The First X-Men Hero Ever Killed is Dishonored in Marvel Comics
Warning! Spoilers for X-Men Red #1 ahead!
As the first member of the X-Men to die in a comic, Thunderbird perhaps deserves more respect than he is shown in the first issue of X-Men Red. In Marvel Comics history, the Second Genesis X-Men from 1975's Giant-Size X-Men #1 by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum are an iconic lineup of mutants. One among these was John Proudstar, aka Thunderbird, an Apache warrior with enhanced physical attributes. His surname is fitting, because it is his pride and passion that got him killed in only their second mission together. But now that any mutant can be resurrected on Krakoa, he’s been brought back, and he’s got a few scores to settle.
In X-Men Red#1 by Al Ewing and Stefano Caselli, the mutants have successfully colonized Mars and terraformed it into the new planet Arakko, named for the sister island of Krakoa. Storm sits as its Grand Regent, and finds herself faced with the great assignment of uniting “two disparate mutant cultures.” It is no easy task, especially when personal vendettas flare, like the one held by Vulcan: the Omega-level younger brother of Scott and Alex Summers. He bursts into a bar owned by Sunspot and assaults him, spouting a string of aggrandizing statements about how he’s Krakoan royalty, only to be interrupted by a hand on his shoulder and the hulking presence behind it. Having heard him announce his last name, John Proudstar asks if Vulcan knows Cyclops, and when the solar-powered mutant answers “He’s my brother,” Proustar turns the tables in the scuffle quite quickly by clocking him in the jaw and attaching a message: “You can tell your brother I said go f— himself.”
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