COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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X-Men 126 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1002622049
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
October 1979
"How Sharper Than a serpent’s Tooth…!"
Chris Claremont - Plotter, Scripter
John Byrne - Penciler
Terry Austin - Inker
Tom Orzechowski - Letterer
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Roger Stern - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
The X-Men take the Blackbird to Muir Island to investigate strange goings-on there. Upon their arrival, everyone takes off in different directions, with Nightcrawler and Colossus both entering the research facility. Kurt finds the mummified body of Angus MacWhirter, but also finds that Lorna is okay. Cyclops heads off to find Jean, and is assisted by Storm, who carries him to the lab. Nightcrawler moves through the building in pitch darkness, as all the fuses have blown. Out of nowhere, Havok blasts at him, missing by inches. He orders the intruder into the open and, as Kurt prepares to slip away, Colossus grabs Havok and explains that the X-Men are alive and well, and there to help. Scott discovers Jean, who is also okay, and the team moves to Moira’s house for a meeting. Jamie Madrox explains that Lorna had attacked Mutant X and blown the lights, but their foe had taken one of his dupes, which literally tore the soul out of Jamie. Logan wants to go after Mutant X immediately, but Cyclops wishes to know more about him. Moira reluctantly explains that the man they’re after, is her son. One of his weaknesses is metal. The X-Men head to Stornoway on Mutant X’s trail. He has discarded the Madrox dupe body and replaced it with a local named Ferdie Duncan. As the X-Men then search the mainland of Scotland for him, Mastermind once again plays with Jean’s mind, this time making her believe she is on a stag hunt. When faced with a man in stag’s clothing, surrounded by dogs, she comes back to reality and sees Ferdie Duncan’s body. Logan, using his animal tracking senses, discovers Mutant X disguised as a police officer and tackles him. Mutant X senses the metal inside Wolverine and, despite this being the one thing that can harm him, he proceeds to toy with both Logan and Nightcrawler, twisting reality around them. They enter a surreal world with nothing to latch onto to keep them sane, and their torment is only broken when Storm attacks. She creates a hurricane to try to drop Mutant X, now calling himself Proteus, and both Kurt and Logan find they are helpless to assist her, as Proteus moves in for the kill.
Notes:
- The Audrey II was presumably named after the man-eating plant in the 1960 movie Little Shop of Horrors, the remake of which came out in 1986.
- Banshee’s sonic scream was crippled in X-Men (1st series) #119 during a battle with Moses Magnum.
- Hampton Court maze is at Hampton Court Palace, England. It has been there, in some form or another, since 1690.
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