COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 242 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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3955359002
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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:
Wolverine kisses Marvel Girl to ensure she actually is Jean Grey. Jean pushes him away, annoyed, but still very attracted to him. X-Factor try to apprehend Madelyne Pryor, who has reverted to her human form. The X-Men however come to Madelyne’s defense, and attack X-Factor, also annoyed at their former teammates and their apparent mutant hunter tactics. Dazzler and Longshot have fallen under the Goblyn Queen’s spell, and are not helpful to anyone, while Havok challenges his brother, Cyclops, accusing him of abandoning Madelyne. N’astirh arrives, and sends Madelye’s pet demons after Jean. Jean is shocked to learn that the demons are her parents, while N’astirh collects Madelyne and escapes - Havok however joins them. X-Factor are upset about the X-Men’s anger toward them, while Havok, Madelyne and N’astirh arrive at the fully transformed Empire State Building. Colossus sees his friends enter the building and begins to scale the Empire State Building to find them. The X-Men and X-Factor continue to battle, except for Storm, who watches the Empire State Building and sees a butte form, she remembers it from the other dimension where she and Forge were banished by his Adversary. With Havok transformed into Madelyne’s Goblyn Prince, Madelyne creates the altar atop the Empire State Building where she plans to sacrifice her son. Jean learns of this, before she and Storm are happily reunited after much time apart. Together they attack N’astirh, but with limited success, only for Rogue to do some damage against the uber-demon. Colossus arrives at the altar, but doesn’t stand a chance against Madelyne, as Havok blows him away. Iceman rescues Colossus, and the heroes regroup, as Psylocke uses her powers to amplify, through Jean, the X-Men’s battle against the Magus, which gives Beast an idea of how to stop N’astirh. The X-Men and X-Factor unite, with each hero doing their part. Iceman however is instrumental in the plan, as he freezes the entire Empire State Building in its demonic increased size. N’astirh is trapped in the ice, and the combined forces of Storm, Cyclops, Dazzler and Colossus seemingly destroys N’astirh. The heroes debate Charles Xavier’s dream, before Madelyne and Havok reappear - and capture Jean Grey!
Characters Involved:
Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine (all X-Men)
Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl (all X-Factor)
Nathan Christopher Summers
Elaine & John Grey (transformed into demons)
Madelyne Pryor-Summers / Goblyn Queen
N’astirh
Various demons
Various civilians
In Storm’s memory:
Storm & Forge
Story Notes:
Inferno - third part (only the Uncanny X-Men books are numbered 1st – 4th part, the other comics of the crossover aren’t)
Chronology / continuity :
Story continues in X-Factor #38.
Colossus was busy with the New Mutants and his sister in New Mutants #73.
Rogue and Colossus (and Nightcrawler) fough the Magus, a techno-organic being, in Uncanny X-Men #192.
The X-Men supposedly died in Uncanny X-Men #227.
The assassination attempt on Madelyne was off-panel, but took place circa Uncanny X-Men #206. More details are showin in issue #215.
Storm and Forge were exiled by the Adversary in Uncanny X-Men #225-227.
Angel has a grudge against N’astirh thanks to the demon’s part in the death of Angel’s lover, Candy Southern. [X-Factor (1st series) #34-35]
Iceman also froze the Empire State Building in X-Factor (1st series) #27, by means of creating a ice sculpture Christmas tree on top of it.
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