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2017
Mutants became known to the world. A fringe group of mutants led a terrorist attack on Detroit, leaving nearly a thousand dead. They announced their goals to dismantle the society that had kept them oppressed. They were only stopped by a group made up of mutants known as “The X-Men”.
Immediately the country and the world went into panic. Anyone could be a mutant and mutants are dangerous. Various groups in the US government call for the registration of mutants. Some go as far as to call for both mutant and superhero registration.
Thomas Anderson would seem to be killed when his orbiting space station exploded.
New York journalist Will Jones began to host a weekly talk show. On its first episode he revealed himself as a mutant, and as founding member of the Avengers, The Cobalt Archer. His weekly show would help lower tension between the average American and mutants, however the government position would remain unchanged.
Not too long after, Will Jones would out major conspiracies surrounding billionaire Kurtis Rowan and the president. With evidence, he accused the president being under the control of someone who wanted to dismantle everything that the country stood for.
In response to this, Captain America denounced the United States government. In a personal piece with Millennia Magazine’s Grace Harris, he stated that “if this is what America means now, he’d rather be a man without a nation. A ‘nomad.’”
Daredevil would return to fighting crime, after having been rescued, his death having been faked by HYDRA.