"Nimrod" is a comic book arc running through #28-31 of New X-Men (volume two). Edit
Creative Team
Writer(s) - Craig Kyle & Chris Yost
Penciller(s) - Paco Medina
Inker(s) - Juan Vlasco
Colorist(s) - Brian Reber
Letterer(s) - Dave Sharpe
Editor(s) - Nick Lowe, Mike Marts, Sean Ryan
Cover(s) - Paco Medina, Juan Vlasco
Synopsis
Ms. Marvel comes to visit the Xavier Institute, with some depressing news and a favor to ask, but Emma Frost isn't happy about what she's asking. As the New X-Men eavesdrop on this meeting, and discover the terrible news and a new villain.
The new villain has foudn his creator, hoping he can repair him, but luckily the creator contacts the Xavier Institute, but only Surge hears the call, and she and the New X-Men step off to help him!
After a rough landing in Texas, the New X-Men fight through the villains robots in as they try to save this old X-Man! By now you should have guessed who the creator is!
The New X-Men plan with the creator/Old X-Man to stop the villain. And when one of them gets injured, another is forced to release this persons full potential to save the other person. But can this person save the injured person?
Issues
New X-Men #28New X-Men #29
New X-Men #30
New X-Men #31
Associated Issues
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Overview
“NIMROD”
It’s the penultimate chapter of the New X-Men’s year of hell. The kids battle their way through a swarm of zombie Sentinels in an attempt to save Forge from Nimrod! But Forge is busy saving himself, and his actions will change the future AND the past, not to mention possibly destroy the New X-Men forever. Part 3 (of 4)!
SPOILERS
The New X-Men defy the senior team and bypass the ONE Sentinels and rush to Dallas to rescue Forge from Nimrod. Prodigy’s flying skills prove less than perfect when Nimrod attempts to down the X-Jet with an energy bolt. The team survives the crash landing. Nimrod senses the New X-Men entering Eagle Plaza and transfers its destructive programming into Forge’s discarded robot prototypes. It then orders them to attack the New X-Men. Once Nimrod’s transfer into a new body of Forge’s creation is complete, he orders it to respond to new directives he had already programmed into this mutant defending robot. He sends it to defend the New X-Men. When this newly reprogrammed Nimrod arrives, the New X-Men do not realize its intents and attack it. This confuses its command protocols and coupled with the damage it sustains from the New X-Men, forces it to reboot. Forge arrives and tries to stop them but it is too late. Nimrod’s original programming reasserts itself and sets off a massive explosion in an attempt to terminate the mutants. At home, Victor evades questions about the team’s whereabouts from Val Cooper.
Overview
It’s the end of Chris Yost and Craig Kyle’s first year on New X-Men! Saying it’s been a tough year is an understatement! But it’s not over yet. The students at Xavier’s still have Nimrod to deal with. And before this issue is over, another New X-Men will fall!
SPOILERS
The New X-Men continue their battle against Nimrod, determined to stop him before he can wipe out the rest of mutantkind. Working together, they devise a strategy to destroy Nimrod by overloading its temporal displacement equipment. Their plan is a success but in the final battle, Rockslide is pulverized into rubble and dust and X-23 is fatally wounded. Rockslide survives and reconstitutes himself in a more jagged, rocky form. Hellion is determined to save X-23 and flies her to the Xavier Institute. Desperate to save her, he begs Miss Frost for help and she removes the internal psychic controls on his powers. This amplifies his telekinesis to a level that allows him to break the sound barrier and get Laura to Elixir to be healed. Hellion forces Elixir out of his coma and the act of healing X-23 partially restores his golden skin. Meanwhile, Nimrod materializes in the past and the Purifiers plot their future moves to destroy the New X-Men.
Overview
“NIMROD”
The mutant hunting robot from the future is back! Nimrod’s first priority: finding his creator.
Who is Nimrod’s mysterious creator?! The New X-Men rush to his aid but discover that
Nimrod is much more than they can handle! Part 2 (of 4).
SPOILERS
Nimrod seeks out his creator, Forge to facilitate needed repairs. Forge refuses but is persuaded by a vision of his future. He watches as Nimrod kills his wife (Storm) and threatens his two young children. This alternate Forge sent Nimrod to an alternate past to spare his children. Forge agrees to repair Nimrod but manages to send a distress signal to the X-Men. The X-Men leave for Storm’s wedding, ignoring the New X-Men’s warnings that Nimrod may have returned. When the team receives the cry for help from Forge, they decide to deal with it themselves. They easily evade the ONE Sentinels and head to Dallas to save Forge and stop Nimrod. Fearing the X-Men aren’t coming, Forge offers it a new body of his own design and initiates a transfer of its consciousness.
Overview
“NIMROD” Part 1(of 4)!
The New X-Men have been killed, blown up, and absolutely decimated. Now, they’re on the offensive! But after all they’ve been through, will they have the strength to defeat their toughest enemy yet? Hey, maybe the New Avengers could help!
SPOILERS
Avengers Iron Man and Ms. Marvel are called in to investigate a trio of murders at Stryker’s church due to the clearly superhuman circumstances surrounding the deaths. Iron Man finds a weird energy signature and identifies one of the corpses as Jay Guthrie. Ms. Marvel recognizes the name and they piece together that Jay was the brother of the X-Man, Cannonball and a student at Xavier’s. Carol volunteers to break the news to the X-Men personally. At the Institute, the X-Men and ONE are dealing with the aftermath of the siege of the mansions by the Purifiers. Stryker’s death is being covered up by ONE. The New X-Men are struggling to deal with the attacks and the hatred behind it. They also have to contend with Elixir’s mental deterioration and the grief-stricken mother of their teammate, Wallflower. Ms. Marvel confers informs Cyclops of Jay’s murder as X-23 eavesdrops. Emma arrives to shoo the kids away and then proceeds to reveal Ms. Marvel’s ulterior motive for her visit: to ask for the X-Men’s support of the new Superhuman Registration Act. Emma lays into Ms. Marvel asking where the Avengers were, where she was when the X-Men and mutants needed help. She shows Carol the scene following the bus explosion, the funerals afterwards and wonders why none of the Avengers came to help the way the X-Men did in Stamford. She then shows Carol Lucinda Guthrie and asks if she wants to help break the news of her son’s death to her. Finally she shows her Quill’s body and asks if she wants to grab a shovel to help bury him. She sends Ms. Marvel away with a final warning: if this war is anything like mutantkind’s has been, then she’ll be needing a lot of shovels. Emma breaks down with grief while the New X-Men piece together the clues to Nimrod’s involvement in Stryker’s plans. Nimrod himself is barely functioning and confronts Forge demanding that his creator complete the needed repairs. Forge refuses and Nimrod threatens to teleport to Africa and terminate Storm if Forge refuses to comply.
