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COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: X-Men 114 CGCxJSA
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 4606599007
Owner: The Captain

SET DETAILS

Custom Sets: This comic is not in any custom sets.
Sets Competing: My CGC X-Men Collection  Score: 468
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Owner's Description

October 1978

"Desolation"

Chris Claremont - Co-Writer
John Byrne - Co-Writer & Penciler
Terry Austin - Inker
Jean Simek - Letterer
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Roger Stern - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief

Synopsis:
Beast manages to carry on, despite being in the middle of Antarctica and with little hope for survival after escaping Magneto’s underground complex. He sees helicopter lights and tries to wake Jean. He is successful, and she creates a starburst in trying to save her friends, which also attracts the pilot’s attention. They return a while later to the mansion, and Charles Xavier weeps, as he realizes not all his X-Men have made their way home safely. Elsewhere in Antarctica, the X-Men find themselves in the Savage Land, having tunneled their way to freedom. After Banshee is rescued from a huge pterosaur, they make their way to a nearby village to rest. Later, whilst shaving, Cyclops realizes his connection to Corsair, something that hadn’t crossed his mind before. Ororo speaks with him about sharing her grief over Jean’s death, but Scott finds that, strangely, he has none to give. Colossus is taken away to a secluded island by two girls, but Wolverine declines his invitation to join them. He is cut up about Jean, the first woman he’s cared for. Ororo, meanwhile, goes for a swim, but as she relaxes, Karl Lykos grabs her and siphons the energy from her, transforming himself into one of the X-Men’s most dangerous foes.

Notes:
- Signed by Chris Claremont on 06/20/2025
- Signed by John Byrne on 08/11/2018 & Authenticated by JSA/CGC.
- This was the first issue of X-Men to use the title “the Uncanny X-Men,” although it would not officially become so until #142.
- The two USN pilots later appeared in Marvel Fanfare (1st series) #1 and were named in that issue.
- Corsair is the leader of the Starjammers.
- The shuttle flight ended with the introduction of Phoenix in X-Men (1st series) #101.
- The scene between Wolverine and Colossus was repeated in Classic X-Men #21.
- Sauron seemingly fell to his death in X-Men (1st series) #61.



 
 
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