Uncanny X-Men #64: Guys I Can't Make A Joke About Hiroshima

This one off story introduces Sunfire, a Japanese mutant who can create plasma blasts and heat and use them to fly. He has appeared in NYC and declared war on the Americans. He then flies to the UN where a Japanese diplomat Saburo Yoshida is unveiling a new statue that was gifted to the US from Japan. Sunfire blows it up rants angrily calling Saburo a traitor, and then after a fight with the X-Men flees.

We then learn that Sunfire is the son of Saburo, and that his uncle has been teaching him since he was a young boy to hate America. This is pretty easy as Sunfire's mother died from after-effects of the Hiroshima bomb.

Sunfire attacks the capital, the X-Men go to stop him. Saburo realizes it is his son and stands on the capital dome to stop him from destroying it, Sunfire's uncle shoots Saburo, Sunfire, kills his uncle, and then after his dying father tells him that he needs to let go of his hate and move forward with peace, he renounces his Imperialist ways.

X-tra Notes: This one was pretty good. I liked the general concept of breaking the circle of violence of revenge. Sunfire's motive is understandable and you can really empathize with it.