NXM #118, 154] Why did the Stepford Cuckoos look like Emma Frost, and what was their relation as students at Xaviers and agents of Weapon Plus?
Mystery: When the Xavier Institute opened its doors as a full fledged school to the public, among their students were five young girls called the Stepford Cuckoos who all looked alike and shared a telepathic hive mind. However, aside from looking like each other, they also bared a striking resemblance to Emma Frost. While the X-Men didnt really mind much, readers easily caught on to this and speculated what this was about. Much later, 150 years in the future to be exact, the three surviving Cuckoos found themselves in a dire situation. Activating a self destruction code, they revealed themselves to be Units 1, 3, and 4 of Weapon XIV. Resolution: Fans have always speculated on the Cuckoos origins and from the beginning the majority had decided that they were clones. However, the whys and hows were never deduced. In Phoenix: Warsong #1-5 the truth was finally revealed. John Sublime of the Weapon Plus program stole into Xaviers mansion at a time in which Emma Frost was in a coma. He harve
