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Click panels for larger images From the Mouths of the Marvels:
"What's'a matter, hotshot- you gutless or somethin'?”
-- Wolverine, to Cyclops, pg. 18
Havok and Cyclops discuss their familial issues.
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X-Men #97
Script: Chris Claremont • Letters: Annette Kaye
Villain: Eric the Red
First Appearance: Clancy and Reece (Starcore pilots)
Guest Appearance: Moira MacTaggert, Havok, Lorna Dane/Polaris
Cameo: Dr. Stephen Lang
Letters Page: No letters page this issue.
Across the country, in the arid, desert countryside of Rio Diablo, Alex Summers and Lorna
Dane share a goodbye kiss as Alex heads off to work, leaving
Lorna behind to do housework. It’s an idyllic existence for these
two super-humans, but one shattered by a mystery figure that
intrudes and knocks Lorna out with some sort of force beam. Alex
hears her scream and runs back to their cabin only to find Lorna
Dane clothing herself in new costume and declaring herself
Polaris, Mistress of Magnetism. She then fires a magnetic bolt at
Alex and knocks him out.
Three days later, Jean Grey accompanies Scott Summers, Ororo,
Peter Rasputin and a disguised Kurt Wagner to the airport, where
they are to say goodbye to Prof. Xavier who is flying to a vacation.
As they help Xavier board the plane, they see Alex, now donned in
his Havok uniform, along with Polaris. Polaris makes a sudden
attack on Jean Grey. Scott is bewildered by the actions of his
brother and his wife, and they push him away to get to Xavier, their
target, who is in the airplane now rolling across the tarmac.
Starcore pilots Clancy and Reese do their best to launch skyward,
but are in the sights of Havok. Noting this, Nightcrawler leaps
behind him and pushes him away, causing his shot to destroy
another airplane (empty, natch!), leaving the Starcore flight safe to fly away.
Cyclops pushes his brother violently for account on what he is
doing, and while Havok flutters in and out of coherence, the secret,
sinister figure appears, and it is Eric the Red! Or at least he claims to be the evil villain,
as Cyclops reminds this Eric the Red that he, Scott Summers, used
to be Eric the Reed (see X-Men #51-52.)
A battle ensues that pits the four assembled X-Men (an
unconscious Jean Grey is cleared from action by Storm) against
Havok, Polaris and Eric the Red. Cyclops tries to reason with
Havok, who is quite obviously fighting mind control. But it’s no use,
and their interaction devolves into a battle royale between
brothers. Colossus and Nightcrawler take on Eric the Red,
decommissioning an Eastern Airline jet in the process. Storm and
Polaris face off, pitting their powers over electrical fields and
magnetic fields against each other, with Storm coming out on top.
Polaris’ defeat sends Havok into a rage, turning the full force of his
power against his brother Cyclops and then rushing to the aid of
Polaris.
As Wolverine and Banshee arrive on the scene as backup, Eric the
Red gathers up Havok and Lorna Dane and beats a fast retreat.
Cyclops stands paralyzed in inaction, while Wolverine breathes
down his neck demanding he fire an optic blast to bring them
down. Bickering ensues, and as the X-Men fight amongst
themselves, Dr. Steven Lang watches in on the action via closed
circuit signal. But unbenknownst to Lang, he is being
watched by another mystery figure!
--synopsis and panel images by Gormuu
--letters pages provided by Avengers Assemble
Issues Reprinted Click on cover image to learn more about each issue. |
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XM #94 |
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XM #98 |
XM #99 |
XM #100 |
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