COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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X-Men Annual 12 Signature
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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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4284053001
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Owner:
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Colossus Keck
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Chris Claremont (writer), Arthur Adams (penciler), Bob Wiacek (inker), Glynis Oliver (colorist), Tom Orzechowski (letterer), Bob Harras (editor), Tom DeFalco (chief)
Brief Description:
Storm suddenly flies away one night, leaving her teammates behind in the Australian Outback. They discover she is heading for the Savage Land, and depart their hideout in order to meet her there. Gateway transports the X-Men to the Savage Land, but when they arrive they find it in ruins. Meanwhile, the High Evolutionary wanders through the land's wasted remains as well and is attacked by a large robot named Terminus. The X-Men intervene and save the High Evolutionary's life, but have trouble damaging Terminus. Rogue and Storm arrive and get the team to safety while burying Terminus under an avalanche. Reunited, the team asks the High Evolutionary about the Savage Land. He explains he has means to restore it, and invites Havok to visit his lab. Longshot wanders off by himself and falls into trans-dimensional portal. While Storm, Psylocke and Rogue examine the buried Terminus, Wolverine, Dazzler and Colossus try to find Longshot. Dazzler freaks out when Wolverine falls into the same portal, but Storm senses her panic and arrives, explaining that the portal leads to a friendly realm. Just then, a large flying dog emerges from the portal bearing battleship on its back. Its name is C'Jime, and it carries on its back Storm's friend M'Rin, Longshot, Wolverine, and all the survivors of the Savage Land. At that same moment, Terminus wakes up and tries to kill Psylocke and Rogue. The X-Men counterattack with C'Jime and the Savage Landers and eventually defeat Terminus. They discover that the supposedly dead Garokk is the robot's operator. Garokk snaps out of a trance and sees what has happened to the Savage Land. Distraught, he turns to the High Evolutionary for answers, who explains that he can restore the Savage Land with Garokk's help. The High Evolutionary uses Garokk as a catalyst to resurrect the Savage Land, a procedure which disperses Garokk's spirit throughout the land. The X-Men commend his noble sacrifice and return home after saying goodbye to their friends.
Characters Involved:
Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine (all X-Men)
Madelyne Pryor
The High Evolutionary
Zaladane
Garokk
Various Mutates
M'Rin
Nereel
Peter (Nereel's son)
C'Jime (warhound)
Ka-Zar
Shanna
Story Notes:
This story takes place between Uncanny X-Men #234 and 235.
Colossus, Storm and Wolverine all visited the Savage Land in Uncanny X-Men #114-116. While there, the team had their first encounters with Zaladane and Garokk.
Storm failed to save Garokk from a lethal fall in Uncanny X-Men #116. The X-Men encountered Garokk again in Magneto's abandoned volcano lair beneath the Antarctic in Uncanny X-Men #149, where he once again fell to his supposed death.
The Savage Land storyline from Uncanny X-Men #114-116 was later expanded upon in the series Classic X-Men. In Classic X-Men #21, Colossus makes love to Nereel off-panel. Classix X-Men #22 contains the storyline in which Storm meets M'Rin and C'Jime, and visits their home world.
Havok's comment that Zaladane looks familiar probably relates to the fact that she is possibly the sister of his former lover, Lorna Dane.
Prometheus was a Titan from Greek mythology. He stole fire from the Zeus and gave it to the humans, drastically advancing their development. Zeus punished Prometheus for this transgression by chaining him to a rock, where he was continually tortured by vultures.
The Savage Land was destroyed in Avengers # 257.
Madelyne Pryor created the eight-point star symbol in Uncanny X-Men #232. The symbol was supposed to serve as the team's calling card. The star shape was supposed to represent justice, and its points the eight X-Men. However the symbol was rarely used after its inception, and this issue represents one of its only appearances.
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