Ultimate X-Men: Hellfire & Brimstone Part 3
Issue: #23
Writer: Mark Millar
Pencils: Kaare Andrews & Rusty Beach
Inker:
Colors: Dave McCraig and Chris Sotomayer

While pretending to be polishing up his Russian grammar, Beast sits at his laptop chatting with his internet flame, a closet mutant supermodel named "Naomi". What he fails to realize is that "Naomi" is actually the Blob, toying with Henry from the headquarters of The Brotherhood. Prosimian is not amused, and again expresses his frustrations with the "PG-13 terrorist operations" Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch have been sending them on. Meanwhile, Jean and Cyclops share a telepathic rendez-vous as Cyclops jets to the Savage Land with Wolverine, who has replaced Colossus on their reconaissance mission. Jean is terrified that she is losing her mind, and reveals to Scott that she believe she is the host for an ultra-dimensional entity that want's to annihilate the world. She claims it speaks to her in latin and wants to uncreate everything on earth.

Out on Long Island, outside the Drake home, Senator Andrew Turk announces that the Drake family plan to sue the Xavier Institute for one-hundred million dollars. Inside, Bobby is disgusted, and refuses to make a public statement railroading the X-Men.

Back on Beast's laptop, Henry and "Naomi" discuss the X-Men's secret financiers: The Hellfire Club. According to Hank, the group wishes to remain annonymous, rather than risk their international relations. The group funds their missions, including purchasing their jets and security systems. "Naomi" chides Hank on being so naive, and suggests that Xavier is actually controlling the minds of the Hellfire Club leaders. Henry and "Naomi" go back and forth on Xavier's pacifist ideals, and when "Naomi" brings up Magneto's murder at the hands of Xavier Henry inadvertedly reveals to the X-Men's worst enemies that Magneto is not dead, and merely had his mind wiped. Prosimian urges Blob to set up a meeting with Beast. Beast accepts and the date is on.

In the Savage Land, Wolverine and Cyclops are shocked to see that Kitty has snuck aboard the X-Jet.

Submitted By: Rob