Instead of presenting a series of serialized stories, this creates an interwoven narrative tapestry. With the long-running Brood story firmly in the rear-view mirror, we now enter a prolonged period in which Claremont largely eschews multi-part, long-form story arcs in favor of standalone or two issue stories that are connected by ongoing subplots and characterization. This also heralds the beginning of a new approach to the title by Claremont. This seamless blend of action, character, and subplot has become the bread-and-butter of X-Men at this point. The second half of the issue is handed over to sequences of characterization and subplot development, pages which taught me that the quieter moments between characters matter as much as, if not more than, the super-powered slugfests. The X-Men burst into the mansion, systematically overcoming the New Mutants and taking on the Brood-possessed Professor X, culminating in the final moral debate of the story, as Storm and Cyclops find themselves unable to kill the creature that was once their mentor. The front half of the issue features a dynamic action sequence, masterfully choreographed by Paul Smith, which makes the situation and the X-Men's objective crystal clear, regardless of what happened in previous issues. She's also wielding one of the Brood's blasters. Kitty debuts a new pirate-themed costume this issue, though it doesn't stick around long. The X-Men's involvement in the story is fairly limited, and never referenced in the main series, which is why I chose not to cover it.
Published in the summer of 1982, it is often cited as Marvel's first limited series, though I have no idea if that's accurate (it seems a dubious claim if it did beat the Wolverine limited series to shelves, it did so only by a month or two at most). Notable for introducing a variety of international heroes that never quite took off (such as Shamrock or Peregrine), the story found the heroes of Earth pitted against each other as pawns in a cosmic game being waged by Elder of the Universe Grandmaster against Death for the life of his fellow Elder, the Collector. Read more about it here.Īccording to the Marvel Index, between this issue and X-Men Annual #6, the X-Men appeared in the three issue Contest of Champions limited series.
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Not surprisingly, some combination of Claremont's thinly-veiled criticism of the story and his use of the FF without running it by the Fantastic Four editorial team irritated the book's writer, John Byrne, which led to the classic "Trial of Reed Richards" story in Fantastic Four #262, in which Reed is put on trial by a galactic tribunal for helping Galactus and ultimately acquitted when it's determined that Galactus isn't evil. It also means that, to this day Professor X is technically a clone, something that isn't referenced very often, probably for the best. Thus, this marks the beginning of a unique era for the book, one in which Xavier's direct involvement with the team is increased, rather than the usual plot devices that see him sidelined, depowered, or written out for issues at a time. Professor X's mind is transferred into a new cloned body this issue, which will (eventually) enable him to walk once again. Professor X then formally introduces the X-Men to the New Mutants, and declares that, with students her own age at the school now Kitty is to be demoted to the New Mutants. With the cloning procedure a success, the X-Men gather as Professor X attempts to walk on his new and undamaged legs, but psychosomatic pain prevents him from doing so he'll have to work to overcome it. Meanwhile, Gladiator of the Imperial Guard arrives to tell Lilandra that Deathbird has declared herself Empress, causing Lilandra to wonder if she has the strength to mount another rebellion.
Corsair declares he intends to remain in space with the Starjammers, but tells Cyclops he wants to take his son to meet his grandparents first. Later, aboard the Starjammer, the X-Men wait as Sikorsky and Moira attempt to clone a new body for Professor X in order to transfer his mind into it.
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