Debuting in Bendis's most cinematic New Avengers issue ever, Michael Pointer was host to the Collective, the sentient collection of all mutant power signatures lost during M-Day. Michael's introduction massacred Alpha Flight and added a new wrinkle to the Xorn paradox, but he failed to show meaningful star power. His addition to Omega Flight during the Initiative faded into a series of guest appearances, and his role in Norman Osborn's Dark X-Men similarly failed to make a lasting impression. Once considered one of the most powerful and important mutants alive, Omega failed to receive even a mention during the Age of Krakoa. Tragically, if history is any indication, Michael will only return when he's being exploited or manipulated by some other power, rather than free and in control of his own fate.

There was a time when Marvel was determined to make the Inhumans as popular as the X-Men. So-called Nu-humans began showing up in many comics, including a new series of Uncanny Avengers, which consisted of a new team of Avengers whose purpose was to work towards a peaceful co-existence between humans and the expanding Inhuman population. Naturally, the team included one such Nu-human, a young woman with vast psychic powers. While she hasn't appeared in some time, at one point she was considered important enough to be mentored by both Steve Rogers and Cable, two of the greatest leaders in Marvel Comics. She's fought the Shredded Man, been exposed to a dire possible future and gone head-to-head against the Hulk. Oh, she's also had a fling with a certain speedster... Read all about the story of Emily Guerrero... SYNAPSE!