COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 270 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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Pedigree:
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Newsstand Edition
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Certification #:
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4348048003
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Owner:
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Colossus Keck
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
"The X-Tinction Agenda: First Strike"
Chris Claremont (writer), Jim Lee (penciler), Art Thibert & Scott Williams (inkers), Glynis Oliver (colorist), Task Force “X“ (letters), Bob Harras (editor), Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
Brief Description:
Having returned to the remains of Xavier’s school, Storm tries to come to terms with having been de-aged by Nanny, so an evaluation sequence is run in the Danger Room to determine the new limits of her abilities. Whereas Banshee and Forge are impressed by Storm’s resourcefulness, making up for her reduced power levels by using them in rather sneaky ways, the New Mutants’ former physical instructor, Stevie Hunter, is concerned that Ororo might permanently harm herself by overtaxing her physical limits. Even worse, Forge’s tests reveal that Storm’s body doesn’t grow - she might be stuck in the body of teenager for the rest of her life. Over a meal and a drink at Harry’s Hideaway, Ororo renews her friendship with Jean Grey, both of them happy that the other one has come back from the dead. The New Mutants, on the other hand, are not as happy. Having been living in Xavier’s underground complex for the past weeks, they don’t want to share the rather limited quarters and Wolfsbane in particular feels that the X-Men abandoned them when they chose to let the world believe them dead; she even blames Storm for the death of her teammate, Doug Ramsey. Later that day, the school is attacked by Genoshan Magistrates when some of the New Mutants are out by the lake. Surprisingly, one of the Magistrates turns out to be the missing Havok. Realizing that they are completely outnumbered and taken by surprise, Storms seals hatch to the underground complex. By this she dooms the fates of herself, Boom-Boom, Rictor, Wolfsbane and Warlock, all of them ending up captured and teleported to Genosha. On the other hand, Storm’s quick decision ensured that the Magistrates didn’t gain access to Xavier’s complex, and that Banshee, Forge, Gambit and the other half of the New Mutants remained free to eventually launch a rescue mission. In Malibu, Lila Cheney’s bodyguard tells Dazzler’s manager to leave her alone as she is no longer interested in a movie career. Suddenly, Lila Cheney returns from outer space. Before she passes out, she mentions that Charles Xavier is in terrible danger.
Characters Involved:
Banshee, Forge, Gambit, Storm (all X-Men)
Marvel Girl (X-Factor)
Boom-Boom, Cable, Cannonball, Rictor, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane (all New Mutants)
Stevie Hunter
Trish Tilby
Lila Cheney
Guido Carosella, Lila Cheney’s bodyguard
Fred Stanachek, Dazzler’s manager
Havok, Pipeline, Tam and several others (all Genoshan Magistrates)
Story Notes:
This issue is the first part of the X-Tinction Agenda crossover. It is continued in New Mutants (1st series) #95.
The X-Men first became involved with Genosha when Madelyne Pryor and her friend, Jenny Ransome (a native Genoshan) were kidnapped by the Magistrates and about to processed into mutates. Invading the island, the X-Men rescued their friends and destroyed the citadel that held the equipment for the so-called “mutate bonding process.” [Uncanny X-Men #235-238]
With Gambit in tow, the teenage Storm made her way back to the remains of Xavier’s school in Uncanny X-Men Annual #14. There they ran into Forge and Banshee, who had been searching for the missing X-Men for quite some time.
As revealed in Uncanny X-Men #267, Storm’s de-aging at the hands of Nanny occurred shortly after her capture and faked death in Uncanny X-Men #248.
The X-Men sacrificed their own lives while fighting the Adversary in Dallas. The battle was documented live on national TV and, when they were resurrected by Roma shortly thereafter, the X-Men chose to let the general public as well as their friends and families believe them dead, hoping to gain an advantage against their many foes. [Uncanny X-Men #227] The New Mutants only learned of the X-Men’s survival when Storm came back to the mansion in Uncanny X-Men Annual #14.
Cable became the New Mutants’ leader in New Mutants (1st series) #89.
As established in Classic X-Men #2, Jean and Ororo became fast friends shortly after the later one joined the X-Men. Them being the only two female X-Men at the time (Polaris having left together with Havok), and Jean helping Ororo to get over the cultural shock, they quickly established a bond that even carried on to the Phoenix as well. Truly believing herself to be Jean, the Phoenix continued Jean’s friendship with Ororo just like the real deal would have.
When Phoenix later committed suicide on the moon, [X-Men (1st series) #137] she tried to return the borrowed aspects to Jean. Keyed to her genetic code, though, these borrowed fragments ended up awakening Madelyne Pryor, a Sinister-made genetic clone of Jean. Several months after Jean was discovered alive, a somewhat deranged Madelyne tried to kill her during Inferno. Keeping Jean in a mind-lock, Madelyne committed suicide, dragging Jean along to the afterlife with her. The only way Jean could save herself was to willingly accept the portion of Phoenix residing inside Madelyne, resulting in all Jean’s mind being inhabited by all three personas. [X-Factor (1st series) #38] While the two extra identities were later purged from Jean’s mind, she retained some of the Phoenix’s and Madelyne’s memories. [X-Factor (1st series) #50]
“Rip Van Winkle“ is the main character of a short story of the same title, written by Washington Irving. In the story, Rip Van Winkle encounters some strange characters who are rumored to be ghosts, and he falls asleep under a tree after drinking some of their liquor. When he wakes up again, twenty years have passed; his wife is dead, his friends are gone and even the political system has changed with the American Revolution having taken place during his absence.
When Jean speaks about the formation of the X-Men, her choice of words is quite odd. “Thing is, we didn’t - I mean, Professor Xavier, Moira MacTaggert and I we, - I mean Professor Xavier, he didn’t found the X-Men in order to ...,” seems to imply that Jean had some part in the creation of the X-Men, and was far more than just Xavier’s first student. While it’s been later established that Jean did know some of Xavier’s secrets long before her teammates (such as the existence of Muir Island and Moira MacTaggert), it doesn’t provide a satisfying answer and leaves Jean’s apparent slip of tongue a dangling subplot.
“The Once and Future King” is a novel written by T.H. White and first published in 1958. It is loosely based on the Arthurian legend, and White re-interpreted the story and its characters as he deemed fit to describe what he would consider the ideal society. In the story, Merlin is living backwards through time, and knowing the great destiny ahead of the boy he teaches young Arthur and tries to prepare him for his eventual tenure as king.
Douglas Ramsey died in new Mutants (1st series) #60 after he took a bullet meant for Wolfsbane.
Thunderbird was killed in X-Men (1st series) #95 when he caused the aircraft of Count Nefaria to explode.
Stevie Hunter was a famous dancer until she broke her knee in an accident, ending her career. While she recovered enough to run her own dance studio in Salem Center, her knee always remained her weak spot and tended to give out every once in a while. [X-Men (1st series) #139, New Mutants Annual #1]
Havok was last seen in Uncanny X-Men #251, when the remaining four X-Men (Havok, Colossus, Dazzler and Psylocke) stepped through the Siege Perilous. Apparently, he emerged on Genosha, naked and amnesiac, same as everyone else who stepped through the magical portal. In this state, he was easily brainwashed or manipulated into serving the Genoshan government as a Magistrate.
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