COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 243 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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0778115009
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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), Hilary Barta (guest inker), Glynis Oliver (colorist), Joe Rosen (letterer), Bob Harras (editor), Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
Brief Description:
The X-Men and X-Factor are dealing with the aftermath of Madelyne Pryor’s suicide, and have vowed revenge on Mr Sinister. Marvel Girl now has the Phoenix and Madelyne imprinted in her mind, and Psylocke takes Storm, Wolverine, Cyclops and herself into the Astral Plane. They re-live several important events, before seeing an image of their enemy, Sinister. They pass through memories that are floating through Marvel Girl’s mind - memories of Madelyne and Cyclops, before arriving at an astral projection of the Xavier Institute, where a mix of Madelyne and Jean confronts them. Storm attempts to attack Mr Sinister on the Astral Plane, while Cyclops asks Madelyne to help them, but she is not interested, she is still hateful towards him. Storm informs Madelyne that Sinister is erasing her memories inside Marvel Girl, so soon there will be nothing left. Madelyne / the Phoenix / Marvel Girl then confronts Sinister and casts him out. Wolverine, Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Storm, ArchArchArchangel, Rogue and Psylocke soon arrive at Professor Xavier’s School, where they have detected Sinister is hiding out. They explore their former home and find it ruined and ransacked. On Ship, The Beast and Longshot are making sure that Marvel Girl’s parents are safe. They get into an argument about who should stay with them, and who should join the others, when Longshot explains that he is worried about betraying the X-Men after what Sinister did to him. In the Morlock tunnels, Colossus, Iceman, Havok and Dazzler are making their way to their former home when they are attacked by Blockbuster, one of the Marauders, who still has the inferno effect on him. He is powerful and battles the mutants, until Havok takes him down - by killing him. In the hangar bay of the school, Psylocke and Rogue are attacked by Sabretooth, but Psylocke manages to defeat him with a psychic attack. Marvel Girl, Wolverine, ArchArchangel, Storm and Cyclops are soon confronted by Polaris, possessed by the Marauder Malice. She battles with them, until Storm and Marvel Girl put an end to her rampage. Havok, Iceman, Dazzler and Colossus soon arrive, and Storm orders Psylocke to use her power to free Polaris from Malice’s control if she is able to, but her main job is to tear from her mind everything she knows about Mr Sinister. Malice tries to get through to Havok, telling him that she loves him, when suddenly, the mansion explodes, with the X-Men and X-Factor inside it. Malice emerges from the rubble, unscathed, and Sinister finds her - as well as finding Marvel Girl, which is he very pleased about. However, Longshot soon appears, ready to rescue his friends.
Characters Involved:
Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Rogue, Storm, Wolverine (all X-Men)
ArchArchArchangel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl (all X-Factor)
Nathan Christopher Summers
Elaine & John Grey
Ship
Madelyne Pryor-Summers / Gobyn Queen
Mr Sinister
Blockbuster, Polaris / Malice IV, Sabretooth (all Marauders)
Images in Jean’s mind
Cyclops & Phoenix II
Cyclops & Madelyne Pryor
Story Notes:
Inferno - fourth part (only the Uncanny X-Men books are numbered 1st – 4th part, the other comics of the crossover aren’t)
Two of the memory shards in Jean’s head can be identified, one is the honeymoon of Scott and Madelyne from Uncanny X-Men #176, the other image “happy couple with child in Alaska“ fits between Uncanny X-Men #201 and X-Factor #1.
Chronology / continuity :
Story concludes in X-Factor #39.
Madelyne Pryor committed suicide in X-Factor (1st series) #38.
Psylocke established a telepathic connection with Marvel Girl in Uncanny X-Men #242.
The Phoenix entity seemingly perished in X-Men (1st series) #137.
The X-Men fought the Marauders in Uncanny X-Men #240-241.
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