Cullen Bloodstone | Keep it up! Stop her! |
Cammi | Cullen, she's X-23. I can't stop her. |
Cullen Bloodstone | No...but I can. |
Appearing in "Boss Level, Part One"
Featured Characters:
- Cullen Bloodstone (Main story and flashback) (Origin revealed)
Supporting Characters:
- Braddock Academy (Main story and flashback)
- Anachronism (Aiden) (Main story and flashback)
- Nara (Main story and flashback)
- Cammi (Cammille Benally) (Main story and flashback)
- Avengers Academy (Main story and flashback)
- Hazmat (Jennifer Takeda) (Main story and flashback) (Apparent death)
- X-23 (Laura Kinney) (Main story and flashback)
- Reptil (Humberto Lopez) (Only in flashback)
- Mettle (Ken Mack) (Mentioned)
Antagonists:
- Arcade (Voice Only)
- Apex (Katy Bashir) (Mentioned)
- Kraken (Only in flashback)
- Trigger Scent Robot Decoy (Impersonates Mettle)
Other Characters:
- Nico Minoru (Mentioned)
- Ulysses Bloodstone (Only in flashback)
- Elsa Bloodstone (Only in flashback)
- Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and flashback)
- Atlanteans (Main story and flashback)
- Mutants (Main story and flashback)
- Dinosaurs (Only in flashback)
- Zimbumblers (First appearance)
- Greediblix (First appearance)
- Soul Beasts (First appearance)
- Glartrox (First appearance)
Locations:
- Murder World (Main story and flashback)
- Quadrant 3
- Quadrant 4
- England (Only in flashback)
- Bloodstone Curios (Only in flashback)
- Braddock Manor (Only in flashback)
- Black Realm of Klimtor (Only in flashback) (First appearance)
Items:
- Fossilized Amulet (Only in flashback)
- Anachronism's Axe
- Water-Breathing System
- Bloodgem Ring (Main story and flashback) (First full appearance) (Origin revealed)
- Bloodgem (Only in flashback)
- Trigger Scent
Synopsis for "Boss Level, Part One"
The remaining teens continue to go throughout Murderworld to find each other. Cullen Bloodstone gets frustrated and attacks Anachronism forcing Cammi to try to calm him down while Nara led Anachronism away. Cammi convinces Cullen to tell her about his 'ugly secret'. It is revealed that Cullen spent 2 years trapped in an alternate dimension where he was possessed by an unknown creature and in order to keep the creature at bay he must keep on his family ring on at all times. Hazmat and X-23 end up encountering a Mettle robot with Trigger Scent causing X-23 to go on the attack. X-23 seriously injures Hazmat leaving her fate unknown. Aiden is upset about Cullen wondering what his problem is when Nara reveals that he has a big crush on him. Trigger scent surrounds them and X-23 comes attacking them Aiden and Nara run to warn Cullen and Cammi but Nara falls and Aiden tries to help her up leaving them both vulnerable. Cammi attempts to stop X-23 but her attempts are useless. Cullen decides only he can stop her. Upon removing his family's ring, Cullen transforms into a monstrous form in order to save them.
Solicit Synopsis
TWO KEY ISSUES: THE HUNT FOR THE MISSING TEENS! PLUS: THE START OF OUR NEXT BIG ARC “BOSS LEVEL!”
• Issue #14: It begins here, the last story arc of Season One! The contestants have fought one another, now can they put aside their feuds and battle Arcade?
Trivia
- The cover art is an homage to the classic Wolverine #1 cover by Frank Miller and Josef Rubinstein.