COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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X-Men 139 Modern
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0003355152
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
November 1980
"Something Wicked this Way Comes!"
Chris Claremont - Writer
John Byrne - Plot & Pencils
Terry Austin - Inker
Tom Orzechowski - Letterer
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Louise Jones - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
After a Danger Room session with newly returned member, Angel, new X-Man, Kitty Pryde, receives her codename, “Sprite.” Wolverine announces that he’d like to return to Canada to make peace with Alpha Flight and Department H and asks Nightcrawler to accompany him. After meeting with Vindicator’s wife, Heather, the two X-Men learn that half of Alpha Flight is up north, dealing with some trouble there. They decide to follow and, after some tensions, the Alphans tell them about the kidnapping case they are trying to solve. Wolverine realizes that the mystery creature they are after is the Wendigo and tells them of his first battle with the creature. He offers their help. In the meantime, Nightcrawler unloads their gear outside when, suddenly, he is attacked by the Wendigo. In the meantime, Storm takes Kitty to her first dancing lesson at Stevie Hunter’s studio in Salem Center.
Notes:
- The title refers to a line spoken by the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, and was later used as the title of a horror novel by Ray Bradbury.
- Kitty Pryde officially joins the team this issue taking on the codename Sprite. Originally, the creators had meant for her to take on the codename Ariel, with the intention of later adding more students, among them a “Caliban.” As editor-in-chief Shooter nixed these plans, without a Caliban, there wasn’t much point to having an Ariel, and so Kitty became Sprite.
- Kitty’s joke at taking the name of Sprite as long as no one “pulls her tab,” is a joke regarding sodas of the time. While Sprite is still popular today, “TaB” is less known and distributed today. It was Coca-Coca’s first attempt at a sugar-free, diet soda, named on the notion that drinkers were keeping “tabs” on their weight. TaB was eventually supplanted by Diet Coke and removed from most venues but a still enjoys a small group of loyal consumers.
- Wolverine simply walked out of his job at Department H in Giant Size X-Men #1. Since then, there were confrontations between him and Vindicator – not to mention the rest of Alpha Flight – in issues #109 and #120-121 respectively.
- Wolverine’s adventures with the Hulk and the Wendigo took place in Incredible Hulk #180-181. Wendigo and the Hulk previously met in Incredible Hulk #162.
- The other Alphans (Aurora, Northstar and Sasquatch) are busy in Machine Man #18, though the note in the issue wrongly refers to issue #19.
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