COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 280 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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3846753004
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Owner:
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Colossus Keck
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Story Title:
One Step Back - - Two Steps Forward
Staff:
Fabian Nicieza (writer), Andy Kubert with Steven Butler (pencilers), Inks R us (Inkers), Joe Rosas (colorist), Tom Orzechowski (letterer), Bob Harras (editor), Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
Brief Description:
Xavier and two SHIELD agents arrive on Muir Island, and find Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Iceman, Beast, Banshee, Rogue, Colossus, Archangel and Forge the prisoners of the Shadow King, who has taken over the body of Legion, Xavier’s son. The SHIELD agents are killed, while Colonel Vashkin prepares nuclear weapons to be dropped on Muir Island if no one can stop the Shadow King. Xavier battles the Shadow King, trying to reach out to his son, when Storm arrives, aiding Xavier. The Shadow King heads into the underground part of the Muir Island complex, releasing everyone from psychic prison. The Shadow King taunts Polaris, his nexus, before ordering the members of the X-Men and Muir Island X-Men under his control - Psylocke, Gambit, Jubilee, Moira MacTaggert, Madrox, Siryn and Guido - to find the others and kill them. Jean helps the Professor prepare to enter the astral plane to do battle with the Shadow King, while Cyclops, Storm, Colossus and Archangel remain with her to protect the Professor, and Wolverine, Iceman, Beast, Banshee, Rogue and Forge go to find Polaris. In battle with the Shadow King, Xavier’s body begins to break as the powerful Shadow King continues to taunt him. Wolverine and the others do battle with their friends possessed by the Shadow King, while Jean and her group arrive in the astral plane to help the Professor. Banshee is reunited with Moira, and after she is freed from the Shadow King’s grip, Moira cries. Forge shoves Psylocke’s psychic-knife into Polaris’ mind, thus breaking the Shadow King’s nexus, and freeing Polaris from his control. The Shadow King is defeated just before Legion was about to destroy Xavier’s physical body. The Professor can no longer walk, his back shattered, while Polaris has returned to her regular size.
Characters Involved:
Banshee, Forge, Gambit, Jubilee, Psylocke, Storm, Wolverine, Professor X (all X-Men)
Colossus, Rogue (former X-Men)
Archangel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl (all X-Factor)
Legion III, Dr. Moira MacTaggert, Multiple Man, Polaris, Siryn (all Muir Island X-Men)
Guido
Mystique
Shadow King
Colonel Vashkin
Agents DeMarco & Heacock
Story Notes:
This is part four of the “Muir Island Saga”, it follows X-Factor (1st series) #69, and is followed by an epilogue in X-Factor (1st series) #70.
Muir Island exploded in X-Factor (1st series) #69.
Error: Colossus is shown in amongst those imprisoned by Legion on page 3, however he was not shown going on to Muir Island with X-Factor in X-Factor (1st series) #69.
Mystique was revealed to be disguised as Valerie Cooper in X-Factor (1st series) #69.
Storm was left for dead in Uncanny X-Men #278.
Artistic errors occur in the costumes that Siryn and Moira MacTaggert are wearing this issue - Siryn appears in the standard X-Men costume, and Moira in a brown, blue and red costume, however Siryn had stopped wearing the standard X-Men costume, and donned her own green and yellow costume [as seen in Uncanny X-Men #278 and X-Factor (1st series) #69], and although Moira had been wearing a myriad of costumes lately, in X-Factor (1st series) #69, she was wearing a relatively plain blue spandex costume.
Polaris’ form increased when she received her new powers in Uncanny X-Men #250.
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