1994-AUG Excalibur 80 Moira MacTaggert reveals she is infected with the Legacy Virus. Purportedly, she is the first human to be infected.1994-NOV Wolverine 87 Sgt. David North, aka "Maverick" reveals to Wolverine and Gambit that he is in the middle stages of the Legacy Virus.
1995-JAN Unc X-Men 326 Hank McCoy, "The Beast," holds a press conference designed to minimize people's fear of the virus. Guests include Professor Charles Xavier and Renee Majcomb. McCoy remarks that the virus is a systematic breakdown of the DNA in victims, and Professor Xavier adds that to date, "The Beast" has data on only 8 recorded cases, 9 if counting Dr. MacTaggert.
1995-MAR X-Factor 100 A duplicate of Jamie Madrox, aka "The Multiple Man", is killed by Haven. Haven had tried to cure Madrox's dupe, which the team thought was the original Madrox at the time, of the Legacy Virus. For a moment, it seemed she was successful. However, the dupe collapsed, and died.
1995-APR Excalibur 88 Moira MacTaggert explains some of the mechanics of the Legacy Virus to Kurt Wagner:
Moira: "This is the human chromosome--the structure which our genes hang. This particular one contains the "X" gene--the one that makes mutants. This is the legacy virus. At least, this is the basic version we first encountered. Hank McCoy has isolated two other strains, but I'll keep this simple. Originally, it seemed attracted only to mutants and only made it's entry through the "X" gene. It corrupted the "X" gene, and from there began to affect the metabolism, and the control center for mutant abilities. In most cases, the victims were consumed by their own wildly accelerating powers.
Kurt: Mein gott. But surely we are closer to a cure? These holograms are excerpted from those Cyclops and Phoenix reconstructed from the future.
Moira: All this is true. But things have changed, as ye know. This is a baseline human chromosome--see, the mutant gene is clearly missing. However, in this instance, the Legacy Virus is simply bonding onto the chemical branch where the "X" gene would plug in. This is my chromosomal structure. This is what happened to me.
Kurt: Danke, Moira. That makes it all much clearer to me.
Moira: Och, Kurt, I wish it did f'r me. Why would it target a human? Why hasn't it infected more? So many questions and all I hear is the ticking of a time bomb in my genes that'll eat me alive when it blows. Just ticking away, Nightcrawler, ticking away.
1995-JUL X-Force 37 Burke the External revealed to have been killed by the Virus. Absalom survives the final flaring that the Virus brings on
1995-JUL X-Men Prime Trish Tilby, reporter, reports to the world Moira MacTaggert's findings that the Virus is spreading to humans and that she has it.
1995 X-Men Unlim 8 The teenage Chris Bradley revealed to be infected with Legacy Virus.
1996-JAN X-Men 48 Beast has epiphany as Gambit remarks to Cannonball
