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The '''White Hot Room''' (or the '''White-Hot Room''') is a [[Fiction|fictional]] [[Parallel universes in fiction|dimension]] appearing in [[American comic book|American comic books]] published by [[Marvel Comics]]. It is the home of the [[Phoenix Force]] and where Phoenix hosts go after they die. It exists outside of the [[Multiverse (Marvel Comics)|Multiverse]], but also within the [[M'Kraan crystal|M'kraan Crystal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=October 6, 2023 |title=The White Hot Room, Explained |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/white-hot-room-explained-jean-grey-phoenix-force |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref>
The '''White Hot Room''' (or the '''White-Hot Room''') is a [[Fiction|fictional]] [[Parallel universes in fiction|dimension]] appearing in [[American comic book|American comic books]] published by [[Marvel Comics]]. It is the home of the [[Phoenix Force]] and where Phoenix hosts go after they die.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wiacek |first=Stephen |title=Marvel Encyclopedia |last2=Bray |first2=Adam |last3=Lee |first3=Stan |date=April 2, 2019 |publisher=[[DK Publishing]] |isbn=9781465497819 |pages=161 |language=en}}</ref> It exists outside of the [[Multiverse (Marvel Comics)|Multiverse]], but also within the [[M'Kraan crystal|M'kraan Crystal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=October 6, 2023 |title=The White Hot Room, Explained |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/white-hot-room-explained-jean-grey-phoenix-force |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref> It has been called "the epicenter of creation and rebirth."<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 9, 2024 |title=Jean Grey Takes to the Stars as Phoenix in New Series |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/phoenix-jean-grey-stephanie-phillips-alessandro-miracolo-from-the-ashes |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref>


The White Hot Room first appeared, [[Retroactive continuity|retroactively]], in the backup story for ''[[Classic X-Men]]'' #8 by [[Chris Claremont]] and [[John Bolton (illustrator)|John Bolton]]. It was established and named in ''[[New X-Men (2001 series)|New X-Men]]'' #154 by [[Grant Morrison]] and [[Marc Silvestri]].
The White Hot Room first appeared, [[Retroactive continuity|retroactively]], in the backup story for ''[[Classic X-Men]]'' #8 by [[Chris Claremont]] and [[John Bolton (illustrator)|John Bolton]]. It was established and named in ''[[New X-Men (2001 series)|New X-Men]]'' #154 by [[Grant Morrison]] and [[Marc Silvestri]].
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The White Hot Room can appear as an endless white void, but it has also appeared in other forms, too. In the backup story for ''Classic X-Men'' #43, by Chris Claremont and [[Mike Collins (comics)|Mike Collins]], the Room appeared as a large tower being constructed in space, with the construction worker identified by [[Jean Grey]] as [[Death (Marvel Comics)|Death]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Claremont |first=Chris |title=Classic X-Men #43 |last2=Collins |first2=Mike |date=November 28, 1989 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> In ''Defenders: Beyond'' #3, by [[Al Ewing]] and [[Javier Rodríguez (artist)|Javier Rodriguez]], it appears the white void, the tower, a dark cave lit by a single fire, a snowy landscape, and an endless expanse of desert.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ewing |first=Al |title=Defenders: Beyond #3 |last2=Rodriguez |first2=Javier |date=September 28, 2022 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> This desert reappears in ''[[Immortal X-Men]]'' #14, by [[Kieron Gillen]] and Lucas Werneck, where it's eventually revealed to be the White Hot Room.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |title=Immortal X-Men #14 |last2=Werneck |first2=Lucas |date=August 9, 2023 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref>
The White Hot Room can appear as an endless white void, but it has also appeared in other forms, too. In the backup story for ''Classic X-Men'' #43, by Chris Claremont and [[Mike Collins (comics)|Mike Collins]], the Room appeared as a large tower being constructed in space, with the construction worker identified by [[Jean Grey]] as [[Death (Marvel Comics)|Death]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Claremont |first=Chris |title=Classic X-Men #43 |last2=Collins |first2=Mike |date=November 28, 1989 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> In ''Defenders: Beyond'' #3, by [[Al Ewing]] and [[Javier Rodríguez (artist)|Javier Rodriguez]], it appears the white void, the tower, a dark cave lit by a single fire, a snowy landscape, and an endless expanse of desert.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Ewing |first=Al |title=Defenders: Beyond #3 |last2=Rodriguez |first2=Javier |date=September 28, 2022 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> This desert reappears in ''[[Immortal X-Men]]'' #14, by [[Kieron Gillen]] and Lucas Werneck, where it's eventually revealed to be the White Hot Room.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |title=Immortal X-Men #14 |last2=Werneck |first2=Lucas |date=August 9, 2023 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref>


In ''New X-Men'' #54, it was shown to be the home of all of the hosts of the Phoenix Force, past, present, future, and from alternate timelines.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morrison |first=Grant |title=New X-Men #154 |last2=Silvestri |first2=Marc |date=March 17, 2004 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> In ''Jean Grey'' #11, by Dennis Hallum, Victor Ibanez, and Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, the Phoenix states that is "a nexus between all Phoenix hosts and our eternal flame. A place of rest and contemplation. Home to every being with whom I've merged. Every Phoenix host leaves a piece of itself here with me."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hallum |first=Dennis |title=Jean Grey #11 |last2=Ibanez |first2=Victor |last3=Jiménez Alburquerque |first3=Alberto |date=January 31, 2018 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref>
In ''New X-Men'' #54, it was shown to be the home of all of the hosts of the Phoenix Force, past, present, and future.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morrison |first=Grant |title=New X-Men #154 |last2=Silvestri |first2=Marc |date=March 17, 2004 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> In ''Jean Grey'' #11, by Dennis Hallum, Victor Ibanez, and Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, the Phoenix states that is "a nexus between all Phoenix hosts and our eternal flame. A place of rest and contemplation. Home to every being with whom I've merged. Every Phoenix host leaves a piece of itself here with me."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hallum |first=Dennis |title=Jean Grey #11 |last2=Ibanez |first2=Victor |last3=Jiménez Alburquerque |first3=Alberto |date=January 31, 2018 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref>

At the end of ''[[Fall of X|Rise of the Powers of X]]'' #5, it's established that the White Hot Room is the home of New Krakoa.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |title=Rise of the Powers of X #5 |last2=Vecchio |first2=Luciano |date=May 29, 2024 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
In ''Classic X-Men'' #8, a series that reprinted classic X-Men stories with original backups that often [[Retroactive continuity|"filled in"]] moments, Jean Grey, while dying of radiation during ''X-Men'' #100, finds herself in a blinding white void where she first encounters the Phoenix.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myrick |first=Joe Anthony |date=2024-07-07 |title=The History Of The WHITE HOT ROOM & Its Connection To The Phoenix Force, Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-white-hot-room-phoenix-force-explained-history/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> Even though this white void remained unnamed until ''New X-Men'' #154, it is technically the first appearance of the White Hot Room. In ''Classic X-Men'' #43, after dying, Jean finds herself on a tower being built in space alongside a construction worker revealed to be Death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Alexandra |date=2020-06-14 |title=White Phoenix of the Crown: The Phoenix Force's Final Form, Explained |url=https://www.cbr.com/white-phoenix-of-the-crown-explained/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> As shown in ''Defenders: Beyond'' #3, this, too, is part of the White Hot Room.
In ''Classic X-Men'' #8, a series that reprinted classic X-Men stories with original backups that often [[Retroactive continuity|"filled in"]] moments of continuity, Jean Grey, while dying of radiation during ''X-Men'' #100, finds herself in a blinding white void where she first encounters the Phoenix.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myrick |first=Joe Anthony |date=2024-07-07 |title=The History Of The WHITE HOT ROOM & Its Connection To The Phoenix Force, Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/xmen-white-hot-room-phoenix-force-explained-history/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref> Even though this white void remained unnamed until ''New X-Men'' #154, it is technically the first appearance of the White Hot Room.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2023-12-25 |title=The Enduring Legacy of Chris Claremont X-Men Storylines |url=https://worldscoolestnerd.com/the-enduring-legacy-of-chris-claremont-x-men-storylines/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Worlds Coolest Nerd |language=en}}</ref> In ''Classic X-Men'' #43, after dying, Jean Grey finds herself in the White Hot Room again, alongside an aspect of Death.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=August 25, 2023 |title=The Deaths of Jean Grey |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/jean-grey-deaths-list |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steinberg |first=Alexandra |date=2020-06-14 |title=White Phoenix of the Crown: The Phoenix Force's Final Form, Explained |url=https://www.cbr.com/white-phoenix-of-the-crown-explained/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref>

In ''New X-Men'' #138, as [[Quentin Quire]] dies and ascends into a higher dimension, he says "...I'm streaming...going away...into the bigger rooms..outside rooms bigger than the whole world."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morrison |first=Grant |title=New X-Men #138 |last2=Quitely |first2=Frank |date=March 19, 2003 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> We finally see the White Hot Room in ''New X-Men'' #154, filled with the hosts of the Phoenix past, present, and future, including Quentin Quire.

It appears again in ''[[X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong|X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong]]'' #5, by [[Greg Pak]] and [[Greg Land]], and then ''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #462, by Chris Claremont and [[Alan Davis]]. In that issue, the ''[[House of M]]'' reality warp and [[Jamie Braddock]] causes [[Betsy Braddock]] and [[Rachel Summers]] to become trapped in the White Hot Room before being moved into the ''House of M'' reality.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Claremont |first=Chris |title=Uncanny X-Men #462 |last2=Davis |first2=Alan |date=July 6, 2005 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> In ''[[What If (comics)|What If]]? X-Men - Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire'', by [[Christopher Yost]] and [[Larry Stroman]], it's revealed that the White Hot Room exists inside the [[M'Kraan crystal|M'kraan Crystal]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Yost |first=Christopher |title=What If? X-Men - Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire #1 |last2=Stroman |first2=Larry |date=December 5, 2007 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Dodge |first=John |date=2023-09-16 |title=A Rough Map of What Lies Beyond the Marvel Multiverse |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-multiverse-map/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>

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In ''[[S.W.O.R.D.]]'' vol 2 #1, the mutant circuit known as the Six manage to break into the White Hot Room and bring back a substance they call "Mysterium."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zachary |first=Brandon |date=2021-07-30 |title=Doctor Doom Reveals How the Phoenix is Still the Center of the X-Men's Cosmos |url=https://www.cbr.com/doctor-doom-reveals-mysterium-from-white-hot-room/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> When they enter the White Hot Room, the narration states several different names for it:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ewing |first=Al |title=S.W.O.R.D. vol. 2 #1 |last2=Schiti |first2=Valerio |date=December 9, 2020 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=Mysterium Tremendum!<br>Elemental Cosmic Heart!<br>White-Hot Room of Secret Fire!<br>Excelso Prae Omnibus Aliis!}}
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In ''Defenders: Beyond'' #3, the Defenders find themselves in the White Hot Room as Taaia is possessed by the Phoenix.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dodge |first=John |date=2022-10-06 |title=An Unexpected Defender Just Defeated a Classic Cosmic Powerhouse |url=https://www.cbr.com/defenders-beyond-tigra-beats-taaia-phoenix-force-tiger-spirit-marvel/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> Much like the earlier stories by Claremont, this issue equates the White Hot Room with [[Tiferet|Tiphareth]] of the [[Tree of life (Kabbalah)|Tree of Life]] in Kabbalah.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Charm |first=Karen |last2=Turetsky |first2=Mark |last3=Turetsky |first3=Karen Charm and Mark |date=2022-10-03 |title=Learn The Hidden Truth Of The White Hot Room In Defenders: Beyond #3 |url=https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/03/learn-the-hidden-truth-of-the-white-hot-room-in-defenders-beyond-3/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=COMICSXF |language=en-US}}</ref> As the issue begins, [[Tigra]] narrates:<ref name=":0" />


In ''New X-Men'' #138, as the character of [[Quentin Quire]] dies and ascends into a higher dimension, he says "...I'm streaming...going away...into the bigger rooms..outside rooms bigger than the whole world."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morrison |first=Grant |title=New X-Men #138 |last2=Quitely |first2=Frank |date=March 19, 2003 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref> The White Hot Room is finally shown in ''New X-Men'' #154 as an afterlife for the Phoenix and its hosts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=A. David |date=August 11, 2008 |title=Grant Morrison Talks Comics, Magic, Life and Death |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/12855-grant-morrison-talks-comics-magic-life-and-death.html |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Downey |first=Mason |date=June 6, 2019 |title=X-Men: Dark Phoenix: The (Way Too Complicated) History Of Jean Grey |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/x-men-dark-phoenix-the-way-too-complicated-history/1100-6467355/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[GameSpot]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In ''[[X-Men: Phoenix – Endsong|X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong]]'', the Phoenix returns from the White Hot Room temporarily.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Penagos |first=Ryan |date=June 6, 2019 |title=The Definitive Dark Phoenix Reading Guide: Part Three -- Dark Phoenix Returns |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/the-definitive-dark-phoenix-reading-guide-part-three-dark-phoenix-returns |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref>
{{Quote|text='''Tigra:''' The voice comes louder than thunder. Louder than bombs.


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In ''[[S.W.O.R.D.]]'' vol 2 #1, the mutant circuit known as the Six manage to break into the White Hot Room and bring back a substance they call "Mysterium."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zachary |first=Brandon |date=2021-07-30 |title=Doctor Doom Reveals How the Phoenix is Still the Center of the X-Men's Cosmos |url=https://www.cbr.com/doctor-doom-reveals-mysterium-from-white-hot-room/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> This metal is harder and stronger than [[Adamantium]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Liam |date=2024-02-28 |title=Marvel Just Confirmed Adamantium Is No Longer Its Strongest Metal |url=https://www.looper.com/1528298/marvel-iron-man-mysterium-armor-stronger-than-adamantium/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Looper (website)|Looper]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and has anti-magical properties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Corley |first=Shaun |date=2023-11-05 |title=Doctor Strange Officially Gets His Own Version of Kryptonite |url=https://screenrant.com/doctor-strange-own-version-kryptonite/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref>
'''White Hot Room:''' And I am '''not''' the Phoenix. '''I am the room where the Phoenix is made.'''


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In ''Defenders: Beyond'' #3, the Defenders find themselves in the White Hot Room as Taaia is possessed by the Phoenix.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dodge |first=John |date=2022-10-06 |title=An Unexpected Defender Just Defeated a Classic Cosmic Powerhouse |url=https://www.cbr.com/defenders-beyond-tigra-beats-taaia-phoenix-force-tiger-spirit-marvel/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref> Much like the earlier stories by Claremont, this issue equates the White Hot Room with [[Tiferet|Tiphareth]] of the [[Tree of life (Kabbalah)|Tree of Life]] in Kabbalah.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Charm |first=Karen |last2=Turetsky |first2=Mark |date=2022-10-03 |title=Learn The Hidden Truth Of The White Hot Room In Defenders: Beyond #3 |url=https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/03/learn-the-hidden-truth-of-the-white-hot-room-in-defenders-beyond-3/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ComicsXF |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Tigra:''' And I'm falling and I'm burning and her voice is the loudest ''music''...}}


After the 2023 [[Hellfire Gala]], the majority of Krakoa's population (around 250,000 mutants) were exiled through Krakoan gates into a vast and seeming endless desert, as revealed in ''Immortal X-Men'' #14. In ''Immortal X-Men'' #16, it's revealed this desert is actually the White Hot Room and Jean, recently murdered by [[Moira MacTaggert]] at the Hellfire Gala, has been resurrected there, but is amnesiac and disoriented due to the large number of mutants who now reside inside it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=2023-10-08 |title=Immortal X-Men Reveals Where the Missing Krakoan Mutants Are Trapped |url=https://www.cbr.com/immortal-x-men-reveals-missing-krakoan-mutants-trapped/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlesinger |first=Alex |date=2023-10-18 |title=X-Men's Jean Grey Is Lost Within The Power Of The Phoenix |url=https://screenrant.com/x-men-jean-grey-hope-phoenix-force-white-hot-room/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shayo |first=Lukas |date=2023-11-22 |title=Immortal X-Men #17 review |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/22/immortal-x-men-17-review/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}}</ref> After the [[Mister Sinister|Sinister]] clone Mother Righteous stabs Jean again in the center of the White Hot Room, both the Phoenix and the White Hot Room begin to die.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |title=Immortal X-Men #18 |last2=Ryp |first2=Juan Jose |date=December 27, 2023 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=June 12, 2024 |title=The Krakoan Age: Year 5 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/krakoan-age-era-year-5-recap-summary |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref> At the end of ''Rise of the Powers of X'' #5, after the Phoenix is resurrected, it's revealed that the White Hot Room was restored in a new form and that "it's presently inaccessible by all known methods. What this means for Mysterium that was mined from there is still being explored."<ref name=":1" /> While many mutants were able to get back to Earth to fight Orchis, a large number of them still remained in the White Hot Room and ''X-Men'' vol. 6 #35 showed that this New Krakoa flourished, returning to Earth after a subjective number of years and then returning to the White Hot Room.<ref name=":2" />
After ''X-Men: [[Hellfire Gala]] 2023'', during the [[Fall of X]] crossover, the majority of [[Krakoa]]'s population (around 250,000 mutants) were exiled through Krakoan gates into a vast and seeming endless desert; in ''Immortal X-Men'' #16, this desert is revealed to be the White Hot Room.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=2023-10-08 |title=Immortal X-Men Reveals Where the Missing Krakoan Mutants Are Trapped |url=https://www.cbr.com/immortal-x-men-reveals-missing-krakoan-mutants-trapped/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlesinger |first=Alex |date=2023-10-18 |title=X-Men's Jean Grey Is Lost Within The Power Of The Phoenix |url=https://screenrant.com/x-men-jean-grey-hope-phoenix-force-white-hot-room/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Screen Rant]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Shayo |first=Lukas |date=2023-11-22 |title=Immortal X-Men #17 review |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/22/immortal-x-men-17-review/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=AIPT Comics |language=en-us}}</ref> After the [[Mister Sinister]] clone Mother Righteous stabs Jean in the center of the White Hot Room, both the Phoenix and the White Hot Room began to die.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gillen |first=Kieron |title=Immortal X-Men #18 |last2=Ryp |first2=Juan Jose |date=December 27, 2023 |publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Turetsky |first=Mark |last2=Gorton |first2=Austin |date=2023-11-27 |title=No one else was in the White Hot Room where it happened in Immortal X-Men #17 |url=https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/27/immortal-xmen-17/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ComicsXF |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=June 12, 2024 |title=The Krakoan Age: Year 5 |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/krakoan-age-era-year-5-recap-summary |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Mark |date=2024-04-25 |title=Charles Xavier is a Traitor as the Dead Rise in X-Men: Rise of the Powers of X |url=https://bamsmackpow.com/posts/charles-xavier-is-a-traitor-as-the-dead-rise-in-x-men-rise-of-the-powers-of-x-01hw7p4fj25j |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[FanSided|Bam Smack Pow]] |language=en-us}}</ref> At the end of ''Rise of the Powers of X'' #5, both the Phoenix and the White Hot Room were restored.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Outlaw |first=Kofi |date=2024-05-29 |title=Marvel Officially Ends The X-Men's Divisive "Krakoa Era" |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-x-men-krakoa-era-ending-explained-fall-x/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schedeen |first=Jesse |date=2024-05-30 |title=Rise of the Powers of X Finale: This Is How the X-Men's Krakoan Age Ends |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/x-men-krakoa-era-ending-explained-powers-of-x |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Cowsill |first=Alan |title=Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition |last2=Scott |first2=Melanie |last3=Hill |first3=James |date=October 8, 2024 |publisher=[[DK Publishing]] |isbn=9780593960523 |language=en}}</ref> The finale of the [[Krakoan Age]] ''X-Men'' #35 revealed that while many mutants were able to get back to Earth to fight Orchis, a large number of them still remained in the White Hot Room and this "New Krakoa" flourished, returning to Earth after fifteen years before going back to the White Hot Room.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Outlaw |first=Kofi |date=2024-06-07 |title=Marvel Reveals the Final Fate of Krakoa & X-Men's New Status Quo Before Reboot |url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-x-men-krakoa-ending-reboot-explained-comic-final-issue/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[ComicBook.com]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lapin-Bertone |first=Joshua |date=2024-06-05 |title=Marvel: X-Men Krakoa Era ending explained from X-Men #35 / Uncanny X-Men #700 |url=https://www.thepopverse.com/marvel-x-men-35-uncanny-700-krakoa-era-ending-explained |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[Popverse]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=2024-06-10 |title=How X-Men #700 Ends the Krakoa Era and Sets Up the New X-Men Status Quo |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/comics/marvel-comics/krakoa-x-men-how-did-it-end/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pope |first=Bethany W. |date=2024-06-06 |title=Uncanny X-Men #700: Radiant, With Open Arms |url=https://comic-watch.com/comic-book-reviews/uncanny-x-men-700-radiant-with-open-arms |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Comic Watch |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reck |first=Adam |last2=Peppard |first2=Anna |last3=Thornley |first3=Tony |last4=Redmond |first4=Scott |last5=Turetsky |first5=Mark |last6=Lykke |first6=Rasmus Skov |last7=Murray |first7=Jake |date=2024-06-05 |title=Krakoa waves goodbye, and all that's left are Ashes in X-Men #35/Uncanny #700 |url=https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/05/xmen-35/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=ComicsXF |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Beat Staff |first= |date=2024-06-05 |title=The Marvel Rundown: The Krakoan Age Ends in our UNCANNY X-MEN 700 Roundtable |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/the-marvel-rundown-uncanny-x-men-700-roundtable/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[ComicsBeat]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Mark |date=2024-06-05 |title=Uncanny X-Men 700 officially ends Marvel's Krakoan Age... sort of |url=https://bamsmackpow.com/posts/marvel-uncanny-x-men-700-krakoan-age-end-explained-01hzkr6jsz1r |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=[[FanSided|Bam Smack Pow]] |language=en-us}}</ref>


== In other media ==
==Notes==
The White Hot Room appears as a playable card in ''[[Marvel Snap]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nichols |first=Jake |date=2023-07-04 |title=Everything in Marvel Snap Rise of the Phoenix update: Jean Grey, Legion, more |url=https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/everything-in-marvel-snap-rise-of-the-phoenix-update-2198284/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=[[Dexerto]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Steel |first=Tom |date=2023-07-08 |title=Every New Marvel Snap Card & Location In The Rise Of The Phoenix Season |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-snap-rise-of-the-phoenix-new-cards/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=[[Comic Book Resources]] |language=en}}</ref> It was released as part of the "Rise of the Phoenix" update.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hashimoto |first=Marika |date=July 5, 2023 |title=MARVEL SNAP's New Season Takes Flight with Rise of the Phoenix |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/games/marvel-snaps-new-season-takes-flight-with-rise-of-the-phoenix |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=[[Marvel.com]]}}</ref>
It's stated in ''Dead X-Men'' that the White Hot Room is both outside the Multiverse, but also within the M'kraan Crystal.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Webber |first=Tim |date=February 2, 2024 |title=What You Need to Know for 'Dead X-Men' |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/dead-x-men-explained-what-you-need-to-know |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}</ref> As something outside of the Multiverse, it's also considered to be a part of "the Mystery," beyond the Far Shore. This includes places like the Beyond (home of the [[Beyonders]]), the Land of Couldn't-Be-Shouldn't-Be, and the House of Ideas.<ref name=":3" />


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 13:40, 7 January 2025

White Hot Room
The White Hot Room and all the Phoenix hosts from New X-Men #154, art by Marc Silvestri, words by Grant Morrison.
First appearanceClassic X-Men #8
(January 1987)
New X-Men #154
(March 2004)
PublisherMarvel Comics
CreatorsChris Claremont
John Bolton
Grant Morrison
Marc Silvestri

The White Hot Room (or the White-Hot Room) is a fictional dimension appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is the home of the Phoenix Force and where Phoenix hosts go after they die.[1] It exists outside of the Multiverse, but also within the M'kraan Crystal.[2] It has been called "the epicenter of creation and rebirth."[3]

The White Hot Room first appeared, retroactively, in the backup story for Classic X-Men #8 by Chris Claremont and John Bolton. It was established and named in New X-Men #154 by Grant Morrison and Marc Silvestri.

Description

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The White Hot Room can appear as an endless white void, but it has also appeared in other forms, too. In the backup story for Classic X-Men #43, by Chris Claremont and Mike Collins, the Room appeared as a large tower being constructed in space, with the construction worker identified by Jean Grey as Death.[4] In Defenders: Beyond #3, by Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez, it appears the white void, the tower, a dark cave lit by a single fire, a snowy landscape, and an endless expanse of desert.[5] This desert reappears in Immortal X-Men #14, by Kieron Gillen and Lucas Werneck, where it's eventually revealed to be the White Hot Room.[6]

In New X-Men #54, it was shown to be the home of all of the hosts of the Phoenix Force, past, present, and future.[7] In Jean Grey #11, by Dennis Hallum, Victor Ibanez, and Alberto Jiménez Alburquerque, the Phoenix states that is "a nexus between all Phoenix hosts and our eternal flame. A place of rest and contemplation. Home to every being with whom I've merged. Every Phoenix host leaves a piece of itself here with me."[8]

History

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In Classic X-Men #8, a series that reprinted classic X-Men stories with original backups that often "filled in" moments of continuity, Jean Grey, while dying of radiation during X-Men #100, finds herself in a blinding white void where she first encounters the Phoenix.[9] Even though this white void remained unnamed until New X-Men #154, it is technically the first appearance of the White Hot Room.[10] In Classic X-Men #43, after dying, Jean Grey finds herself in the White Hot Room again, alongside an aspect of Death.[11][12]

In New X-Men #138, as the character of Quentin Quire dies and ascends into a higher dimension, he says "...I'm streaming...going away...into the bigger rooms..outside rooms bigger than the whole world."[13] The White Hot Room is finally shown in New X-Men #154 as an afterlife for the Phoenix and its hosts.[14][15] In X-Men: Phoenix - Endsong, the Phoenix returns from the White Hot Room temporarily.[16]

In S.W.O.R.D. vol 2 #1, the mutant circuit known as the Six manage to break into the White Hot Room and bring back a substance they call "Mysterium."[17] This metal is harder and stronger than Adamantium[18] and has anti-magical properties.[19]

In Defenders: Beyond #3, the Defenders find themselves in the White Hot Room as Taaia is possessed by the Phoenix.[20] Much like the earlier stories by Claremont, this issue equates the White Hot Room with Tiphareth of the Tree of Life in Kabbalah.[21]

After X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023, during the Fall of X crossover, the majority of Krakoa's population (around 250,000 mutants) were exiled through Krakoan gates into a vast and seeming endless desert; in Immortal X-Men #16, this desert is revealed to be the White Hot Room.[22][23][24] After the Mister Sinister clone Mother Righteous stabs Jean in the center of the White Hot Room, both the Phoenix and the White Hot Room began to die.[25][26][27][28] At the end of Rise of the Powers of X #5, both the Phoenix and the White Hot Room were restored.[29][30][31] The finale of the Krakoan Age X-Men #35 revealed that while many mutants were able to get back to Earth to fight Orchis, a large number of them still remained in the White Hot Room and this "New Krakoa" flourished, returning to Earth after fifteen years before going back to the White Hot Room.[27][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]

In other media

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The White Hot Room appears as a playable card in Marvel Snap.[39][40] It was released as part of the "Rise of the Phoenix" update.[41]

References

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