Type: Divergent Earth

Environment: Earth-like

Usual means of access: Presumably vibrational attunement

Dominant Life Form: Humans, mutants.

Significant Inhabitants: Charles Xavier, Lucifer, Magneto, Cyclops, Archangel, Iceman, Psyke, Beast, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom, Galactus, the Silver Surfer

Significant Locations: Asteroid M

First Appearance: The Art of John Byrne (SQP Inc, 1980)

History:
(The Art of John Byrne) - When Charles Xavier faced the alien known as Lucifer, he managed to defeat him at the cost of his own life, when Lucifer dropped a stone slab upon him (see comments).

   Magneto formed the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, comprising Cyclops, Archangel, Iceman, Psyke, Beast, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver. The team defeated the Avengers, and collaborated with Dr. Doom to defeat the Fantastic Four (which involved killing at least the Thing). When Doom turned on them, Magneto used his magnetic powers to crush Doom's chest plate.

   All other non-mutant super-heroes were either slain, or imprisoned on Asteroid M (including Spider-Man and Daredevil). Magneto became established as ruler of the world. He functioned as a benevolent tyrant, and Homo Sapiens were not persecuted, although the governance was entirely in the hands of Homo Superior.

   Galactus arrived on Earth, and as there was no Ben Grimm to knock the Silver Surfer into Alicia Masters' skylight, the Surfer never became sympathetic to humanity --  because the Surfer did not turn on Galactus, the cosmic being devoured the world.

   Asteroid M, which was in orbit, went drifting off into space.

Comments: Created by John Byrne.

    This reality diverged from flashback events in X-Men I#20, wherein Earth-616's Charles Xavier survived that stone slab Lucifer dropped on him, but his legs were crippled and he was confined to a wheelchair afterwards.

    The story was intended by Byrne for an issue of What If? which never appeared; the details were given in an interview with Byrne. Byrne also stated this version of Dr. Doom was circa Fantastic Four I#10, which helps date the subsequent events.

    Psyke was this world's counterpart to the Marvel Girl of Earth-616. Archangel was this world's counterpart to the Angel of Earth-616, and he wielded a flaming sword. Although not mentioned in the interview, I suspect Mastermind and the Toad would also have been members of this version of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

   Also, Cyclops wore a helmet that incorporated his ruby-quartz visor, and the Beast wore wristbands armed with "Wolverine claws".
--Ron Fredricks

    I can't help but find the choice of ending unsatisfactory. Even had the Beast knocked the Surfer into Alicia's skylight, and the Watcher empowered Quicksilver to track down this reality's version of the Ultimate Nullifier for Magneto's use to repel Galactus ... then the next world-destroying menace which had only been stopped because the Avengers, Fantastic Four, or the Defenders had been in just the right place at the right time ... would end up destroying Earth-8013. While there is a certain logic to it, it seems anticlimactic if every Earth which involves a significant divergence on the part of the Fantastic Four ends the same way.

Ron Fredricks found this cover (to the left) for this unpublished story!

Although this What If? story would never be published by Marvel, Byrne himself would use these characters for his own "professional fan fiction" project -- X-Men: Elsewhen -- in which he wrote and drew his own X-Men stories which took place after he left the series with issue #143 (March, 1981).

Apparently at some point in his story-line, Byrne would have the X-Men meet their alternate-Earth Brotherhood counterparts.
--Ron Fredricks

Thanks to Lee for scanning the relevant pages from The Art of John Byrne.

Profile by Profile by Mikel Midnight.

Clarifications:
"Earth-8013" has no known connection to:

• any other alternate Earth

Images:
Art of John Byrne, p10

Any Additions/Corrections? please let me know.

First Posted: 11/22/2017
Last Updated: 07/05/2026

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