COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 142 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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0165492005
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
February 1981
"Mind Out of Time!"
Chris Claremont - Writer & Co-Plotter
John Byrne Co-Plotter & Penciler
Terry Austin - Inker
Tom Orzechowski - Letterer
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Louise Jones - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
In the present, the X-Men face the reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants to save the life of Senator Robert Kelly. The villains attack and seem to have the upper hand, in the beginning, as the X-Men are now being led by the still untried Storm. Xavier and Moira are hurried away by a policewoman, who is actually Mystique in disguise and who takes them hostage. Kate, the future Kitty in the body of her younger self, decides to stick close to Senator Kelly, just in case. Wolverine almost gets fried by Pyro’s creature but is saved by Storm. Suddenly, he finds himself faced by two Nightcrawlers. He decides to use his claws to find out which one’s the real deal but Storm forbids him from using his claws in non-lethal situations. Slowly, the heroes manage to beat their foes and the second Nightcrawler is revealed as Mystique, astonishing the true Nightcrawler with their physical similarity and the fact that she knows his true name. Mystique escapes and the X-Men realize that both Sprite and Destiny are unaccounted for. Destiny intends to kill Senator Kelly with a crossbow but Sprite manages to throw off her aim at the last moment before she gets exchanged with Kitty again. Storm asks Kelly to reevaluate his stance on mutants before she takes Sprite away. Later, the X-Men wonder if they’ve managed to change that future Kate came from. With the exception of Kate and Rachel, the future X-Men have been killed by Sentinels. One month after the battle, the president, based on Kelly’s recommendation, begins Project Wideawake, led by Henry Gyrich, a program that includes the possible use of Sentinels to deal with the mutant menace.
Notes:
- The mystery connection between Nightcrawler and Mystique wouldn’t be resolved until X-Men Unlimited #4, years later.
- Gyrich, a government bureaucrat who is deeply distrustful of superbeings, used to be a thorn in the Avengers’ side as their government liaison before being put into control of Project Wideawake.
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