Casey's Maximum Mutants
X-Men Annual 12

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: X-Men Annual #12 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Certification #: 0044642009
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 Evolutionary War: Resurrection” (1st story). “I Want My X-Men!” (2nd story). “Demon Night” (3rd story). <br /><br />1st story: Storm suddenly flies away one night, leaving her teammates behind in the Australian Outback. They discover she is heading for the Savage Land, and depart their hideout in order to meet her there. Gateway transports the X-Men to the Savage Land, but when they arrive they find it in ruins. Meanwhile, the High Evolutionary wanders through the land's wasted remains as well and is attacked by a large robot named Terminus. The X-Men intervene and save the High Evolutionary's life, but have trouble damaging Terminus. Rogue and Storm arrive and get the team to safety while burying Terminus under an avalanche. Reunited, the team asks the High Evolutionary about the Savage Land. He explains he has means to restore it, and invites Havok to visit his lab. Longshot wanders off by himself and falls into trans-dimensional portal. While Storm, Psylocke and Rogue examine the buried Terminus, Wolverine, Dazzler and Colossus try to find Longshot. Dazzler freaks out when Wolverine falls into the same portal, but Storm senses her panic and arrives, explaining that the portal leads to a friendly realm. Just then, a large flying dog emerges from the portal bearing battleship on its back. Its name is C'Jime, and it carries on its back Storm's friend M'Rin, Longshot, Wolverine, and all the survivors of the Savage Land. At that same moment, Terminus wakes up and tries to kill Psylocke and Rogue. The X-Men counterattack with C'Jime and the Savage Landers and eventually defeat Terminus. They discover that the supposedly dead Garokk is the robot's operator. Garokk snaps out of a trance and sees what has happened to the Savage Land. Distraught, he turns to the High Evolutionary for answers, who explains that he can restore the Savage Land with Garokk's help. The High Evolutionary uses Garokk as a catalyst to resurrect the Savage Land, a procedure which disperses Garokk's spirit throughout the land. The X-Men commend his noble sacrifice and return home after saying goodbye to their friends. <br /><br />2nd story: The death of the X-Men has been disastrous for Mojo's TV ratings. He turns to his creative team for help, who suggest simply finding a replacement team of X-Men. Mojo begins casting, but all the teams that try out are merely quirky variations on the X-Men theme. Mojo has them all killed after auditioning. Finally, the X-Babies audition for the show. Mojo wants these infant versions of the X-Men killed too, but they fight back before he can eliminate them. They take on some soldiers and free Mojo's prisoner, Ricochet Rita. Mojo surrounds them all and is about to have them sent away for extensive torture when his assistant informs him that the X-Babies have garnered Mojo's highest ratings ever. He changes his mind and embraces the team, all of whom are disgusted. Wolverine slips out of Mojo's grasp and stabs him in the butt, setting his teammates free. <br /><br />3rd story: The High Evolutionary and Jonathan Drew prepare some knights for an upcoming battle at the Citadel of Wundagore. Jonathan once again explains that he currently shares his body with the spirit of a sixth-century wizard named Magnus, but the High Evolutionary, being a strict materialist scientist, rejects this notion. Outside of their citadel, a pregnant gypsy woman wanders around, eventually approaching the structure. She collapses at the sight of a goat-headed man and is taken to the fortress' infirmary. After the High Evolutionary and Magnus visit the woman, the citadel comes under attack by the demon Chthon. Magnus abandons Jonathon's body and tries to put a stop to the attack while the High Evolutionary heads into battle. He and his knights have difficulty harming the attacking demon. Magnus saves the day by finding the traitor who beckons the demon. He commandeers the man's body and stops the invasion, but is attacked by Chthon as a result. Chthon reaches out in this moment and touches the mind of one of the gypsy woman's newborn twins, who will grow up to become the Scarlet Witch.
 
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