminate the potential for abuse of the cure, while others are more gentle. Beast makes his way into the facility to make sure the treatment works.

#1D Gifted, Part 1 [June 2004]
Edition: Director's Cut

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Cover Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Editor	Mike Marts, Cory Sedlmeier, Stephanie Moore
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Tildie

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Kavita Rao

Plot: In the wake of Jean Grey's most recent death, Cyclops assembles a new team of X-Men, specifically designed to deliver as a group of superheroes. Though Logan makes it clear that he does not appreciate Scott's relationship with Emma, he does participate, along with Beast and Shadowcat. Just after this decision is made, two major events happen: a group of aliens take hostages for reasons still unrevealed, and Dr. Kavita Rao announces that she is able to cure the mutant gene.

#1C Gifted, Part 1 [July 2004]
Edition: Variant Cover 2

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	Gabrielle Dell'Otto
Cover Colorist	Richard Isanove
Editor	Stephanie Moore, Mike Marts, Cory Sedlmeier
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Tildie

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Kavita Rao

Plot: In the wake of Jean Grey's most recent death, Cyclops assembles a new team of X-Men, specifically designed to deliver as a group of superheroes. Though Logan makes it clear that he does not appreciate Scott's relationship with Emma, he does participate, along with Beast and Shadowcat. Just after this decision is made, two major events happen: a group of aliens take hostages for reasons still unrevealed, and Dr. Kavita Rao announces that she is able to cure the mutant gene.

#1B Gifted, Part 1 [July 2004]
Edition: Variant Cover 1

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Editor	Mike Marts

Characters

Ord

Tildie

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Kavita Rao

Plot: In the wake of Jean Grey's most recent death, Cyclops assembles a new team of X-Men, specifically designed to deliver as a group of superheroes. Though Logan makes it clear that he does not appreciate Scott's relationship with Emma, he does participate, along with Beast and Shadowcat. Just after this decision is made, two major events happen: a group of aliens take hostages for reasons still unrevealed, and Dr. Kavita Rao announces that she is able to cure the mutant gene.

#1A Gifted, Part 1 [July 2004]

Credits

Writer	Joss Whedon
Artist	John Cassaday
Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Letterer	Chris Eliopoulos
Cover Artist	John Cassaday
Cover Colorist	Laura DePuy-Martin
Editor	Mike Marts, Cory Sedlmeier, Stephanie Moore
Editor in Chief	Joe Quesada

Characters

Ord

Tildie

Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Wolverine (Logan / James Howlett)

White Queen (Emma Frost)

Beast (Henry 'Hank' McCoy)

Shadowcat (Kitty Pryde)

Kavita Rao

Plot: In the wake of Jean Grey's most recent death, Cyclops assembles a new team of X-Men, specifically designed to deliver as a group of superheroes. Though Logan makes it clear that he does not appreciate Scott's relationship with Emma, he does participate, along with Beast and Shadowcat. Just after this decision is made, two major events happen: a group of aliens take hostages for reasons still unrevealed, and Dr. Kavita Rao announces that she is able to cure the mutant gene.

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#4B	#4A	#3	#2	#1D
#1C	#1B	#1A

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