COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 277 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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3971961002
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Owner:
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Colossus Keck
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"Free Charley"
Chris Claremont (writer), Jim Lee (penciler), Scott Williams (inker), Joe Rosas (colors), Tom Orzechowski (letters), Bob Harras (editor), Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
Brief Description:
The X-Men fight the Starjammers, who turn out to be Warskrulls in disguise. From inside their ship, Gambit helps his friends, while Lila Cheney and Deathbird discover the Warskrulls matrix chamber, where all captives are held in some strange techno-organic net. The real Xavier mentally guides Lila to teleport the rest of the X-Men into that chamber as well and a big fight starts. At first the X-Men (Storm, Forge, Banshee, Gambit) seem to hold their ground against Gladiator and the Skrull versions of Wolverine, Psylocke and Jubilee, but the fake Xavier then attacks them with his telepathy. However the matrix control was damaged in the fight, allowing the real Xavier to free himself, and in direct battle, the original proves to be better than the copy. With their leader’s defeat all Warskrulls decompose. Xavier explains that after his capture, he was sending out psychic S.O.S. calls and surprisingly found a sympathitic soul in Deathbird. It was him who subconsciously influenced her to get Lila Cheney and the X-Men to help. Lilandra wants to talk with her sister about the throne, but Deathbird says that she no longer wants it, in fact she came to hate the daily duties of monitoring the huge Empire, and she leaves. The X-Men inform Xavier of how they fared in his absence and of Moira’s strange behavior and he understands that the Shadow King is back. He says goodbye to his love Lilandra and decides to go back to Earth with the X-Men. Meanwhile in Salem Center, Stevie Hunter is attacked by Colossus, who already is under the Shadow King’s control.
Characters Involved:
Banshee, Forge, Gambit, Jubilee, Psylocke, Storm, Wolverine, Professor Charles Xavier (all X-Men)
Colossus (former X-Man)
Lila Cheney
Stevie Hunter, X-Men ally
Deathbird
Shi'Ar Empress Lilandra Neramani
Ch'od, Corsair, Hepzibah, Raza (all Starjammers)
Gladiator, Oracle (both Imperial Guards)
Warskrulls, posing as Xavier, various X-Men and the Starjammers
Shadow King
Story Notes:
Xavier and the Shadow King first met each other in a flashback of Uncanny X-Men #117. Back then Xavier eventually defeated the King by imprisoning him into the astral plane, a place that only telepaths can enter. The King has now escaped that area, the upcoming Muir Island Saga explains how.
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