History ComicBook / NYX

* IllGirl: Ill Boy: Lil' Bro is severely autistic, so Felon has been using his powers for shady jobs to raise the money to get him out of ComicBook/DistrictX and into a school where he can receive the care he needs. The only reason Felon takes on Zebra Daddy's job to track down X-23 is because Daddy offers to not only pay him the rest of what he needs, but a ''substantial'' additional bonus.

A six-issue follow-up series, ''NYX: No Way Home'', was released beginning in 2008, this time written by Marjorie Liu. This series followed Kiden, Bobby, Tatiana and Lil' Bro (X-23 having departed and eventually finding her way to the X-Men), as Kiden is pursued by a sinister force seeking to make use of her powers. Unlike ''Wannabe'', which was largely self-contained and only loosely mentioned the larger Marvel universe, ''No Way Home'' featured appearances by significant characters such as Cable and Venom, an alternate universe version of {{Wolverine}}, and X-Men ally Cecilia Reyes.

* DisposableSexWorker: Zebra Daddy makes it quite clear he sees X-23 and the other women he pimps for as property he can discard on a whim, even putting out the eye of another of his girls as punishment when X escapes and he thinks the girl helped. [[spoiler: When he finally catches up to X in the climax, Daddy quite remorselessly and casually guns her down. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't know what [[OppositeSexClone she]] ''[[LivingWeapon really]]'' [[{{Wolverine}} is]]. [[TheDogBitesBack She makes short work of him when she finally gets fed up with him]].]]

* ShoutOut: When first introduced, the John X-23 was in bed with tells her [[{{Wolverine}} she's the best at what she does]]. Also counts as a subtle bit of {{Foreshadowing}} as to who she really is.

Now relatively obscure title, today it's primarily memorable as the series which brought X-23 to the comics universe after first appearing in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution''.

The first was ''NYX: Wannabee'', a seven-issue miniseries written by Creator/JoeQuesada and Zeb Wells, with art by Joshua Middleton, Jean-Francois Beaulieu and lettered by Chris Eliopoulos. It first ran in 2003 before later being collected into a trade paperback, and focused primarily on a young homeless mutant named Kiden Nixon in a particularly rough part of [[BigApplesauce New York City]].

!!Tropes featured in ''NYX: Wannabe'':

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: ComicBook/{{X 23}}'s claws, of course.

* BodySurf: Felon's power.

* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: What Lil' Bro's real name in is never revealed.
** Likewise for Zebra Daddy.

* [[IllGirl Ill Boy]]: Lil' Bro is severely autistic, so Felon has been using his powers for shady jobs to raise the money to get him out of ComicBook/DistrictX and into a school where he can receive the care he needs. The only reason Felon takes on Zebra Daddy's job to track down X-23 is because Daddy offers to not only pay him the rest of what he needs, but a ''substantial'' additional bonus.

* Jerkass: Kiden's older brother. [[spoiler: Bobby gives him a black eye as punishment for the absolute crap way he treated his own sister]].

* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: [[spoiler: The ghost of Kiden's father sends her to many different parts of the city throughout the story: Mrs. Palmer's apartment, the hotel where X-23's John has just committed suicide, the alley where Tatiana is about to be attacked by a mob, and back to Mrs. Palmer's apartment where the final confrontation with Zebra Daddy goes down. He never explains ''why'', just that it's where she has to be. As a result, she helps save Palmer, X, and Tatiana, and helps trigger Bobby's HeelFaceTurn.]]

* AbortedArc: The series itself, as noted below under ScheduleSlip. Originally conceived as a regular ongoing, constant and significant delays led to its cancellation at the conclusion of the first arc.

* ScheduleSlip: The series was originally intended as a regular monthly ongoing, however repeated delays in its release schedule mean issues often came out ''months'' later. The worst was a ''full year'' between the releases of issues 5 (September, 2004) and 6 (September, 2005). The frequent, and quite significant, delays ultimately led to the cancellation of the series after the conclusion of the first arc.