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Issue: Essential X-Men #2
Publication Date: January 2006
 
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Volume: 2
Pages: 584
ISBN: 0785102981
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Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U.S; 16.7 cm x 25.7 cm
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; newsprint interior
Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
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Dark Phoenix; Storm; Colossus; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Sprite [Kitty Pryde]
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Chaos in Canada! (X-Men #120)

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Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; Vindicator; Shaman; Sasquatch
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Wanted: Wolverine! Dead or Alive! (X-Men #120)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Sunfire; Mariko Yashida; Colleen Wing; Alpha Flight (1st team) [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson; Guardian]; Shaman [Michael Twoyoungmen] (introduction); Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski] (introduction); Snowbird [Anne McKenzie] (introduction, but not shown as Snowbird until next issue); Northstar [Jean-Paul Beaubier] (introduction); Aurora [Jeanne-Marie Beaubier] (introduction)
The X-Men fly out of Japan but a freak storm heads their plane into Canada where Alpha Flight is waiting to take Wolverine into custody. The X-Men begin their battle with Canada's super team.
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1st time Wolverine is called "Logan."
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Alpha Flight Attacks! (X-Men #121)

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Cyclops; Storm; Colossus; Vindicator; Snowbird; Sasquatch
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Shoot-Out at the Stampede! (X-Men #121)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson; Guardian]; Shaman; Sasquatch; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar]; John Byrne (cameo)
Alpha Flight and the X-Men fight over Wolverine. Wolverine surrenders to save his teammates, but escapes to return home with his pals.
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The Trial of Colossus! (X-Men #122)

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Cyclops; Colossus; Wolverine
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Cry for the Children! (X-Men #122)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Lilandra; Moira MacTaggert; Polaris; Havok; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde (Introduction)] (villain);Black Tom Cassidy (villain); Juggernaut (villain); Arcade (villain); Miss Locke (villain); Mariko Yashida (cameo); Multiple Man (cameo)
Wolverine forces Colossus to deal with his recent self-esteem problems. Xavier attends Lilandra's coronation. Jean meets Jason for the first time. Storm visits her old home to find it is a drug hangout. Wolverine sees Mariko in New York. Cyclops goes on a date with Colleen. Arcade conspires with Tom and Juggernaut to kill the X-Men.
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Arcade's Murder World (X-Men #123)

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Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; Spider-Man; Arcade
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"Listen--Stop Me If You've Heard It--But This One Will KILL You!" (X-Men #123)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Spider-Man; Colleen Wing; Amanda Sefton; Betsy Wilford; Arcade (villain); Miss Locke (villain); Mariko Yashida (cameo); Chris Claremont (cameo); Roger Stern (cameo); Len Wein (cameo); Glynis Wein (cameo); Terry Austin (cameo); Bonnie Wilford (cameo)
Arcade captures all of the X-Men and places them in Murder World, but Spider-Man is hot on their trail.
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Proletarian (X-Men #124 cover)

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Cyclops; Storm; Colossus [as Proletarian]
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He Only Laughs When I Hurt! (X-Men #124)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Colleen Wing; Amanda Sefton; Betsy Wilford; Hulk (Robot); Arcade (villain, Origin); Miss Locke (villain); Magneto (villain; Robot); Captain Britain (cameo flashback); Black Tom Cassidy (cameo flashback); Juggernaut (cameo flashback); Spider-Man (cameo flashback)
The X-Men try to break Colossus of Arcade's conditioning and escape Murder World.
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The Dramatic Return of Phoenix! (X-Men #125)

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Storm; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Colossus; Havok; Polaris; Multiple Man; Proteus
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There's Something Awful on Muir Island! (X-Men #125)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Beast; Moira MacTaggert; Lilandra; Havok; Polaris; Multiple Man; Proteus (villain); Magneto (villain); Mastermind (villain); Iceman (cameo flashback); Angel (cameo flashback); Magda Lehnsherr (Magneto's wife; cameo on video); Popeye (cameo amongst a group panel of aliens on the Shi'ar homeworld); Phantom Stranger (cameo amongst a group panel of aliens on the Shi'ar homeworld)
Moira tests Jean's Phoenix powers. Jean begins having hallucinations thanks to Mastermind. Moira discovers that Proteus has escaped. Beast finds out the X-Men are alive and lets them know that Moira needs their help on Muir Isle.
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This issue is the first to reveal Magneto as the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Popeye and the Phantom Stranger appear in the background of page 16, panel 5, added by inker Terry Austin. A few characters from the Claremont/Byrne/Austin Starlord book appear in panel 6.
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In Search of Mutant X (X-Men #126)

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How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth...! (X-Men #126)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Moira MacTaggert; Havok; Polaris; Madrox the Multiple Man; Proteus (villain); Mastermind (villain)
The X-Men are on Muir Isle trying to take down the super-powerful Proteus who also happens to be Moira's son. Jean continues to have Mastermind-induced hallucinations.
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The Power of Proteus (X-Men #127)

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The Quality of Hatred! (X-Men #127)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Moira MacTaggert; Joe MacTaggert (introduction, Death); Havok; Polaris; Proteus (villain)
Cyclops pulls the team together after their first mind-numbing encounter with Proteus. Proteus takes over the body of his father in order to take the X-Men down in round two.
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The Day Reality Went Wild! (X-Men #128)

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Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; Moira MacTaggert; Polaris
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The Action of the Tiger! (X-Men #128)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Moira MacTaggert; Havok; Polaris; Proteus [as Joe MacTaggert] (villain, death); Magneto (cameo flashback); Multiple Man (cameo flashback)
It's the X-Men vs. Proteus to the death.
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Save Us from the Knights of Hellfire! (X-Men #129)

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God Spare the Child... (X-Men #129)

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Alex Summers [Havok]; the Hellfire Club's Inner Circle [Jason Wyngarde; Sebastian Shaw; the White Queen [Emma Frost] (introduction)]; Katherine "Kitty" Pryde (introduction); Carmen Pryde (introduction); Terri Pryde (introduction); Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Madrox the Multiple Man; Moira MacTaggert; Sean Cassidy [Banshee] (leaves); the X-Men [Colossus; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Professor X; Storm; Wolverine]; Hellfire soldiers; Donald Pierce; Harry Leland
The X-Men return to the states, but Banshee stays in Scotland with Moira. Upon entering the mansion, the X-Men find Xavier is back and ready to lead the team again. Professor X identifies a new mutant and the X-Men go to recruit her. The Hellfire Club also tries to woo the young Kitty Pryde into their ranks.
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The Dramatic Debut of the Dazzler! (X-Men #130)

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X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]
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Dazzler (X-Men #130)

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X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (Introduction); Kitty Pryde; Hellfire Club [White Queen [Emma Frost]; Sebastian Shaw (Full Introduction); Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]]; Hellfire Soldiers
Kitty helps four of the X-Men escape from Emma Frost. Scott and Jean try to beat the Hellfire Club to recruiting Dazzler, the first mutant of the disco era. Jean's Mastermind-induced mind trips continue.
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Prisoners of the White Queen! (X-Men #131)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; White Queen; Hellfire Soldiers
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Run for Your Life! (X-Men #131)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Dazzler; Kitty Pryde; Carmen Pryde; Terri Pryde; Hellfire Club [White Queen [Emma Frost]; Mastermind]; Hellfire Soldiers
Kitty leads Scott, Jean and Kurt to where the White Queen is holding the rest of the team. Phoenix manifests astounding power in confronting the White Queen. Xavier offers a place to the two new mutants on his team; Dazzler turns him down but Kitty joins.
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(X-Men #132 cover)

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Cyclops; Storm; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland; Donald Pierce; Mastermind
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And Hellfire Is Their Name! (X-Men #132)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Angel; Candy Southern; Hellfire Club [Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland (1st Full); Donald Pierce (1st Full); Mastermind; Tessa (1st)] (villains); Hellfire Soldiers (villains); White Queen [Emma Frost] (cameo flashback); Dazzler (cameo flashback); Kitty Pryde (cameo flashback)
The X-Men seek out Angel's advice on how to deal with the Hellfire Club as he is a member. The X-Men infiltrate the Club and are beaten by the inner circle. Mastermind works his final mojo on Jean Grey and she becomes the Black Queen of the Hellfire Club. Wolverine is the only X-Man left to mount a rescue.
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Last panel of Wolverine in the sewers promising his solo revenge on the Hellfire Club is one of the most famous (and tributed) Wolverine images on file.
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Wolverine Lashes Out! (X-Men #133 cover)

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Wolverine; Hellfire Soldiers
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Wolverine: Alone! (X-Men #133)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Angel; Banshee; Moira MacTaggert; Hellfire Club [Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland; Donald Pierce; Mastermind] (villains); Hellfire Soldiers [Angelo Macon (1st); Wade Cole (1st); Murray Reese (1st) (Later Reavers)] (villains); Senator Robert Kelly (cameo, introduction)
Wolverine fights his way to his captured comrades while Cyclops and the X-Men wage a futile battle against the Inner Circle and their new Black Queen, Jean Grey.
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Heroes and Hellfire (X-Men #134)

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Cyclops; Phoenix; Wolverine; Colossus; Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland; Mastermind
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Too Late, the Heroes! (X-Men #134)

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X-Men [Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey; also as Dark Phoenix on last page]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Beast; Hellfire Club [Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland; Donald Pierce; Mastermind] (villains); Hellfire Soldiers (villains); Senator Robert Kelly (cameo)
Jean breaks Mastermind's spell over her and the X-Men battle the Hellfire Club through the Club's mansion. Jean drives Mastermind insane for toying with her mind. Jean snaps and becomes Dark Phoenix.
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Defeated by Dark Phoenix! (X-Men #135)

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Cover is an homage to the cover of X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #56
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Dark Phoenix (X-Men #135)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Beast; Senator Robert Kelly; Angel; Banshee; Moira MacTaggert; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Dark Phoenix [Jean Grey] (villain, introduction); Sebastian Shaw (villain); Harry Leland (villain); Spider-Man (cameo); Dr. Strange (cameo); Mr. Fantastic (cameo); The Thing (cameo); Silver Surfer (cameo); Peter Corbeau (cameo)
Jean goes nuts as Dark Phoenix, beats up on her former teammates and heads for outer space to destroy a star system while the X-Men are left wondering how to handle their crazy comrade.
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Child of Light and Darkness! (X-Men #136)

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Professor X; Cyclops; Dark Phoenix; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler
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Child of Light and Darkness! (X-Men #136)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Beast; Angel; Lilandra; Gladiator; Shi'ar; Jarvis;John Grey; Elaine Grey; Sara Grey (1st); Dark Phoenix [Jean Grey] (villain); Jimmy Carter (cameo)
Dark Phoenix returns to Earth to face the X-Men and her old life. After a pitched battle with her former teammates, Jean is restored to her right mind after a furious assault by Xavier. As the team is celebrating the purging of the Phoenix force, they vanish into thin air.
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Phoenix Must Die! (X-Men #137)

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The Fate of the Phoenix! (X-Men #137)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey; Marvel Girl; Dark Phoenix] (Death); Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Watcher; Recorder; Beast; Angel; Lilandra; Shi'ar; Kree; Skrulls; Supreme Intelligence; Gladiator; Imperial Guard [Starbolt; Oracle; Tempest; Nightside; Smasher; Warstar (first appearance); Earthquake (first appearance); Hussar (first appearance); Manta (first appearance)]
Lilandra transports the X-Men to her base so that Phoenix can be killed for her crime of wiping out an entire star system. Xavier explains that the Phoenix Force has been purged from Jean and demands the right to trial by combat when his captors refuse to listen. The X-Men and the Imperial Guard fight on the Blue Area of the Moon to determine Jean's fate. During the battle, Dark Phoenix manifests herself once again and Jean sacrifices herself rather than let the Phoenix loose on the universe.
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Exit Cyclops! (X-Men #138)

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Elegy (X-Men #138)

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X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops (Leaves); Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Angel; Beast; Iceman; Kitty Pryde]; John Grey; Elaine Grey; Sara Grey; Lilandra; Jean Grey (cameo flashback); Magneto (cameo flashback); Blob (cameo flashback); Vanisher (cameo flashback); Namor, the Sub-Mariner (cameo flashback); Mastermind (cameo flashback); Toad (cameo flashback); Quicksilver (cameo flashback); Scarlet Witch (cameo flashback); Ka-Zar (cameo flashback); Zabu (cameo flashback); The Stranger (cameo flashback); Juggernaut (cameo flashback); Human Torch (cameo flashback); Mimic (cameo flashback); Lucifer (cameo flashback); Count Nefaria (cameo flashback); Eel (cameo flashback); Unicorn (cameo flashback); Plant Man (cameo flashback); Porcupine (cameo flashback); Scarecrow (cameo flashback); Locust (cameo flashback); Banshee (cameo flashback); Kukulcan (cameo flashback); Super Adaptoid (cameo flashback); Warlock (cameo flashback); Cobalt Man (cameo flashback); Candy Southern (cameo flashback);Dr. Strange (cameo flashback); Spider-Man (cameo flashback); Mole Man (cameo flashback); Tyrannus (cameo flashback); Mekano (cameo flashback); Mutant Master (cameo flashback); Grotesk (cameo flashback); Mesmero (cameo flashback); Polaris (cameo flashback);Havok (cameo flashback); Living Pharaoh (cameo flashback); Living Monolith (cameo flashback); Sauron (cameo flashback); Sunfire (cameo flashback); Z'Nox (cameo flashback); Thunderbird [John Proudstar] (cameo flashback); Banshee (cameo flashback); Krakoa (cameo flashback); Ani-Men (cameo flashback); Black Tom Cassidy (cameo flashback); Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Electron; Oracle; Tempest; Mentor; Hobgoblin; Starbolt; Smasher; Impulse; Titan; Fang; Midget; Nightshade; Astra; Magic;Quasar] (cameo flashback); Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson];Shaman; Snowbird; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Aurora; Northstar] (cameo flashback); Garokk (cameo flashback); Moses Magnum (cameo flashback); Arcade (cameo flashback); Moira MacTaggert (cameo flashback); Proteus (cameo flashback); Sebastian Shaw (cameo flashback); Harry Leland (cameo flashback); Donald Pierce (cameo flashback)
During Jean's funeral, Cyclops gives a concise yet detailed history of the X-Men from the first 137 issues of the series. Cyclops leaves and Kitty joins.
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Welcome to the X-Men Kitty Pryde Hope You Survive the Experience! (X-Men #139)

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...Something Wicked This Way Comes!

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X-Men [Professor X; Angel (Joins); Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Heather Hudson (first appearance); Stevie Hunter (first appearance); Hulk (flashback); Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson; Guardian]; Shaman; Snowbird]; Wendigo (villain)
The X-Men begin to train together with their new line-up. Kitty tries to adjust to life as an X-Man. Wolverine and Nightcrawler head to Canada to help Alpha Flight track down Wendigo.
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This is the first time Wolverine is in his brown costume. This is the first reference in X-Men to Wolverine’s first appearance in Incredible Hulk #181 (shown as a flashback).
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Fist to Fist with the Savage Fury of Wen-Di-Go! (X-Men #140)

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Rage! (X-Men #140)

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X-Men [Professor X; Angel; Storm; Wolverine (Origin); Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Heather Hudson; Stevie Hunter; Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman; Snowbird]; Wendigo (villain); Blob (villain)
Wolverine and Nightcrawler help Alpha Flight battle Wendigo. Shaman transforms the beast back to human form. The Canadian government disbands Alpha Flight (next in Alpha Flight #1).
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X-Men #141

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Days of Future Past (X-Men #141)

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X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Angel; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Wolverine (of 2013); Colossus (of 2013);Storm (of 2013); Sprite (of 2013); Franklin Richards (of 2013); Magneto (of 2013); Rachel Summers (1st appearance); Moira MacTaggert; Senator Robert Kelly; Sentinels (villains); New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (villains, 1st appearance) [Mystique; Destiny (1st appearance); Blob; Pyro (1st appearance); Avalanche (1st appearance)]; Lois Lane (cameo); Jimmy Olsen (cameo)
Rachel Summers sends Kitty Pryde back in time from 2013 to warn the X-Men that the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants will try to kill Senator Kelly and begin a chain of events that spells doom for mutants.
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This Issue: Everybody Dies! (Uncanny X-Men #142)

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Wolverine; Storm; Sentinel
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Mind out of Time! (Uncanny X-Men #142)

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X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Angel; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde];Wolverine of 2013 (death); Colossus of 2013 (death); Storm of 2013 (death); Kitty Pryde of 2013; Rachel Summers; Moira MacTaggert; Senator Robert Kelly; Henry Peter Gyrich; Sebastian Shaw; Rick Redfern; Joanie Caucus-Redfern; Sentinels (villains); New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Mystique; Destiny; Blob; Pyro; Avalanche] (villains)
The Brotherhood makes its play against Senator Kelly. Kitty's future self, which is in possession of her present body, helps the X-Men defeat Mystique and her crew (thus changing the future). As soon as Kelly is saved, Kitty's psyche returns from the future to her own body. A month later, in response to the attack, Kelly puts Gyrich in charge of a top secret Sentinel program called "Project Wideawake."
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Rick and Joanie from the comic strip Doonesbury.
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Merry Christmas X-Men... Guess What Just Came Down the Chimney! (Uncanny X-Men #143)

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Demon (Uncanny X-Men #143)

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X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Wolverine; Angel; Colossus; Kitty Pryde]; Cyclops; Lee Forrester (1st); Mariko Yashida; Carmen Pryde; Terri Pryde; N'garai Demon (villain, introduction, Death)
Kitty is left home alone on Christmas Eve and tangles with a nasty demon.
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Cry...D'Spayre (Uncanny X-Men #144)

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Even in Death... (Uncanny X-Men #144)

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X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Wolverine; Angel; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]; Man-Thing; Cyclops; Lee Forrester; Jock Forrester (Death; Lee's father); D'Spayre (villain); Havok (cameo as an illusion); Polaris (cameo as an illusion); Beast (cameo as an illusion); Iceman (cameo as an illusion); Jean Grey (cameo as an illusion)
D'Spayre pushes Lee's father to suicide and mucks with Cyclops' mind.
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