The Uncanny X-Men (1981)

The moment the X-Men arrive in Japan for Wolverine's wedding, a fight breaks out between Yukio and the Silver Samurai! The X-Men set out to see what the fuss is all about.

The X-Men have been invited to Mariko Yashida’s home in preparation for her wedding to Wolverine. He happily welcomes his teammates but is shocked and angered to learn that Rogue is now an X-Man. They are being spied upon by the Silver Samurai who, in turn, is attacked by Yukio, a newly found friend of Wolverine’s. Hearing the commotion, the X-Men hurry to help. The Samurai escapes and the X-Men discuss what the reason for this attack was – probably Clan Yashida’s ties to the underworld, which Mariko’s late father, Shingen, forged, Wolverine assumes. The X-Men are unaware that the household has been infiltrated by the Samurai’s partner, Viper, who manages to poison all the X-Men, save for Storm. Mariko, in the meantime, has received a message from the Samurai and secretly leaves to meet him, unaware that her chauffeur is Yukio. The two women trade places and Yukio goes to meet the Samurai (Mariko’s half-brother, who demands leadership of the clan), Viper and Nabatone, a Japanese crimelord. Yukio’s cover is quickly blown and a fight breaks out. As Viper runs to the limousine to kill Mariko, she is expected by Storm, whom Yukio called. Storm tries to stop the Samurai but finds her powers going out of control, almost killing her until Yukio propels them both into the water. The two injured women flee, while the Samurai threatens them. Back at the hospital, Wolverine plans to take out the Samurai and Rogue, who was less affected, thanks to her half-alien metabolism, and insists on accompanying him. Meanwhile, in Alaska, Cyclops rifles through Madelyne Pryor’s files, trying to find out what her connection to Phoenix is. His brother, Alex, asks him to stop doing this to himself - all those similarities are just coincidence, but still Scott doubts.

Wolverine and Rogue crack some Yakuza skulls in a Ginza District bar. Their goal: to pick up the trail that will lead them to the Silver Samurai and Viper!

Wolverine and Rogue mix it up with the Yakuza in Tokyoís Ginza district, until they get the information that leads them to the crimelord Nabatone, who in turn is supposed to lead them to Viper and the Silver Samurai. They infiltrate Nabatone's estate - with Rogue being horribly cocky and find Nabatone dead. He has been for over a week. The man who arranged the meeting between Mariko and the Silver Samurai was an impostor and, while they've been wasting time here, their foes might be attacking the hospital where Mariko and the poisoned X-Men are. The fears are correct: Viper and a team of ninja assassins are attacking the hospital and dispatching of the agents posted there. Rogue flies in, grabs Viper and the Ninja and tosses them out of the building. Wolverine, in the meantime, challenges the Samurai and wins their brutal battle. As he intends to kill him, Mariko asks him to spare her half-brother. They are joined by an armed Viper, who demands they let the Samurai go. The Samurai faints, Wolverine and Mariko make a run for it and, before the gun's energy ray can hit them, Rogue throws herself into the ray's path, suffering severe injuries. After the gun overloads, Viper teleports herself and the Samurai away. Wolverine lets Rogue absorb his powers to save her life. In the meantime, Yukio and Storm battled some muggers and Storm, inspired by Yukio, starts to revel in her emotions, even her darker ones, instead of suppressing them, One week later, at the Yashida's ancestral seat, Mariko, preparing for the wedding, is visited by Mastermind, who influences her in some way. At the wedding reception, the X-Men meet Cyclops' girlfriend, Madelyne Pryor, for the first time and are shocked by her similarity to Jean Grey. Also, Storm returns, changed in a startling manner. She has gone punk, much to Kitty's horror. As the wedding ceremony is to start, Mariko breaks it off in front of everybody, insulting Wolverine as unworthy.

Fun Fact: There have been a lot of homage covers to this cover, as seen in X-Men Classic issue 77 and Rogue issue 9 among others.

Binary joins the Starjammers! Meanwhile, a spat between Scott Summer and Madelyne Pryor leads to a confrontation with...Dark Phoenix?!

Cyclops shows Madelyne the view from the Starjammer and, despite his doubts about her proposes. Later, though, a snapshot of Jean Grey played into his hands by Mastermind reawakenes his doubts, causing him to ask Madelyne whether she is Phoenix reborn. Angrily, she hits him hard enough to know his glasses off. To his shock, ater he finds his glasses again Cyclops is faced by Dark Phoenix, who blasts him. In the meantime, the Starjammers have decided to leave soon to fight for Lilandra against Deathbird, accompanied by their newest member, Binary. Kitty shows Colossus a new trick with her powers and both of them share a kiss. In Japan, Wolverine demands an explanation from Mariko for aborting their wedding. After she once more insults him, he hands her back the clans honor sword, which she once gave him.

At the mansion, the X-Men throw down with Dark Phoenix! Plus, an X-marriage!

The X-Men are on a training exercise outside when they see the Phoenix effect, followed by a man falling from the sky. It turns out to be Cyclops, who tells them that Dark Phoenix is back. Professor X has his doubts, but when he tries to use Cerebro to find Phoenix, he is almost electrocuted. As the X-Men puzzle about what happens, Cyclops collapses, only to have Dark Phoenix emerge from him and briefly fight the X-Men. She beats them with ease, telling them she will be back later. The X-Men try to contact the Starjammers and the Avengers for help, but find out in terror that Phoenix has destroyed both the Starjammer and the city of New York. While the team decides what to do, Cyclops manages to pull himself back from a near-death experience and is finally capable to admit to himself that Jean Grey is truly dead. He realizes that their true foe is the illusionist, Mastermind, and makes some preparations before he joins his fellow X-Men, only to find that Mastermind, who intends to destroy the X-Men by making them kill the innocent Madelyne Pryor, is making everybody see Cyclops as Phoenix. Cyclops uses all his tricks & skills to stay alive against the X-Men, who are pulling no punches, luring them into the Danger Room and finishing them off one by one. He takes the unconscious Rogue to the infirmary and makes her absorb Xavier's powers, enabling her to telepathically convince the team that he is not their foe. As the X-Men realize that Mastermind is in the room with him, Storm creates a violent gale, which literally flushes the villain out. Some days later, Scott says good-bye at Jean Grey's gravesite and finally celebrates his wedding to Madelyne.

Scott and Madelyne's honeymoon takes a turn when their plane goes down in the Pacific. Meanwhile, Wolverine uncovers a plot that sees Mariko undermining her clan's honor.

On their way to their honeymoon, Scott and Madelyne crash in the mid-Pacific, victims of a rising storm. While trying their best to fix their plane, they almost become the victims of a very predatory squid. Having escaped the seafood with attitude and the storm both, Scott decides he wants a normal life with Madelyne and will not join his father and the Starjammers. Wolverine confronts Mariko who has sent the clan’s honor sword back to him. Now free of Mastermind’s control, she still refuses Logan, for both she – while under Mastermind’s control – and her father have bound Clan Yashida to the Japanese underworld. She now considers it her duty to free the clan from that influence first before being able to marry him. Heavy-hearted, Wolverine accepts her decision. In the meantime in Washington, Henry Gyrich and several other government officials are meeting to discuss the growing danger of mutants. In the Morlock tunnels, Callisto, Sunder and Masque learn how Kitty Pryde betrayed Caliban and promise they’ll force her to make good on her promise to him.

It's Mystique versus the X-Men! And the shapeshifter has the upper hand this time. Everybody dies!

Mystique fights X-Men robots in Arcade’s Murderworld, “killing” them all – including her foster daughter Rogue – but finding herself unable to harm Nightcrawler, who then beats her. Afterwards, she discusses with Arcade that she wants the rest of her train to train as well, as she is on a quest to get Rogue back from the X-Men. When Destiny wants to talk about Nightcrawler, Mystique refuses. Elsewhere, Kitty Pryde and Storm talk about their estrangement with each other to Stevie Hunter, while Xavier, Havok and Cyclops bid farewell to the Starjammers. Later, Kitty, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Amanda Sefton attend concert in Manhattan. While the younger two X-Men park the car, Nightcrawler discusses his roots with Amanda, revealing his similarity to Mystique and wishing to talk to his foster mother, Margali Szardos, about it. When Kitty and Colossus see a building burning, Colossus tells Kitty to call for help while he runs upstairs to help any trapped people. Instead however, it turns out to be a trap by the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. With a carefully planned attack, Blob, Pyro and Avalanche manage to freeze Colossus with liquid nitrogen.

Kitty needs the Fantastic Four to save Colossus' life! And while out on a date, Kurt and Amanda are ambushed by the Brotherhood!

Seeing Colossus, frozen in nitrogen, Kitty Pryde contacts Professor X, informing him that the Brotherhood is attacking the X-Men. He sends Storm and Wolverine to help but refrains from telling Rogue, not wishing to test her loyalty against Mystique. While the X-Men and Amanda Sefton fight the Brotherhood (sans Mystique) Kitty recalls that Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four recently gave an interview about a device that might help Colossus. As the FF are not at home, she decides to sneak into their headquarters and borrow the device. In the meantime, the Morlocks Callisto, Sunder and Masque have found a dead homeless girl and Masque makes her body look like Kitty’s. At the Baxter Building, Kitty has gotten the device and plans to leave over the roof in order to not be caught by any security systems. However, on the roof, she is startled by something and falls. At Xavier’s, the Professor is made almost helpless by an odd scanning wave. Rogue offers to bring him some tea, however when she returns he notices a strangeness about her and realizes too late it is Mystique. She stuns him and intends to finish the job when the real Rogue returns. The two have an intense talk and Rogue makes her understand that she is with the X-Men of her own free will, as they at least offer her the chance of learning to control her powers: Mystique makes a deal with the X-Men who have won the battle. Her team against Xavier’s life. Destiny gives them a cryptic warning about Kitty and Blob mocks that they managed to kill Colossus at least.

To save the Colossus, Kitty must marry Caliban! A wedding is one thing, but can Kitty really spend the rest of her life in the catacombs?

The NYPD had found Kitty Pryde’s body outside the Baxter Building, prompting Wolverine, Storm, and Rogue to visit the morgue to identify it. Wolverine quickly realizes the body is not Kitty, noting that it smells wrong, a suspicion Storm supports as they deduce Masque is responsible. At the same time, a mysterious scanning wave from outer space strikes Professor X, echoing similar events occurring across the Marvel Universe.

Meanwhile, in the Morlocks’ tunnels, Kitty is on the verge of being married to Caliban. She resists the union, but Callisto reminds her of the promise she once made. Kitty meets Leech for the first time and comes to realize she must honor her word. When the X-Men arrive to rescue her, Kitty agrees to remain with the Morlocks if they'll save Colossus's life. Rogue absorbs Colossus’s powers to revert him to flesh, allowing the Morlock Healer to restore him. Though Kitty initially agrees to return with Caliban, he ultimately releases her from the promise, finally realizing that she would be miserable living underground.

A trip to the Massachusetts Academy turns disastrous for Kitty Pryde and Doug Ramsey.

Xavier enjoys his newfound ability to walk and spends his time working out, but his peace is soon disrupted by the mysterious probing force that has been haunting him. Storm joins him, sharing her own unease about the changes she’s undergone. Later, she visits the city botanical gardens and stops a robbery in progress, only to be hurt when the victims react with more fear toward her than toward the criminals.

Meanwhile, Kitty Pryde spends time with her friend Doug Ramsey, confiding her worries about Storm’s transformation. Doug invites her to visit the Massachusetts Academy with him. Kitty worries about joining him because The Hellfire Club runs the Academy. Back at Xavier’s, Colossus feels troubled by Kitty’s growing closeness to Doug, which highlights the differences between him and Kitty.

That evening, Kitty informs Xavier and the X-Men that she plans to accompany Doug. Since Emma Frost remains in a coma and Xavier can monitor her telepathically, they agree that Kitty should be safe. Before she leaves, Storm takes Kitty on a flight high above the mansion for a long-overdue heart-to-heart. Storm explains that, while they are friends, it was wrong for either of them to assume she could replace Kitty’s mother. Now that she has regained her emotions, Storm asks Kitty to accept her as she is. The two reconcile.

Later, the X-Men see Kitty off at the airport, where she and Doug board the Academy’s private jet, only to be greeted by a fully recovered Emma Frost. Kitty’s telepathic scream for help goes unheard, as Professor X has determined the probing force is coming from Central Park and takes the team to investigate. They find a massive structure has appeared. When they enter it, they vanish from Earth.

With the help of Sunfire, the X-Men battle a terrible beast in Japan. Meanwhile, Senator Kelly proposes the Mutant Control Act in Washington.

The X-Men would return from the Secret Wars doing battle in a world called "Battle World" created by the Beyonder. They wouldn't be sent to their home but Tokyo, Japan instead and they didn't come alone. Cyclops was send back to Tahiti, where he was in honeymoon with Madelyne Pryor before the Secret Wars. While in Battle World Lockheed, Kitty Pryde's pet dragon, would befriend and get involved with another dragon similar in size as he. She would follow the X-Men and once on Earth her body would react strangely. She grew to monstrous proportions and in a fit of rage began destroying and razing the city. Sunfire, a one time X-Men, would also help in the conflict. The X-Men would split their efforts; Professor Xavier send Rogue flying back to USA to learn about Kitty, Douglas and the New Mutants. Some would do battle with the she-dragon while the other would try and help the citizens of Tokyo and evacuate the destroyed home. Wolverine would happen upon a house that almost entirely ravaged and on fire. Once he enters he finds a lady mortally wounded under a pile of debris from the collapsed ceiling of her home. He would try to help her as best as he could but realized that there was no saving her. Instead, she made him promise to take her daughter, Akiko, who was there and to take care of her and raise her as she no longer could. Feeling slightly guilty for the dragon's attacks as she came with the X-Men Wolverine would accept. He would take the burden of honor and promise to fulfill the dieing woman wish and took the young Akiko with him. Shortly after the dragon would also be stopped by none other then Lockheed and the X-Men were free to return to America. In the end we see Senator Robert Kelly trying to convince another Senator about the needs of the Mutant Registration Act.

Rogue attacks a SHIELD helicarrier after learning of Michael Rossi's capture. Could Rogue's recent absorption of Carol Danver's powers and memories be getting the better of her?

Rogue has flown to the X-Mansion from Japan. Checking the answering machine, she gets a call for help by Xavier’s associate, Michael Rossi, who is infiltrating SHIELD. Rogue attacks the Heli-carrier where Rossi is being roughed up by two SHIELD agents, one of whom is actually a mole for the Hellfire Club. As Rossi was searching for info on the Hellfire Club, the mole first kills the other agent, Price, and then intends to kill Rossi. Enter Rogue, who roughs him up and frees Rossi. She takes the wounded Rossi to a beach house. Rossi is surprised when Rogue acts familiar, even referring to their past together as partners and lovers. Rogue finally realizes that the Carol Danvers part of her took over when she learned that Carol’s former lover was in danger. When Rossi learns what she did to Carol, he hits her and stalks away disgusted, leaving a self-loathing Rogue. In the meantime, SHIELD director Fury decides to call an all points alert on Rogue for the attack on the Heli-Carrier.

After Colossus breaks up with Kitty, Wolverine takes him into town for a good ol' talking-to. And that's precisely when the Juggernaut shows up!

Peter breaks up with Kitty, officially because he fell in love with an alien healer on the Secret Wars Battleworld, Zsaji. The healer died, but Peter is still carrying a torch for her. This, natch, tears up Kitty pretty badly. Wolverine is offended by this and, with Nightcrawler in tow, takes Peter out to a bar to "reason" with him. Juggernaut happened to be at the same bar, and Wolverine provokes a fight between Peter and Jugs. Wolverine keeps Nightcrawler out of it. Jugs wins, and when he wakes up, Peter demands to know why Wolverine let him down. Wolverine points out that Kitty almost sacrificed her life for Peter, agreeing on get married with Caliban and living with the Morlocks and he never said thank you and even dumped her. Selene, a villain from New Mutants, shows up in NYC. Kitty heads off for the Kitty Pryde and Wolverine mini-series. Sometime after the end of the issue, Wolverine leaves after her.

The mutant energy vampire Selene makes an attempt to capture Rachel Summers, a mutant from the future. The X-Men step in to save her!

At the Eagle Plaza in Dallas, Texas, members of the government security Raven Darkholme and Val Cooper arrive at Forge's apartment. The place is entirely secure and with holograms all over the place, all made by Forge. Forge shows up arguing with his old master Naze. Forge tells them he works for the government since Tony Stark stopped making weapons and then asks if they are there because of the gun he had invented, the one with the capacity of neutralize mutant powers. He also tells the gun hasn't been tested yet. Another gun he had copied from ROM was the mutant detector, and he makes a joke telling the women one person in the room is a mutant - he was talking about himself, but Raven became nervous because she actually is Mystique from the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and no one knows.

In New York streets Rachel (a mutant from another reality future - Days of Future Past - X-Men #141) is watching the news on a television store about the X-Men fighting a dragon in Japan ( Uncanny X-Men #181) along side Sunfire. Then at TV they announce Senator Robert Kelly wants to approve a new law to control mutants. Then she remembers about the day before when she went at Professor Xavier's Mansion and found Illyana older than she has to be in Rachel's world ( New Mutants #18) and she thinks to herself that she is in the past, but is she at the past of herself? Just after Rachel leaves the corner, Selene shows up saying that she had never felt a mutant so powerful like her. Selene tries to capture Rachel but she runs away and enters inside a night club. There her powers go crazy and she listens to all the people's thoughts. The security guard then grabs her and tries to put her out of the club, but the owner Nick Damiano talk to Rachel and thinks she is really in danger and tries to help. They go to his house and Rachel has a nice bath in his bathtub after drinking a real orange juice - what doesn't exist in her future in concentration camps and where humans like Nick hates mutants. Suddenly Rachel stops listening to Nick's thoughts and goes check, just to find him death and Selene in the living room ready to capture her. Rachel uses her mental blast to attack Selene, but the witch is to powerful for her and uses her control of inanimate objects to attack Rachel.

When Selene is about to finally defeat Rachel, Professor Xavier astral form steps up in the fight and attacks the witch. Then Nightcrawler, Rogue and Colossus enter the room and help Rachel and Xavier in the battle through the fire. Selene uses her powers to make Nightcrawler's own suit attack him and then drains Rogue's force. Professor Xavier again stop her and then Selene runs away from the fight. Outside the building Storm uses her powers to stop the fire.

At the end, Rachel tells Xavier that she had read Selene's mind just like he had though her, but Xavier tells they had never met before in his life. Then Rachel realizes Xavier is walking and Ororo is in a strange suit with a strange haircut. Rachel tells everyone that she came to a wrong past and because of her the world is doomed.

Wolverine and Kitty Pryde aren't in this story because they are in Japan, living Kitty Pryde and Wolverine issues.

A meeting between Storm and Rogue goes horribly wrong when Rogue is attacked by Gyrich's crew, who are packing some major heat--Forge's neutralizer.

When Rogue runs away from the X-Men, Storm tracks her down and tries to convince her that her place is with the X-Men. She freely let's Rogue drain her powers to demonstrate her trust and to let Rogue experience the world through her eyes.

Unfortunately, Henry Peter Gyrich has decided that Rogue is Public Enemy #1 and must be stopped. His solution is to use a device created by the mutant Forge that will strip away the powers of whoever it targets. Gyrich's team finds Rogue and is about to use the gun on Rogue when Forge -- upset that the weapon was going to be used -- leaps at Gyrich, diverting his shot and causing it to hit Storm, stealing her powers away.

The Dire Wraiths watch the battle and realize that the weapon could be used to banish them as well and decide that Forge must die!

Also in this issue, Rachel calls Scott Summers in Alaska where he is living with Madelyne Pryor. She is unable to force herself to say anything to them, but they hang up, she says to herself "Dad... Mom..."

Now powerless and depressed, Storm is taken in by the mutant Forge, who tries to alleviate her anguish. Meanwhile, Dr. Valerie Cooper is attacked by Dire Wraiths!

Today is probably going to be the saddest day Ororo has ever gone through in her life, she has lost her powers, her life and everything that ever made her what she is all thanks to the mutant inventor Forge. In this issue of The Uncanny X-men we see how Storm will ever cope with the loss of her powers how she survives and most of all will she forgive Forge? After got shot by Forge's invention used by Henry Gyrich, Forge rescued Storm and took her to her apartment at Eagle Plaza. There they share a mutual respect and interest by each other. Meanwhile Professor X and Nightcrawler are looking for Storm but can't reach her even with Cerebro. In Mississipi, a Dire Wraith attacks and kills Val Cooper's partner and then tries to kill her, but Rogue rescue her even being mad at her because last issue attack. Storm listen a phone talk between Forge and Gyrich and discovers it was Forge who invented the gun. She gets mad and runs away from the building.

Storm, Naze, and Forge are attacked by Dire Wraiths. Can a powerless Storm fight off these alien invaders?

They're deadly,they're monstrous they're evil and most of all putrid they are the DireWraiths, mysterious monsters from another dimension who had been banished to Limbo by the great ROM, but this time they aren't so unfortunate, they have gone to any unsuspecting foe, killed them and turned them into one of their own and if they are not stopped they will rule planet earth, with the X-Men's leader Storm having lost her powers how are they going to win this? One thing's for sure she will not go down without a FIGHT!

Storm had just run away from Eagle Plaza after a fight with Forge when she hears the alarm. Inside the building the Dire Wraiths are attacking. Storm crashes into the building throw the window and with the aid of Naze - a shaman from Forge's tribe and former mentor of him - defeat some monsters and reach Forge at the top. Colossus and Rogue also breaks in through the walls to help Storm, after a warning from Val Cooper. While they battle Dire Wraiths Naze tries to summon ancient powers. Forge uses his holograms to scare Dire Wraiths with ROM and Starshine, but when they fought they had won, another strange creature appears and grab them all.

To fight the mysterious shadowbeings Magik and Nightcrawler's main squeeze Amanda Sefton team up for a sorcery-infused battle for the ages!

Naze, in a last ditch attempt to save their lives, tries to invoke the Great Spirit. He fails, and the Trickster/Adversary possesses him. Illyana and Amanda Sefton show up and help defeat the sorcerous Dire Wraiths. This is the first time Peter is confronted with Illyana's magical and mutant powers.

Lee Forrester rescues Magneto from the ocean. Nightcrawler wants to disband the X-Men, since now the US government is after them. When he mentions that Jean Grey died, Rachel goes berserk. She tells them of her future, and the X-Men are reminded of what may happen if they don't keep fighting the good fight. Jamie Rogriguez finds the necklace of Kulan Gath, an evil sorcerer.

Rachel and Magma are on Selene's tail when the energy vampire heads into the Hellfire Club. What business does the witch have with Sebastian Shaw?

Amara and Rachel tour NYC, while the X-Men wish Storm a fond farewell on her ocean voyage to Africa. Then Rachel detects Selene, who applies to the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club as the new Black Queen. Rachel and Amara decide to find Selene and kill her. They do okay, considering the opposition, but the X-Men arrive and break up the fight. Jamie Rodriguez was taking the evil necklace down to be destroyed in a furnace, when he gets mugged. The mugger is consumed in the magic of the necklace, and Kulan Gath is freed. We learn that in her future Rachel was a Hound for the Sentinels, tracking down renegade mutants so Sentinels could kill them. We learn more about Hounds and their master, Ahab in the Days of Future Present.

After the crazed magician Kulan Gath turns Manhattan into a barbarian fantasyland X-Men must stop the ancient wizard from doing permanent harm.

Kulan Gath's "Master Spell" has turned New York into a fantasy city. The Avengers become a troupe of warriors and the X-Men become outlaws, given magic powers for unknown reasons. The only ones who remain normal are Spider-Man and Warlock (see the old Marvel Team Up for why; KG has a big hate for the "Man-Spider" since he foiled the last attempt to free himself). The Morlocks work for KG, and try to hunt down Storm, whose boat hadn't left yet. Dr. Strange is helpless, and Xavier and Caliban are merged to find mutants to serve KG. The New Mutants (except for Warlock) are transformed into servants of KG. Selene finds Amara and Rachel and starts to arrange heroes to overthrow KG. She starts with Storm and Callisto, who tumbled outside the spell. The two return to the city, with Selene modifying the spell so they will remain rebels against KG. Spider-Man and Illyana (who's forgotten her powers) are attacked by the New Mutants. Spider-Man is caught, but the Avengers and X-Men save Illyana. At the end Captain America organizes them into the Avengers.

Even if the X-Men defeat Kulan Gath (and the hidden-right-in-front-of-them Selene), will they be able to restore Manhattan to its former state?

Spider-Man and the captured Selene are tortured by KG. The Avengers go to the Met. Library to find information that'd help them defeat KG. They are attacked by the Morlocks, Vision (a golem), and Scarlet Witch (a powerful witch now). Rogue and Rahne are killed. Warlock rescues Storm and the "Avengers" escape. Warlock tries to remind Storm of the old reality. The Avengers sneak into KG's castle, and much fighting results. Sunder, Vision, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Illyana, Callisto, Warlock, and Spider-Man all die. Storm manages to steal KG's necklace from Selene, who killed KG. Storm becomes a Technarch and frees Dr. Strange, who uses Illyana's power to turn time back so the spell never happened. But how to prevent KG from being freed in the first place? Nimrod, "the Ultimate Sentinel", arrives in the past and kills the mugger, saving Jamie Rodriguez. The necklace falls in the mud and sinks below.

Warlock's father Magus has come to Earth to kill him, but not if Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Rogue can help it!

Nightcrawler, Rogue, and Colossus play "tag." Nightcrawler wins hands down. He also manages to trigger Rogue's 7th sense powers that she absorbed from Ms. Marvel. They find Magus, Warlock's father. Thanks to Rogue they manage to survive. Magus vanishes. Meanwhile, Rachel, Storm, Illyana, and the Prof pick up Kitty and Wolverine from the airport. Rachel has a flashback to when Kate Pryde of the future sent her back to the present. The Professor gets mugged by anti-mutant scumbags and is injured. [The X-Men/Alpha-Flight mini-series takes place between panels of this issue.]

A mysterious figure appears to drag Professor X's bloody body away. Revealed to be Callisto in the following issue.

Thunderbird has kidnapped Banshee and sent a message to the X-Men: if they do not find their former teammate within 24 hours, Thunderbird will kill him!

At Muir Island, Sean Cassidy jogs alone early in the mourning, feeling happy because of last weeks events. Suddenly Warpath appears and kicks him at the face, and after a fast fight, knocks him down. Before passing out, Banshee looks up and sees his old colleague Thunderbird, killed in action during a X-Men mission.

In New York, Xavier wakes up at Callisto's place, inside Morlock's tunnels. Xavier was beaten up by a bunch of extremists last issue who discovered he was a mutant, and Callisto saved him unconscious and the Healer had used his powers to save him. Callisto dressed Xavier with one of Morlock's clothes and explain to him all about human that hate mutants and that this kind of battle will continuously occur, that's why the Morlocks hide themselves. Callisto then tells Xavier that Ororo still is the leader of Morlocks, even without powers, because she had won their battle. Then Sunder appears with some Morlocks holding three kids in their arms, saying that the humans had killed them just because they are mutants, children of Annalee. Because of that Callisto start to shout at Xavier saying that if the humans want a war, they will have it!

In Rocky Mountains, Warpath is at the place where his brother Thunderbird died, back in X-Men #95 in that battle versus Count Nefaria. Warpath talks to his dead brother about how he will kill Xavier, Banshee and the X-Men because they let him dye. Then his Hellions' teammates Roulette and Empath arrive at the scene saying they will help him defeat the X-Men, but Warpath doesn't want any help. Firestar flies towards then and Empath makes her kiss him with his powers, and then demands her to help him defeat the X-Men.

At Xavier's School the X-Men Rogue, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Kitty are training Cannonball in Danger Room, playing tag with the New Mutant. Colossus punches Cannonball when he is flying over him, and because of that Kitty shout at him that now Colossus is on Cannonball's side of the game, and Wolverine says that if it was a battle it could cost someone life. When they are talking Cannonball tries to catch them from behind, but Nightcrawler vanishes and Kitty becomes untouchable and then Cannonball hits Colossus again. Doug Ramsey and Rachel are at Danger Room's controls and change the game, putting everyone in Lila Cheney's planet with her and the warrior Vrakanin. In their battle Cannonball saves Wolverine and Rogue from a fall and when he is celebrating, Callisto and Xavier enter the room. Everyone make fun of Xavier's new clothes.

In a ship at Atlantic Ocean, Storm is shipping back to Africa after loosing her powers, remembering her past as a goddess and as a X-Man, when she suddenly sees her mother spirit.

Back to the school, Xavier is having a bath shower, very tired and injured after last day's problems. Nightcrawler calls him saying they have problems again, and when he goes to video room, they all watch Warpath talking that Banshee is his captive and he will kill him in 24 hours, unless the X-Men come to Cheyenne Mount. Nightcrawler says Moira confirms that Banshee is missing and then the X-Men decide to go after him, even if that starts a fight against the government, because Cheyenne Mount is the base of NORAD. That Mount is the same place where Thunderbird died.

At NORAD's base, Kitty Pryde enters using her power and every X-Men is talking to each other using Rachel's powers, because Xavier is too weak. Using Rachel's coordinates Nightcrawler teleports himself inside the base and then get everyone else, leaving Xavier and Lockheed at the X-Jet - Blackbird. Roulette uses her powers to overpowers Blackbird'd systems and then Empath enters the jet and starts a mental battle with Xavier. Even injured Xavier is about to defeat him, but Roulette shows up and uses some gas to knock out Xavier. Rachel senses Xavier's pain and Kitty goes there to see what had happened just to see Xavier knocked out and Blackbird's systems destroyed.

Nightcrawler asks Rachel to find Banshee with her powers, but that causes Rachel to remember about her past as a tracker in her reality and then she has black out. Then Wolverine uses his senses to find Banshee with Kitty taking him through the walls. Nightcrawler leaves Rogue to take care of Professor and he is very upset about he's being a terrible leader.

Inside NORAD's war room a excursion is walking through with Empath, Roulette and Firestar among them. Roulette again uses her power in the sensors and the X-Men are detected by the army, causing a huge mess.

Kitty and Wolverine find Banshee arrested in a room and when she is about to release him, Warpath shows up and kicks Wolverine. They fight while Kitty takes Banshee out, but a strange gas is entering the room and make Kitty pass out. This distract Wolverine and then Warpath punches his face, almost knocking him out. The gas is so strong that Wolverine also passes out. Warpath has the antidote with him but he couldn't let Wolverine and Kitty behind to die with the gas. He was not trained to that, and is not happy even after defeating two of the X-Men he sworn to kill. Then he decides that he will only kill Xavier.

In another place at the base, defense robots are attacking Colossus and Nightcrawler, who disappear to get Rogue to help them. The robots then capture Nightcrawler but Rogue throws Colossus (Fastball Special) towards them and the big guy destroy the robots.

Rogue tries to awaken Rachel from her nightmare state, but she won't listen. Suddenly Firestar flies of their heads, enters the room and attacks Colossus sending him to outside the mountain. Empath is using his powers to demand the Captain of NORAD to kill his prisoners, but listening to that order, Nightcrawler escapes again and restart the fight. At air outside, Colossus doesn't want to hurt Firestar and decides to talk to her, explaining everything since Banshee's kidnapping by Warpath. Then Firestar realizes Empath had lied to her, but she doesn't want to be alone again and decides to believe in Empath. Rogue finds them both and with a single punch knock them out and bring them down. Rogue absorb some of Firestar memories and also realizes what Empath had been doing to her emotions.

Back at war room, Nightcrawler is still fighting the robot guards and Empath is looking, when Warpath arrives saying Empath had blown everything over. Kitty takes grabs Empath through the ground and Wolverine makes him pass out by just showing him his claws. Then Nightcrawler also arrests Roulette and Kitty tries to grab Warpath, but he is faster then her moves.

Wolverine lights up a cigar and talks to Kitty about how nice was Thunderbird and that they were much alike, and he doesn't know why Warpath becomes so angry. Suddenly the guards enter the room and arrest them both.

Rachel wakes up but doesn't want to tell Colossus or Rogue what had happened to her. Rogue ask her again to seek for Logan and Kitty but again Rachel screams NO. Rogue says she will take Rachel's power and seek for herself but Nightcrawler shows up and says he will get the others. Rachel then lead him with her power. Rogue flies away to see the Professor.

At the X-Jet, Warpath shows Xavier the knife of his older brother Thunderbird. Xavier is weaken but can see that Warpath is holding himself to the idea of killing him. Xavier then decides to confront Warpath with some truths about his brother and what really happened, that Thunderbird was in a mission with the X-Men and that he joined them by his own will. Xavier says he would have died in his place if he could. Warpath doesn't believe in his words and then Xavier says to kill him then. He raises his knife but couldn't kill Xavier. Warpath cries out how he had failed as an Apache and as a man, and how he is a coward, to what Xavier denies and says he is a true man just because what he had done.

Later at Xavier's School, Xavier invites both Warpath and Firestar to join the X-Men. Warpath says he wants to go back to Massachusetts Academy because there he has friends, not Empath and Roulette, but true ones, and it is time for him to find his own pass without following his brother's past. Firestar also decides to go back, because Emma Frost had always been so nice to her that she wouldn't want to leave her, even after what Empath did to her.

Xavier wishes good luck to them and says everyone deserves a second chance, even Roulette and Empath, who are sedated upstairs.

The authorities are looking for the X-Men because what happened.

Introducing Firestar the newest mutant to the X-Men, but will she join?

This is the 100th issue since the New X-Men members.

The Nimrod Sentinel takes on the Juggernaut! Can the X-Men stop the fight before the collateral damage becomes too great? Meanwhile, Storm finds trouble back in her native Kenya.

The X-Men are roused out of a sound sleep by the news that Juggernaut is loose in NYC. Storm manages to piss off Andrea and Andreas Strucker in Africa. Nimrod shows up and attacks the X-Men and Jugs. Using Kitty's plan, Rogue absorbs the powers of Kitty, Colossus and Nightcrawler and beats up Nimrod, who vanishes away. Col. Vazhin from issue #123 appears and comments on the state of mutant affairs in the USA.

When the Power Pack's parents have their minds erased, Kitty Pryde gathers the X-Men together to set things right for the super-powered siblings!

* Crossover with Power Pack #12*

The four super-powered siblings of Power Pack- Alex, Julie, Jack and Katie- awake in the middle of the night to discover that their parents don't know who they are. Not only that, but their belongings, down to their favorite breakfast cereals, have been removed from their apartment.

The kids flee the apartment and descend into the sewers, where they are apprehended by the Morlocks. The Morlocks previously attempted to kidnap Power Pack so they could be adopted by AnnaLee, a mutant who recently lost her own children; they're not giving up.

Only five-year-old Katie is able to escape from the Morlocks, although her face is horribly deformed by Masque. She runs into the subway tunnels, where she is frightened by a passing train. A police officer discovers her, but since she is scared and unable to see in the dark, she hits him with a power ball. Katie is subdued and brought to Bellevue Hospital. She refuses to speak or identify herself.

The next morning, Kitty Pryde sees Katie's photo on the news. She assembles a small team of X-Men - Wolverine, Rachel, and Rogue - to rescue Katie from the hospital, and gives Katie a special jacket to make her an honorary X-Man.

The X-Men and Katie enter the Morlocks' territory. They discover that the Power siblings' rooms have been reassembled in the sewers, and that the other three children have been disfigured by Masque and have had their memories erased by the Morlock, Beautiful Drreamer. They now believe that the empath Morlock AnnaLee is their mother, and they immediately attack the X-Men. In the midst of the battle, Julie grabs Katie and takes her to have her memories erased. Kitty Pryde follows and attempts to reason with AnnaLee to let Katie go, to no avail.

Callisto finally appears and orders the Morlocks to release Power Pack, restore their memories and faces, and put everything right at home. She admonishes the Morlocks to consider Power Pack to be completely off-limits, like the X-Men, and threatens AnnaLee with death in the ring if she disobeys.

A depowered Storm falls victim to elements. In her delirium, she is visited by her teammates. Will she find the strength necessary to live or will she give up and die?!

After Losing her powers, storm traveled to south Africa in search of herself. In her travels she came across a wrecked bus, where she met a young woman by the name of Shani who is with child and near death. Storm saves Shani from the wreckage and the two venture out to get her to her destination, of the Shani Tribe. The road to the Shani tribe is long, and when they finally make it they are extremely fatigued. Storm collapsed due to exhaustion. when she is awakened by the elder, and leader of the tribe, MjNari, he explained to her that Shani had gone into labor but her baby would not come. Storm rushed to Shani's side and helps her deliver the child, but it is yet still born. Storm did all she could to revives, and succeeded.

MjNari congratulated them, and began to make his way outside where the music of celebration had changed to a music of mourning. Storms followed after MjNari and asked him where he was going, and he replied saying "I think you know."

It was the Shani peoples tradition that when a new life came into the world, the very old would make room for the very young. Storm followed him to the outskirts of the village while he explained to her the history of their people.

Initially they lived off the land, and life was hard. Then when they got the technology to better support their people they grew arrogant, and proud. eventually no matter how much fertilizer was used, the ground would not produce, they could not afford the fuel to power their machines. Many Died.

MjNari being the elder found the balance that only a set number of people could survive with what their tribe had to offer in food, and land, so when a new life was born the elderly would sacrifice themselves. Storm tried to talk him out of it, but he tlls her that it is the only way. Storm stayed with him till her died and gave him a proper barial.

"And yet though he is gone, I still hear his voice. -'Somewhere on these plains it is said, countless ages ago, the human race began. Now two great cultures crash headlong into each other. The very old against the very new. The one must give way for the other for that is natures way. But at the same time it's wisdom and experience must teach lest youth and immaturity bring about unwitting catastrophe. Technology is not inherently bad, merely the careless and stupid use of it. Neither tradition is wholly good, if it blinds us to ways of making our lives better and happier. A bridge needed between these two halves, a synthesis, a blend, a person who is both one and the other, who’s mind comprehends and who’s hands command the machines, yet who's eyes and soul look upon them with the wisdom of the ages." - MjNari

Storm then realized then that he was talking about her. She returned to the Shani people, and becomes the godmother of Shani's son, and named him MjNari in Honor of her friends.

Professor X is dying?! Also, Rachel Summers unleashes the full fury of her powers!

Mystique strikes a deal with Valerie Cooper. Rachel Summers goes to Jean Greys parents house; she finds the Holempathic Matrix Crystal, imbued with the essence of Jean Greys personality and Rachel claims the power and name of the Phoenix.

Magneto and Kitty Pryde are at a special reception at the Holocaust Memorial in Washington DC. Magneto is attacked by the Freedom Force, under orders from Valerie Cooper. The X-Men join in the battle but Magneto Surreders saying: "The time has come at last to take a stand, to face my accusers and my fate".

THE TRIAL OF MAGNETO!

Magneto is on trial in Paris for being a bad mutant. The Prof and Gaby Haller (from issue #161) are the defense attorneys. They present an eloquent defense. Meanwhile, Fenris (a.k.a. Andrea and Andreas Strucker, the kids of Baron Strucker, also from issue #161) are framing the X-Men as terrorists. The Prof is on his last legs from all his injuries. Maddy Pryor gives birth to Nathan Christopher Charles Summers all by herself in the X-mansion. Fenris attacks the trial, Magneto saves the innocent people, but avoids capture afterwards. Charles is about to die and "wills" the X-Men and New Mutants to him. Fortunately, Lil and Corsair bamf him up to the Starjammer's ship, but have to warp out of the system soon.

Who shall lead the X-Men? Storm and Cyclops duel to determine the answer!

The X-Men get all gushy over little Nate. Scott and Maddy fight. Storm challenges Scott to a fight for the leadership of the X-Men. Storm out skills Cyke, even though she has no powers. Scott, Maddy, and Nathan leave for Alaska. Also around this time, in New Mutants #35, Magento becomes Headmaster of Xavier's school, in Xavier's absence.

Synopsis

The X-men have arrived home to see Madelyne and her son. They all love him and take turns commenting and collectively gawking at him. While there Rachel and Nightcrawler have a friendly scuffle with him tickling her. Kitty is left with the baby as Storm and Maddie talk. Maddie voices her problems with the X-men team’s presence in the life of her husband. She even wonders if he truly loves her considering he was absent for her child’s birth and was the only person not to call and check in on her.

Kitty hands the baby to Rachel who is still keeping the secret of being Scott and jeans daughter from an alternate time from Scott. She links with the baby’s mind and they have a tear-filled embrace. Scott muses over the disappearance of Professor X now that he needs him the most.

In space Binary informs the streamers that the ship is effectively lost in space floating. Lilandra and Charles must accept that he is stuck in space with no way of returning home.

On earth Cannonball’s computer crashes taking his term paper with it. While on he school grounds the team plays baseball. Kitty throws colossus bats and Rogue ends up in the sky catching the ball right as the president and secretary are on a flight to a meeting. They see her but plan o keep this between them.

Kitty departs from the match and help cannonball fix his computer and runs into storm who tells her Scott and Maddie are using her room to have a discussion about his fate with the x-men. He wants to stay especially now that Magneto is at the school. Maddie thinks he should quit as he has a responsibility to his son and his wife. He doesn’t think anyone else can lead especially with storm empowered. To put an end to things storm proposes a fight to determine who will lead.

Magneto and the new mutants are training when they are sent out and Cyclops and Storm enter. The duel has begun and all the x-men gather to watch. Wolvie is rooting for storm and invites everyone to place a wager. The danger room is turned into a destroyed city and storm uses the terrain to her advantage. Cyclops meanwhile is distracted by his conflicting feelings of leading the x-men and laving with Maddie. She cuddles her child and silently wishes for Scott to lose despite knowing it will break his heart to leave. Scott’s distraction leads to storm sneaking up on him and removing his visor. He is defeated and storm is now the leader of the x-men. As he leaves he wonders how much of a future he has with Maddie after everything he has done.

Rachel visit’s the Greys and places her essence into the homeopathic crystal along with her mom’s and wishes her grandparents goodbye. The watcher realizes the presence of the phoenix.