If you were making a self-contained story arc within a volume of X-men (or Force or whatever), what would it be about?

Format:

Name of the comic series - Name of the arc

Leading X-men (which member or members the arc put more attention to)

Premise

Here's mine:

Extraordinary X-men - The Return of Fabian Cortez

Focuses on Storm, Mystique, and Forge

The X-men discover that someone has been amplifying mutant powers across the world and causing mass panic. Forced in a race against time, Storm splits the team in two subdue these chaotic mutants and find the man responsible: a very much alive Fabian Cortez! But how is he living again and why is his name the last entry in the legendary Destiny's Diary?

If you want to know where I'm going with the premise, just ask

I'll bite.

Where are you going with this premise?? Is Fabian Cortez resurrected by the Tony Little fan club for having the second most bitchin' pony man-tail on planet earth and the balance must be restored??

@cattlebattle: Turns out Cortez can force reactivate X-genes. If the depowered mutants survive the process, that is. He got brought back by Evil Reed at the request of Ultimate Apocalypse who wants to possess his body. Mystique goes after him because of his name being the last entry in Destiny's Diary, but Cortez himself has no idea why he's alive again and gets teleported away before he can say more. The arc was just a test run of his powers. The fact that it's Ultimate Apocalypse would be revealed much later.

Scarlet witch once again taps into the powers of chaos magic and goes on berzerker mode draining all magic weilders of their powers and soon their life forces.

Psychics come together to call fort the white phoenix of the crown to save the multiverse.

Jean vs Sw

@darthphoenix: Nice!!

Brian Bendis, Jason Aaron, Joe Q and other marvel writers are transported into the marvel universe to answer for their crimes. Can the creators of the current marvel comics defend their actions and return to their own universe safe and sound? Spoiler alert: NO! They can't.

@kiba: i'd read that!

Hmmm I'll try.

Comic Series: Hellfire Arc-Paradise Lost #1-6

X-Men Include:

• Forge
• Monet
• Magik
• Nightcrawler
• Kitty Pryde
• X23
• Warpath
• Magneto
• Havok
• Emma Frost

Storyline:

An X-Men team co-lead by Emma Frost and Magneto is seeking to stop the Hellfire Club from invoking demonic forces to bolster to the Mutant Race in the oncoming war with humanity. Thats all I got so far.

Uncanny Inhumans - Exponent of the Experimental X-Men

A chess piece collects a precious gem, a bird, a mythical monster, a devil, a tomato, a commando, and the rising sun. CYCLOPS IS DEAD, but the light of a particular visible wavelength will guide a team that promises to hit like an optic blast in an effort to show the world the color of victory.

(See if you can guess some of the team members.)

Mr. Sinister trying to take over the world with an army of cloned mutants, Think of secret invasion with cloned mutants.... last part he reveals he has a cloned Rogue who stole all the powers of all the cloned X-men........

@masterofevil: uncanny x-men-Families (think of it as an au)

Cerebro finds a very powerful mutant signature that reminds everyone of the Phoenix, but when they get there they find: a clone of magneto, a clone of Jean Grey, a clone/son of Cyclops and Jean and a clone/daughter of Wolverine.

So now you have the professor teaching a younger version of his old friend Erik who he can teach and possibly save from the darkness,Jean (and Scott to an extent)having to deal with a son as dangerous as the dark Phoenix who could die due to his massive power, Logan helping a young girl who went through the a similar experience as him as well as growing to love her as his child, and Scott falling in love for a copy of the woman he once loved,but who has burned him(FYI: Jean cheated on him with Logan when they were engaged).

Rogue: The Awakening

Cast:

• Rogue
• Nate Grey
• Emma Frost
• Apocalypse
• Xavier
• Cyclops
• Magneto
• Polaris
• Avengers
• Inhumans
• Jean Grey(Phoenix)

Rogue powers are evolving and she is losing control. The powers Rogue had previously absorbed are beginning to show up again same with the minds. Xavier tries to suppress the minds in Rogues head as he once did but the Psychic minds Rogue absorbs fight back and forces Xavier into a coma. The minds she absorbed are forcing her to gather more power. She absorbs Doctor Strange power and jumps throw the time stream absorbing every mutant or Superhero that every was or to be. Not only that but she has also absorbed a portion of the the Asgardian Gods, Elder Gods and Olympian gods.

Rogue has now split herself into into five beings.

• Sorceress Supreme Rogue
• Goddess Rogue
• Inhuman Rogue
• Apocalyptic Rogue
• The All

To Combat Rogue and stop her they need the power of every Omega mutant in existence. They might even have to call on the Phoenix Force. Will they be able to defeat Rogue or will Rogue reign supreme?

@cosmiccelest: Rogue huh? Pretty interesting though the 5 beings thing threw me. Seems like this would fit Hope Summers too

Surprised by the amount of people that seem to still want clone stories and alternate universes....

@hawk2916: Not clones. She simply splits herself in five to control the different aspects of the Universe.

Goddess Rogue takes control of Asgard, Olympus and Elder God Realm.

Sorceress Rogue takes control of the mystic realms.

Inhuman Rogue take control of the Inhumans.

This way it makes it easier for her to contain the Universe.

@cosmiccelest: I get it. I was referring to some of the other post about clones. I guess what you mentioned for Rogue is something that could work might be kinda cool to flesh it out by having her absorb Madrox abilities to create dupes and have it done that way. Either way it would be kind of ironic seeing as how she was involved in Lost Legions trying to track down David's escaped personalities

X-Hell

Cast:

• Emma Frost
• Madelyne Pryor
• Selene Gallio
• Magik
• Sebastian Shaw
• Enchantress
• Hellions

Premise: Set during Secret Empire, powerful mutants and sorceresses make an alliance of convenience to consolidate the power of New Tian. As a new branch of the mutant dominated Hellfire Club, they secretly pursue more shards of the infamous cosmic cube, intent on changing reality for varying reasons. The temptation of warping reality for power, love or revenge? Or perhaps betrayal will prevent their power play from seeing fruition. Will they assemble enough pieces to become a real contender as a Secret Empire of their own?

@hawk2916: when i pitched mine i figured, if we ned to have clones then might as well dump them all in one storyline.as to make it easier.

@masterofevil: I like the reintroduction of Cortez.

pretty cool idea there.

OK. So this is not really up my alley but I'll take a shot here.

This would probably be more of an ongoing series but here goes....

Astonishing Xfactor

The team:

Justice. Firestar. Havok. Polaris. Dazzler. Sage. Bishop. Monet. Magik. with support and appearances by Val Cooper and Emma Frost.

The premise:

The government decides that they should have an official mutant team again. Val Cooper with the O.N.E is tasked with being a liaison to the team. The team is tasked with policing mutants and dealing with dangerous ones. Secretly the government wants Val to gather a log of all known mutants,their abilities and associations. Val decides she wants to have her own agents not really affiliated with the Xmen and also wants her team to be respected and recognized throughout the superhero community and world with connections in different places,so she brings in Vance Astrovik(Justice) and Angelica Jones(Firestar) to act as her agents (although I could easily plug in Sunspot and Magma in this role if Justice and Firestar just don't really sit well) along with some other familiar faces in Havok,Polaris, Sage, Bishop and Monet. Dazzler is a public face and celebrity along with Shield contacts and Magik is a powerhouse. She needs funding and so Emma secretly backs the team and manipulates the selections. She wants a team with each member being used for a specific role in helping her takedown and takeover an all new Hellfire club that not only wants to control things from the shadows but also has Emma on their hit list. She wants to use the HFC assets to help mutants.

The first arc:

The team comes together and has questions about what organization and who is funding them. The first mission involves the appearance of a new emplate plague sweeping the globe. Bishop is extremely disturbed by this given his future/history. Monet has a secret.The cities around the world being overrun by emplates is only the beginning.

This arc may resolve the St.Croix possession plot but will heavily involve Bishop and Magik.

In the long run can the team survive the secret agendas and plots within plots to do some good for mutants and their reputation?

@gladeusex: @nerevarine_11: both of these are neat ideas

X-Men: World of Death

Apocalypse has returned stronger than ever. Because of his new power, death seeds reactivate in any who was his Horsemen of Death. Gambit, Psylocke, Banshee, even those who have long since died have risen to serve their master. Even the Old Man named Logan has joined them. As the heroes of the world scramble to contain the chaos that Apocalypse has caused, the mutant known as Archangel has vanished. As the X-men try to save their friends, will Warren appear as a friend... or Death himself.

Title: Gods and Mutants

Synopsis: The Asgardian ruler, Odin, has declared the Earth property of Asgard and has deemed it Asmidian, with Asgardians in control of the high society and rewriting laws for them. The Avengers have tried and failed to convince Odin otherwise and were sent to a dimension of eternal dreaming, by Thors request. Now it it is up to the X-Men to stop them, especially with Magneto declaring war on them as the already species declared as gods among insects, mutants.

Main Mutant Players: Magneto, Storm, Magik, Colossus, Kitty Pryde, Phoenix (Rachel Summers), Old Man Wolverine, Young Beast (for magical purposes), Captain Marvel, Psylocke, Emma Frost, Teen Jean Grey, Teen Cyclops, Teen Angel, Teen Iceman, Iceman, Rogue, Gambit, Forge, Polaris, Danger

Main Asgardians: Odin, Odinson Thor, Enchantress, Sif, Heimdall, Frigga, Cul, Vil, Ve, Angela and Laussa (Completely forgot about Angela), Balder, Valkyrie

Supporting Characters: Jane Foster Thor,

Beta Ray Bill, Hercules, Cable, Hope Summers, Wolverine (X-23), Pietro, Scarlet Witch, Morlocks, The Xavier School Students, Archangel, Xorn, Havok and his team, Monet, Sabertooth, White Phoenix

Special Guests: Loki, Madelyne Pryor, Malekith, Apocalypse, Surtur, Ymir, Lorelei, Mojo, The Shiar, Hela, Hellfire Club

I'd like a story that focuses on a love triangle between Storm, Forge, & Yukio.

Mystique becoming an Emma pt.2 role at the Xavier institute, just more moral-less and unhinged. And I want this to create drama with Nightcrawler and Rogue.

Daken + Iceman

X-23 + Cyclops + Jean = Love Triangle.

Emma still as the main antagonist as the new leader of the Hell Fire Club.

Selene and Shaw can join too.

Students to focus on are Quire, Idie, Pixie, Jubilee, and Anole.

Young Beast becomes Magik's pupil.

Marrow rejoins the X-men.

I also want more friction between the leadership in the X-men we haven't seen before. Like Storm and Kitty at odds with one another.

Title: Astral Wars

Synopsis: On a normal day like any other for the X-Men, Rachel gets an intense migraine. The psychic energies are fluctuating to a point where the worlds psychics can't seem to cope properly. So, the X-Men gather their top psychics, Teen Jean Grey, the Stepford Cuckoos, Psylocke, Quentin Quire, and Emma Frost (Not by choice. She came unannounced, persuading them that this will require her aid). Once they make it to the Astral Plane, they find themselves in the middle of a conflict between to rulers, Shadow King and Onslaught. How will the X-Men get out of this mess?

Main X-Men: Rachel Grey, Teen Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Psylocke, Stepford Cuckoos, and Quentin Quire

Main Antagonist: Shadow King, Onslaught

Guest characters: Madelyne Pryor, Selene, Mister Sinister, Miss Sinister, Sophie and Esme Cuckoo, Phoenix Force, Charles Xavier, Apocalypse