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Uncanny X-Men 202
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 202 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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Certification #:
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1581846001
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
February 1986
“X-Men ... I've Gone To Kill -- The Beyonder“
Chris Claremont - Writer
John Romita Jr. - Penciler
Al Williamson - Inkers
Glynis Oliver - Colorist
Tom Orzechowski - Letterer
Ann Nocenti - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor in Chief
Synopsis:
Rachel has gone to put an end to the Beyonder's exploration of the Marvel Universe with help from the Phoenix Force. The X-Men start looking for her with Cerebro. On Alcatraz Rachel assaults the Beyonder with all her might, in vain : the Beyonder remains unharmed. The Beyonder senses the inner troubles of Rachel, all she has known in her future timeline was death. Then he grants her enough of his power to actually kill him, but arranges for her to choose. She can either kill him, or save the X-Men, whom the Beyonder pitted in battle against a group of Sentinels from Rachel’s future. Rachel rushes to San Francisco where the X-Men are being assaulted by Sentinels and later returns to the Beyonder. The alien explains that he wanted to give her the chance to make up with her past and save the X-Men. He hopes that she has mnow inner piece and he will find it too. Angrily Rachel explains that he only used her like a puppet and sthat she has accomplished nothing on her own. Knowledge and maturity must be earned and deserved.
Notes:
- Signed by: John Romita Jr. on 08/11/2017
- Kitty briefly used the codename Ariel in “God Loves, Man Kills“ and according to Rachel would later be known under that name again in her future timeline.
- This issue is part of the Secret Wars II crossover that ran through the Marvel titles in 1985-1986. It followed Secret Wars I and was about the Beyonder, an omnipotent being, searching for answers to his existential questions.
- Rachel's dystopian timeline was described in Uncanny X-Men #141-142. Later visits to the Days of Future Past however show that Kate Pryde did not die at the hands of Nimrod, instead she was nearly killed by a radiation bomb and later merged with Sentinel parts to become Widget. Apparently the Beyonder creates only a simulation of the DOFP events torn from Rachel’s memories.
- The Beyonder takes Nightcrawler elsewhere, as can be seen in Uncanny X-Men #204.
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