All throughout December, we will be examining comic book stories and ideas that were not only abandoned, but also had the stories/plots specifically "overturned" by a later writer (as if they were a legal precedent). Click here for an archive of all the previous editions of The Abandoned An' Forsaked. Feel free to e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com if you have any suggestions for future editions of this feature.

Today we look at the identity of Xorn.

In New X-Men #146, we discover that Xorn, the new member of the X-Men, is secretly Magneto!

In New X-Men #150, Magneto's plans do not work out so great for him...

In Excalibur #1, Professor X moves to Genosha where he brings Magneto's body to be buried. But is it really Magneto's body?

In Excalibur #2, they further elaborate...