COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 287 Signature
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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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4133808002
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Owner:
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Colossus Keck
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Story Title:
Bishop to King’s Five!
Staff:
Jim Lee (Plot), Scott Lobdell (Script), John Romita Jr. (Pencils), Scott Williams with assistance from Ivy, Sienkiewicz, Panosian and Wiacek (Inks), Tom Orzechowski (Letters), Going/Rosas (Colors), Bob Harras (Editor), Tom DeFalco (Editor in Chief)
Brief Description:
Bishop, Malcolm and Randall attack the last group of criminals in a New York City nightclub, where they kill most of them. The tide of the battle shifts and the criminals kill Malcolm and Randall in an explosion that also kills almost all of the surviving bad guys, except for two. Bishop is about to avenge Malcolm and Randall’s death, when the X-Men arrive. Bishop shoots at Storm but is actually aiming for the killer behind her. The team mistakes Bishop’s shots as hostility and attack him, which leads to Bishop being impaled. While the X-Men discover the truth, Bishop runs after the last criminal, Styglut, only to pass out in an alley. While unconscious, Bishop dreams about the events preceding this in his own time, when he and the others captured Fitzroy in the sewers. They discovered a recording by Jean Grey in the sewers, proving that the X-Men were killed by one of their own. Bishop contacted the Witness, who reportedly was the last to see the X-Men alive, but the man refused to help. Fitzroy escaped from prison and took an army of criminals to the past. Bishop, Malcolm and Randall followed. Bishop wakes up in the infirmary, convinced that these are the real X-Men. Xavier speaks with Bishop and, moments later, surprises the team by making Bishop the newest X-Man.
Characters Involved:
Archangel, Colossus, Iceman, Jean Grey, Professor Xavier, Storm (X-Men)
Forge (X-Men ally)
Bishop, Malcolm, Randall (X.S.E.)
Styglut and various other criminals
Cameraman
reporter
various civilians
In future:
Bishop, Malcolm, Randall, various officers (all X.S.E.)
Fitzroy
The Witness, Shackle
On monitor:
Jean Grey
Voice of mysterious attacker
Story Notes:
Bishop, Malcolm and Randall arrived in this time period in Uncanny X-Men #282-283.
Mikhail Rasputin is Colossus’ long lost brother, who returned in Uncanny X-Men #284-286.
The traitor who killed the X-Men will not be revealed until X-Men: Onslaught, during the Onslaught company wide crossover. The traitor is revealed to be Charles Xavier, whose mind was corrupted by the evil of Magneto, after he turned off the man’s mind in the Fatal Attractions crossover. For more information regarding the “traitor tape,” visit this page of the Bishop Timeline.
Though it is made to look as if the Witness is Gambit, it won’t be revealed until many years later in Gambit and Bishop #1-6, that the present day Gambit is not the Witness.
Bishop’s training with the X.S.E. can be found in X.S.E. #1-4.
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