Editing Xorn (section)

===The Collective===
Later, an Alaskan postal worker named '''[[Michael Pointer (character)|Michael Pointer]]''' gains the powers of the depowered mutants, in part due to unknowingly being a mutant himself. Disoriented and wielding the power of at least fifty mutants, he rampages across rural [[Canada]], encounters and almost instantly kills nearly all of [[Alpha Flight]], and destroys downtown [[Cleveland]]. While [[Iron Man]] assists the [[Sentry (Robert Reynolds)|Sentry]] in a battle with him that ranges between the orbits of Earth and Mars, [[Spider-Man]] and the [[Vision (Jonas)|Vision]] discover the nature of Michael's powers.<ref>''New Avengers'' #16 (April 2006)</ref> At that point, having determined it to be the best option, S.H.I.E.L.D. has Iron Man let Michael go, and as he learned to fly during the fight, he is able to travel without endangering any more civilians to what is revealed to be his destination, [[Genosha]].

Once there, the collective of energy, now revealed to be sentient and responsible for Michael's actions, transfers into and repowers [[Magneto (Marvel Comics)|Magneto]], who recognizes the intelligence controlling it as Xorn as the [[The New Avengers (comics)|New Avengers]] arrive. Xorn explains he took the image of Magneto because he knew mutants would follow him, and they needed the real Magneto again. Reference is made to Xorn's confusing history as Vision comments his files on Xorn are incomplete and Wolverine comments, "Xorn's files on Xorn are incomplete", demonstrating of how not even Xorn seems to know who he is. [[Daisy Johnson|Quake]], Iron Man, [[Carol Danvers|Ms. Marvel]], and Sentry combine their powers to separate the Collective/Xorn from Magneto and send it into the sun; despite being separated from the Collective, Pointer still has some of its powers,<ref>''New Avengers'' #20</ref> and joins [[Omega Flight]] using a suit designed to harness his powers.

In a 2006 interview, Marvel editor-in-chief [[Joe Quesada]] reiterated the Shen Xorn/Kuan-Yin Xorn explanation, but added that "because Xorn's powers were psychokinetic, and his personality was so strong, it basically remained an almost disembodied sentient thing among the big ball of mutant energy. When that energy got sucked down to Earth by Michael and all absorbed by him, Xorn was the dominant personality in the mix, and that's what drove him towards Genosha and Magneto."<ref>{{cite web|year=2006 |title=New Joe Fridays: Week 3 |publisher=[[Newsarama]] |url=http://www.newsarama.com/NewJoeFridays/NewJoeFridays03.html |access-date=September 16, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720131757/http://www.newsarama.com/NewJoeFridays/NewJoeFridays03.html |archive-date=July 20, 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref>