#upstarts

X-Men #21 (2025) Marvel Comics

Upon seeing a video of Trevor Fitzroy broadcasting a livestream about murdering mutants on camera, Cyclops calls up the X-Men for a meeting and he tells them that Fitzroy needs to be stopped at all costs. However, Cyclops' team is a little short-handed as the two psychics - Quentin Quire and Psylocke, are too busy with the Psychic Rescue mission. Thus, the 'Operation Stop Fitzroy' team consist of Magik (as the field team leader), Idie Okonkwo, Juggernaut and past-Beast clone. As Cyclops appoints past-Beast clone to be on Magik's team, the latter (past-Beast) protests at the idea of going on a field mission as he claims that he is busy with his projects. Magik points out to past-Beast clone that since he is on Cyclops' team, he has to do some teamwork and if he doesn't want to, then he has to join Rogue's team in Louisiana.

At Detroit, the random mutant is hunted down by Fitzroy's drones. As she collapses to the ground, Fitzroy and his All-New Upstarts hover around her and they gloat that she needs to cut down her sedentary lifestyle. Before the All-New Upstarts could advance on the exhausted random mutant, the X-Men pop out of Magik's portal to stop them. As the battle rages on, Magik fights Fitzroy but she finds herself too evenly-matched as the latter (Fitzroy) has teleporting powers too. In the middle of the fight, Juggernaut recognizes the three new Upstarts as the mutants from O-Force, the D-List mutants who used to be on the reality show like the X-Statix. As Juggernaut asks why he is murdering mutants, one of the former O-Force mutants replies that he doesn't care about morality, he only cares about fame. While Juggernaut and past-Beast clone are fighting the three new Upstarts, Idie manages to save the random mutant who did not know that she is a mutant herself. Even though Juggernaut and past-Beast clone beat up the three new Upstarts, the battle ends with Fitzroy and his new Upstarts teleporting away. Before retreating, Fitzroy gloats at the X-Men that they will always be hated and feared while his Upstarts will be loved for hunting mutants.

“twisting and taunting”

CHILD'S PLAY (1994)

The Upstarts target former members of the New Mutants and Hellions for their latest game of death, putting members of X-Force and the New Warriors in their crosshairs...

Andrea Von Strucker

-Real name: Andrea Von Strucker

-A.k.a.: Fenris

-Publisher: Marvel

-Type: Bio-engineered mutant

-Afilliations: Assembly of Evil, Fenris, HYDRA, Thunderbolt, Upstarts