Casey's Maximum Mutants
Uncanny X-Men 450

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Uncanny X-Men #450 Universal
Grade: 9.8
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0627450020
Owner: kc120us

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Casey's Maximum Mutants
Date Added: 2/28/2008
Research: See CGC's Census Report for this Comic

Owner's Description

“The Cruelest Cut” At the Xavier Institute, Kurt Wagner (Nightcrawler) and Rachel Grey (Marvel Girl) complete a Danger Room training session and share a short yet passionate kiss. They are interrupted by Logan (Wolverine) and Ororo Munroe (Storm) who are headed out for a “night on the town.” Meanwhile, on Manhattan’s lower east side, a terrorized girl named Jade Parisi runs through the streets screaming for help. She is brutally attacked by four young men who are promptly and violently dispatched by a clawed mutant seen only in shadow. After killing the four would-be attackers, the silhouetted mutant stares ominously at the hysterical Jade who screams out in fear. In the Xavier institute’s library, Tessa (Sage) shuffles through old photographs as she remembers her days in the Hellfire Club. Her reverie is interrupted by the sound of an argument between Marie D’Ancanto and several mutant students. Sage promptly ends this argument. Logan’s and Ororo’s night on the town is interrupted by a page from the medical examiner in District X’s morgue. The M.E. reports that four slaughtered young men, mutant-bashers, were discovered in District X. The slash marks on the bodies indicate claws very similar to Logan’s. The X-Men also learn that Jade Parisi, daughter of a powerful mob boss is missing and believed kidnapped. Later, outside a night club in District X, the X-Men interrogate an informant for information on Jade. Logan investigates the night club and discovers a young girl with a familiar scent. After a short scuffle, the girl pops two claws from each forearm and stabs Logan through the chest. <br /><br />Rachel was without question enjoying the fight against the Emma Frost pirate-doppelganger. This scenario serves to further develop Rachel’s dislike for Emma. Also interesting to note the doppelganger’s similarity to Scott Summers: one eye (Cyclops), ruby-colored eye (ruby quartz lens) <br /><br />Kurt and Rachel visited several other dimensional worlds as members of Excalibur. The visited pirate world they refer to, where they met Kymri, in Excalibur (1st series) #16 - 17. Interestingly enough, according to X-Men: the End, also written by Claremont, Kurt will eventually marry Kymri. <br />Kurt shared a tender moment and a waltz with Ororo in issues #445 - 446. <br /><br />Marie D’Ancanto tried to bomb a nightclub frequented by mutants, after her family was killed by young mutant thugs in X-treme X-Men. She is now trying to make amends. <br /><br />A young Tessa saved Charles Xavier after he was crippled by his battle with Lucifer as seen in X-treme X-Men #44. <br /><br />In a cute little nod to the movies, Ororo and Logan exit a theatre after having seen The Boy from Oz. Logan comments that the star of the show (Hugh Jackman) reminds him of himself quite a bit.<br />Australian movie star Hugh Jackman has, of course, played Wolverine in the two X-Men movies.<br /> <br />“Wannabees” is a popular night club in District X where humans can dress as mutants and party until they puke. <br /><br />The letters page suggests that the clawed mutant may indeed be X-23, the much hyped “daughter” of Wolverine from the X-Men: Evolution series, although this is not confirmed in the issue itself. <br /><br />In mythology the frenzied followers of Dionysos the Bacchae shown here are a gang allied with underworld god Pluto. They showed up before in Fantastic Four (3rd series) #21, also written by Chris Claremont. <br /><br />
  
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