COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 240 Modern
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3824616004
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Owner:
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Colossus Keck
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Chris Claremont (writer), Marc Silvestri (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Glynis Oliver (colorist), Tom Orzechowski (letterer), Bob Harras (editor), Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
Brief Description:
In Manhattan, Havok and Madelyne Pryor spend a romantic evening as the only patrons at a high-rise restaurant, seemingly unaware of the strange goings-on in the city below. Some scientists interrupt their evening, with equipment to analyze the apparently increasing in size Empire State Building, but they are ushered away and eaten by demons in the elevator. Madelyne however is aware of what is transpiring - including the trouble with the Empire State Building. They return to Australia via Gateway’s teleportation, but Madelyne departs almost immediately after Havok wants to continue their date. She is teleported to Bard College and mysterious powers destroys Jean Grey’s headstone at the cemetery, before Jean’s shocked parents, who wonder if Madelyne is Jean - before she turns them into demons. N’astirh appears and takes Madelyne to Nebraska, to what he calls an “orphan-age”, where she finds strange capsules with a connection to her. However, the surprises continue when Mr Sinister appears, informing Madelyne that she can call him “father”. In Australia, Dazzler is annoyed to find Rogue spending time with Longshot, and calls him her property, which annoys Longshot. Dazzler and Rogue fight, with the battle ending when Rogue is knocked into one of the X-Men’s rooms, where Colossus was painting a portrait of Psylocke. Havok is using the computer system and finds that Madelyne has made some adjustments to it, as the computer has finally located the Marauders - in the Alley - the former home of the Morlocks. At that moment, the Marauders are settling in to the Alley, but the X-Men soon arrive and a battle ensues. Both teams hold their own, until Malice / Polarise uses Colossus to break through the roof of the tunnel into the city above. Some of the Marauders and X-Men escape to the city - only to find it somehow transformed!
Characters Involved:
Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine (all X-Men)
Madelyne Pryor-Summers
Elaine & John Grey
Gateway
Mr Sinister
Arclight, Blockbuster, Harpoon, Malice IV / Polaris, Prism, Riptide, Sabretooth, Scalphunter, Scrambler, Vertigo (all Marauders)
N’astirh
Dr Martin, Dr Milan, Dr Snodgrass
Waiter and orchestra at the Rainbow Room
Various demons
Early Madelyne clones
Civilians
In Madelyne’s Memory:
Cyclops & Madelyne Pryor
Celebrant
Story Notes:
Inferno - first part (only the Uncanny X-Men books are numbered 1st – 4th part, the other comics of the crossover aren’t).
The Marauders slaughtered the Morlocks in the Alley during the “Mutant Massacre”.
Madelyne saw the crèche in Genosha in Uncanny X-Men #238.
The proverbial cat that Riptide mentions was of course curious – which led to its death.
The reader is not shown what has happened to the city, only the X-Men and Marauder reactions to it.
During Madelyne’s and Havok’s date Madelyine’s black dress changes to a different style in every panel – without Havok noticing.
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