Acting as an epilogue to the epic ONE NATION UNDER DOOM event that shook up Marvel's 2099 titles, 'X-Nation' follows Doom's escape from John Herod and his return to the mutant haven Halo City. Doom created Halo City, but left is in the hands of one his his most-trusted Black Cabinet members, the mutants Morphine Somers, his Minister of Humanity. But the X-Men would being to question Somers' right to govern Halo when a band of mutant zombies attack, including one of their original team mates. All of this would lead to the launch of a new mutant-centric 2099 series starring a teen team called X-Nation.
'One Nation Under Doom' suffered from such serious continuity problems that it makes it almost impossible to create a functioning reading order. Despite 'X-Nation' only featuring two titles, it still suffers from the same problem. There's no comfortable way to structure this so it makes perfect sense to the reader without splitting it down into individual pages. The last two chapters are so dependent on each other, but there's no right one to choose to read first. Despite this, I've structured this one as best I can, but I'll go into further details when I cover it in the final 2099 READING ORDER entry.
MCG Note: This story is not to be confused with the story NATION X (2009-2010) which takes place in mainstream continuity on Earth-616.
- ONE NATION UNDER DOOM - The rise of Halo City and the fall of Doom
- X-Men 2099 #26-28
- Doom 2099 #36
- X-Men 2099 #29
- Doom 2099 #37-38
- X-Men 2099 #30
Cerebra wakes Morphine Somers to tell him Doom has fallen and his Black Cabinet are being systematically murdered. One week later, journalist Gunnar Heywood arrives at Halo City and immediately helps stop a human terrorist from setting off a thermonuclear bomb. The X-Men now act as the city's protectorate, while their former-leader Xi'an Chi Xan has left the group to focus on healing citizens as mutants come to Halo in droves for refuge. A group of zombie-like mutants calling themselves the Undead attack Halo City and distract the X-Men while deceased X-Man Serpentina shoots Skullfire dead...
X-Men 2099 #27
The X-Men realise Skullfire's been captured and la Lunatica goes looking for him. Sister Margaret of the Sisterhood of Howling Commandments encourages Xi'an to rejoin the fight following the Undead's attack on one of Halo City's polyclinics. Gunnar Heywood discovers the undead hiding out beneath Halo City and watches as their leader Graverobber resurrects Skullfire, but Serpentina discovers Gunnar and burns him alive. The X-Men fend off another attack from two of the Undead and discover their target was Cerebra's father, ruthless businessman Zail Haddad who has come seeking asylum in Halo City. John Herod sends a Kamikaze Brain Blaster bomb to the city to kill Morphine Somers, but it's destroyed by Krystalin.
The Undead attack a concert in Halo City, demanding Zail Haddad is given to them before disappearing again. Haddad explains to the X-Men that his company, the Golden Harvest Corporation, created an undead slave class from the terminally ill living on the streets. A biowaste incident unlocked the powers of one of the slaves, Garth Simenon, who became more conscious and discovered he could raise the dead. Simenon has become the Graverobber and is looking for vengeance on Haddad. Morphine Somers calls John Herod to gloat that his assassination attempt has failed and offers him technology to raise the dead. La Lunatica discovers the smouldering Gunnar is alive and is actually a robot built from Rigellian Recorder technology. Gunnar and la Lunatica are subdued by the Undead. Graverobber's control over Skullfire forces him to begin draining the power from Halo City.
Doom 2099 #36
Static Annie takes Doom to the safehouse of aspiring subversive Renfield while John Herod's troops follow up reports that Doom still lives. Doom quickly realises Renfield is a fake, but gathers enough tech to allow Static Annie (having had her Inhibitor Spike removed) to take control of the Driver's vehicle via Cyberspace and send it their way to aid in their escape. At the site of the ruins of the White House, Herod arranges for the Chicago Reserve to drop off nano-tech assemblers that build a new, menacing Red House for his pawn, President Captain America. Morphine Somers contacts Herod and offers him a 'slave class' in return for Halo City to become a safe haven for himself and all mutants (this could be the same call as the previous chapter, but the dialogue is very different).
Doom 2099 #37
The mutant-sympathiser called Driver was wired directly into his car and abducted mutants, uploading their personalities into his vehicle to resurrect later. Under Doom's direction, Static Annie steers the Driver's car to Renfield's hideout. Doom kills Renfield to cover his tracks and Annie becomes increasingly disturbed as she and Doom enter the corpse-filled, sending it out of Washington and hurtling towards Halo City in California. Doom uses a sample of the Driver's nanobots to kill the Chicago Reserve agents who arrive who had intended to kill him. At Halo, Doom gives Static Annie her freedom and contacts Xi'an Chi Xan, demanding an audience with Cerebra and Billy Zedd...
X-Men 2099 #29
While Doom watches from the shadows, the X-Men rally against the Undead. Morphine Somers gives the graverobber Zail Haddad in exchange for Halo's safety. But Somers wires Haddad's restraints with a colossal amount of neuro-charge, severing the Graverobber's connection to his Undead, effectively returning them to death. Cerebra psionically renders Somers unconscious for leaving her father in a comatose state. Skullfire is returned to life, but can no longer turn his powers off. The X-Men scatter Serpentina's ashes. Somers sends four of the Undead's bodies to Herod in return for Halo's safety, but the vehicle carrying them is destroyed by Doom. And Victor Ten Eagles returns to Halo, short of one arm and warning Xi'an that the surviving members 'of the Lawless are being hunted...
Doom 2099 #38
Billy Zedd builds Doom a new suit of armour. He then visits Morphine Somers and impales him with an Inhibitor Spike, warning him to give everyone in Halo City their chance at redemption. Doom then sends the Driver into the Red House, using the nanobots in his vehicle to devour the entire building, including the staff and Captain America. John Herod is left alive, but in immense pain. Doom gives Cerebra the codes to enable her to use the teleportation system beneath Halo City, then uses it to teleport himself away...
X-Men 2099 #30
Mutant refugees continue to flood to Halo City, including the teenage Nostromo and Clarion who quickly fall foul of a local gang until they're saved by Cerebra and Meanstreak. In his meeting with Cerebra, Doom confides in her that one of the mutants coming to Halo City will be a 'mutant' messiah', but he doesn't know which. After losing the ballot to continue leading Halo City and being hit with Doom's Inhibitor Spike, Morphine Somers also learns about the messiah and decides to get to them first. Cerebra leaves the X-Men to train the next generation of mutants...dubbed X-Nation.
Cerebra begins X-Nation's training during 2099 GENESIS.
X-Men 2099 #31 (1996)
Victor Ten Eagles is given a prosthetic arm; the last Foolkiller is revealed to be hunting the Lawless.
X-Nation 2099 #1-2 (1996)
X-Nation are fully introduced; Morphine Somers begins his race to find the Mutant Messiah before Cerebra; the mutant Avian joins the race for the Mutant Messiah, acting on behalf of Anthony Herod during 2099 GENESIS.
Doom 2099 #39 (1996)
Doom goes back in time in an effort to restore his people during RAGE AGAINST TIME.
X-Men 2099 #32-33 (1996)
The Lawless are fully introduced for the first time and their history is revealed; the feud between the last Foolkiller andg the Lawless comes to a head during LAST STAND AT WORLD'S END.
Doom 2099 #43 (1996)
Having travelled back in time to Earth-616 (presumably before the timeline diverged) and imbuing Latverians with immunity to the necrotoxin that wiped them out, Doom returns to his own time to discover many of the surviving Latverians had survived but mutated during RAGE AGAINST TIME / LAST STAND AT WORLD'S END.
Having travelled back in time to Earth-616 (presumably before the timeline diverged) and imbuing Latverians with immunity to the necrotoxin that wiped them out, Doom returns to his own time to discover many of the surviving Latverians had survived but mutated during RAGE AGAINST TIME / LAST STAND AT WORLD'S END.
X-Nation 2099 #6 (1996)
Clarion is killed by Exodus during LAST STAND AT WORLD'S END.
Fantastic Four 2099 #8 (1996)
Halo City is ultimately destroyed (aling with everything else) when the Earth is flooded during LAST STAND AT WORLD'S END.
2099: World of Tomorrow #2-4 (1996)
John Herod and Avian become infected by the Phalanx and are used as test subject by Doom; Nostromo is revealed to be the 'mutant messiah', but the messiah role appears to be a myth.
2099: World of Tomorrow #8 (1997)
After losing her powers in the war with the Phalanx, Cerebra helps set up the new society of humans and mutants coexisting peacefully in the Savage Land; Doom apologises to Nostromo for the 'mutant messiah' ruse he set up to fool the Phalanx and makes him Doom's heir.
Includes Doom 2099 #36-38.
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