#phoebe cuckoo

[why-i-love-comics]

Wolverine #47 - "Bad Seed" (2024)

written by Victor LaValle & Benjamin Percy art by Geoff Shaw & Alex Sinclair

[comicwaren]

From Wolverine Vol. 7 #044, “Sabretooth War: Part 4”

Art by Cory Smith, Oren Junior and Alex Sinclair

Written by Benjamin Percy and Victor LaValle

[newx-menfan]

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

Esme: Okay, sure, I caused Sophie's death, shot mom, got hooked on drugs, and teamed up with Magneto (who wasn't actually Magneto) to commit mass murder, but Phoebe dyed her hair to look like Jean Grey so who's the real traitor here. Celeste: She makes a good point. Phoebe: Shut up, Celeste!

[lovecatsys]

What is it with the X-Men and redheads?

(Part 1)

[emmafrostcovercollection]

Marauders #23 (2021) - Aspinall Variant

[phagneto]

great mind thinks alike

[mxrvellous]

Empyre: X-Men (2020) #2

[stepfordcuckoos]

[gnc-shadowcat]

I think at some point the Cuckoos should ask Scott where he was/ what he was doing & he should say “your mom.” Celeste would break down crying. It might even kill her. Phoebe and Irma would live & Phoebe would even find it funny. But Celeste would combust.

[comicwaren]

From Wolverine Vol. 7 #047, “Bad Seed”

Art by Geoff Shaw and Alex Sinclair

Written by Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy

[newx-menfan]

It’s too bad this was drawn by Greg Land…because it’s one of my favorite comic scans 🤣😂

(I really miss the Cuckoo/Elixir dynamic!)

[comicsgallery-marvel]

Empyre: X-Men (2020) #2

[lovecatsys]

their friendship is everything to me idk

[elgaberino-mcoc]

spreadsheet cleanup STEPFORD CUCKOOS

ComicVine issues: 1600~1700 Fandom appearances: ~320 across 14 variants 3 video games

I never added them because conceptually they're just “what if: a hivemind of teen Emmas”

But statistically they do merit an @MCOCwishlist listing.

- Other Gabe

Notes

The Cuckoos were developed by the Weapon Plus (“Weapon X”) Program, from eggs Sublime harvested (without consent) from Emma Frost. The resulting Weapon XIV comprised a thousand cloned daughters with perfected diamond form and a telepathic hive mind. The purpose of this “Thousand-in-One” was to capture, harness, and control the Phoenix Force for Sublime’s nefarious intent to eradicate all mutants in a Cerebro-like effect. While the majority of the thousand lay dormant, five of the sisters infiltrated Xavier Academy as students calling themselves a Five-in-One: Sophie, Phoebe, Irma, Celeste, and Esme. (In school, Irma originally went by the nickname Mindee.) These five—or fewer, depending who remains surviving at any time—are the Stepford Cuckoos.

While the Cuckoos tend to operate as a unit, they have individual personalities, drives, and interests.

Plot tensions circle around their unity or individuality or lack thereof, depending on factors such as the girls’ varying levels of:

chemical state (classically certain members’ exposure and/or addiction to the powers-enhancing drug Kick);

individual willingness to submit to their created villainous fate (nature) versus their heroic training (nurture);

individual (or, sometimes, apparently shared group) romantic interests;

exposure to, involvement with, or possession by cosmic or astral beings or phenomena (most notably the Phoenix Force)

Three-in-One. [SPOILERS] Sophie died in combat leading the hive mind while amplified by Kick; Esme had a hand in that and a murder attempt on Emma while also under the influence of Kick and also was killed. As a result the original five-person squad was reduced to the more iconic and recognizable triplet team of Phoebe, Irma, and Celeste.

Krakoa. [SPOILERS] Predictably, the deceased sisters were eventually brought back, so the Five-in-One has been recently reinstated. 

[thefandomentals]

The X-Men comics aren't really known for their healthy relationships. @askmeaboutmyoctopustheory looks at one of the more complicated ones as she breaks down the romance between Quentin Quire and Phoebe of the Stepford Cuckoos.