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X-men Noir
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X-Men Noir

X-men Noir (collective work) (edit title/settings)

by Fred Van Lente (Author), Dennis Calero (Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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"The coroner's men flipped the redheaded corpse over so Dukes and Magnus from Homicide could get a better look at her. 'Better' being a relative term in this case, with the claw marks that slashed her face into a featureless, bloody mask and turned her guts into a butcher shop explosion." But... read more

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The Marvel Universe you know - shot in noir! Peter Magnus is a rookie cop on the beat, unable to outrace the shadow cast by his big-shot cop father. His sister, Wanda, is a socialite in deep ten large to Creole Club proprietor Remy LeBeau - the kind of debt she'll be lucky to pay back with... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

The Marvel Universe you know - shot in noir! Peter Magnus is a rookie cop on the beat, unable to outrace the shadow cast by his big-shot cop father. His sister, Wanda, is a socialite in deep ten large to Creole Club proprietor Remy LeBeau - the kind of debt she'll be lucky to pay back with just cash. Their father, Eric Magnus, is chief of detectives, corrupting the Brotherhood of New York's Finest from the inside out. (All under the discretion of Boss Shaw, of course.) Anne-Marie Rankin has a special talent for being whoever you need her to be. And Magnus needs her, the better to get close to Unus is the Untouchable, a mob boss so good at staying alive it's driving his rivals nuts. And Xavier? That discredited shrink sits in a jail cell, wondering what in the world his little refugees from the 'Xavier School for Exceptionally Wayward Youth' are up to now. Other than staying one step ahead of Magnus, that is. But now Jean Grey is dead. And nobody is allowed to care - nobody that counts - because who cares about one of Xavier's dead grifters? It's not like there's an angel out there looking out for what's right. Or is there? Collecting X-Men Noir #1-4.

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  • Charles Xavier: A discredited psychiatrist, who ran the "Xavier School for Exceptionally Wayward Youth" in Westchester, New York in 1937. There, he took in juvenile delinquents and instead of reforming them, he further trained them in various criminal talents due to his belief that sociopathy was in fact the next state in human behavioral evolution.
  • Jean Grey: Depicted as the grifter of the X-Men; adept at running scams, she gained a reputation as being able to control the minds of men.
  • Erick Magnus: Is the Chief of Detectives in the NYPD Homicide Department, a firm believer in eugenics, and the leader of the secret society, The Brotherhood.
  • Peter Magnus: Erick's son, a former track star, has just joined Homicide.
  • Wanda Magnus: Erick's daughter, is a spoiled socialite who started a relationship with Thomas Halloway.At the same time, she's also involved with Remy LeBeau.
  • Thomas Halloway: Reporter, also known as the Angel, a costumed vigilante.
  • Remy LeBeau (aka Gambit): A casino owner.
  • Unus the Untouchable: A local crime boss and enemy of Magnus.
  • Sean Cassidy: Irish heroin dealer and a former inmate of the Welfare Pen and one of Tom's childhood mentors.
  • Scott "Cyclops" Summers: Member of the X-Men.
  • Bobby "Iceman" Drake: Member of the X-Men.
  • Henry "Beast" McCoy: Member of the X-Men.
  • Sebastian Shaw: The leader of the Hellfire Club.
  • Anna-Marie Rankin: One of Xavier's students with a talent for mimicry.
  • Captain Logan: A bootlegger and former flame of Jean, who operates out of Chinatown with his first mate Eugene.
  • Eugene: Captain Logan's first mate.
  • Robert Halloway: Thoma's twin brother.
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  • X-Men: The X-Men of this reality are a group of sociopathic teenagers recruited by discredited psychiatrist Charles Xavier.
  • The Brotherhood: Secret society that rules over most of the organized crime in New York.
  • The Hellfire Club: A secret society.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in X-Men Noir. (standard series)
This book is in Marvel. (universe)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Fred Van Lente (Author) - Writer
  2. Dennis Calero (Illustrator) - Cover and Art

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Country: USA
Publication Date: October 7, 2009
ISBN: 978-0785139461
Page Count: 120

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