Issue Description

After having just defeated Madelyne Pryor, Jean goes into a state of psychic attack, where she is struggling to deal with Madelyne's memories, as well as Sinster's control of Madelyne. Storm, Cyclops, Psylocke, and Wolverine enter her mind, and they all eventually drive Sinister out of her mind. They then decide to attack Sinister.

They go to Sinister's base, now Xavier's School. While searching, different groups are assaulted by Blockbuster, Sabretooth, and Malice/Polaris. They all are defeated, but at the last second Sinister causes an explosion to defeat them all. Only Longshot stands against Sinister and Malice.

Synopsis

Atop the Empire State Building, X-Factor and the X-Men begin to lick their wounds. The X-Men especially note that their demonized appearance is slow to dissipate and they wonder how much the Inferno has truly affected them all. Jean cries out and puts up a force globe to keep her friends away. Psylocke is able to get through, however, and pulls Storm, Cyclops, and Wolverine into Jean Grey's mind.

The group finds themselves on the Blue Area of the Moon. Cyclops can't believe that these are really Jean's memories, because this is the place where the Phoenix had died - Jean herself was already in suspended animation in her cocoon. Before they get any answers, a mysterious man begins to break up this memory.

The group then begins moving around Jean's mind and they find fragments of memories that should belong to Madelyne Pryor, not Jean. Psylocke begins to put together that the two women may have more in common than anyone could have ever guessed. The arrive at Xavier's school and meet Madelyne who immediately zaps Cyclops. Madelyne shifts into Jean, who claims that she is merged with Madelyne and is having a hard time controlling her thoughts. Psylocke tries to get Rogue in to help (she having to deal with merging personalities whenever her power is used) but the attempt is blocked. The mysterious man arrives yet again to destroy memories. Psylocke holds him off while Madelyne/Jean explains their backstory of how the man, Mr. Sinister, created Madelyne and how Madelyne just wants to give in and die, which would include allowing Mr. Sinister to continue shattering her memories (which now rest in Jean's mind, the two having merged at Madelyne's death). Mr. Sinister finally shakes Psylocke and asks Madelyne to finally yield to her fate. Jean takes over and lashes back, kicking Mr. Sinister out of her mind.

At his base, Mr. Sinister tells Polaris to alert his followers, as he is sure an attack is imminent.

Sure enough, Jean, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, and Angel arrive at Xavier's Mansion by air; Jean had picked up the location in her confrontation with Mr. Sinister. Rogue and Psylocke infiltrate the mansion on the ground. In the Morlock Tunnels, Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, and Iceman attempt to breach the mansion from below. Elsewhere, Beast introduces Ship to Longshot and Mr. and Mrs. Grey. Beast asks Longshot to stay while he goes to fight.

In the Morlock Tunnels, Blockbuster attacks by knocking Colossus across the tunnel. Iceman tries to counter but is ineffective. Dazzler also tries but gets snagged by Blockbuster, who is enhanced due to the lingering effects of the Inferno. Havok, uninhibited by his insecurities (also thanks to the Inferno) unleashes a blast and kills Blockbuster.

In the X-Mansion hangar, Sabretooth leaps out and pounces on Psylocke. Psylocke is too quick, however, and assaults Sabretooth's mind before he can do her any harm. Rogue is bummed that she didn't get the first crack at him.

In the mansion, Jean discovers that Mr. Sinister has gone through and smashed all of their things. The rest of the group joins Jean and gets attacked by Polaris. Polaris first attempts to kill Wolverine, but Jean uses her telekinesis to thwart the attack. Storm then grabs Polaris from behind and slams her down on the ground. Jean then binds Polaris. The rest of X-Factor and the X-Men arrive and Psylocke is tasked with entering Polaris's mind to learn the location of Mr. Sinister. Psylocke is to also see if she can separate Polaris from Malice. Polaris pleads to be spared, as she and Malice are now one and any attempt to separate them will kill her. Before anything can happen, however, an explosion renders everyone unconscious. Mr. Sinister steps from the ashes and claims Jean Grey as his own. He then commands Polaris (who had been protected by her bonds) to kill the others. The only person standing in her way, it seems, is Longshot.

The Uncanny X-Men (1981)

Publisher

Marvel

Volume Description

This is a continuation of Stan Lee's and Jack Kirby's original The X-Men (Vol. 1). Beginning with issue #114 the descriptive "Uncanny" was added to the cover treatment but it wasn't until issue #142 that the volume's official name was permanently changed to Uncanny X-Men.

The title has had many creative influences over the years but Chris Claremont was probably the force that drove the title through many it its historic changes, truly bringing it from "the world strangest teens" into their new status a team of mutants fight in a "world that fears and hates them". During his legendary 15 year run he gave us character and stories such as Phoenix/Dark Phoenix, the Hellfire Club, the New Mutants, X-Factor, the Mutant Massacre, Inferno and Jubilee and numerous other historic heroes and events. This epic run ended after editorial disputes in 1991.

For the Uncanny X-Men Post-Schism, see Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 2).

Collected EditionsIssues #142-143 are collected in X-Men: Days of the Future PastUncanny X-Men Omnibus Volume 3 (#154-175)Issues #168-176 are collected in From the AshesIssues #199-209 are collected in GhostsIssues #210-213 are collected in Mutant MassacreIssues #225-227 are collected in Fall of the MutantsX-Men: Inferno Prologue (#228-238)Issues #239-243 are collected in InfernoX-Men: Inferno Volume 1 (#239-240)Issues #248 and 256-258 are collected in X-Men Visionaries: Jim LeeIssues #265-267 are collected in Gambit ClassicIssues #268-269 are collected in X-Men Visionaries: Jim LeeIssues #270-272 are collected in X-Tinction AgendaX-Tinction Agenda: Warzones! (#270)Issues #273-277 are collected in Crossroads and in X-Men Visionaries: Jim LeeIssues # 281-293 are collected in Bishop's CrossingIssues #294-297 are collected in X-Cutioner's Song (Hardcover)Issue #298-305 are collected in Fatal Attractions (Hardcover)Issues #308-310 are collected in X-Men: The Wedding of Cyclops and Phoenix #1 - TPBIssues #316-318 are collected in Generation XIssues #320-321 are collected in LegionquestIssues #322-326 are collected in X-Men: Road To Onslaught #1 - Volume 1Issues #327-328 are collected in X-Men: Road To Onslaught #2 - Volume 2Issues #329-332 are collected in X-Men: Road To Onslaught #3 - Volume 3Issues #334-335 are collected in The Complete Onslaught Epic, Book 1X-Men: Operation Zero Tolerance (#346)X-Men: The Hunt For Professor X (#360-365)Deathlok: Rage Against the Machine (#371)Issues #372-375 are collected in X-Men: The ShatteringIssues #376-377 are collected in X-Men Vs. Apocalypse: The TwelveIssue #378 is collected in X-Men vs. Apocalypse: Ages of ApocalypseIssues #379-380 are collected in X-Men: Powerless!Issues #388-390 are collected in X-Men: Dream's EndIssues #391-393 are collected in X-Men: Eve of DestructionIssues #394-409 are collected in X-Men: X-CorpsIssues #410-415 are collected in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1: HopeIssues #416-420 are collected in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2: Dominant SpeciesIssues #421-427 are collected in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 3: Holy WarIssues #428-436 are collected in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 4: The DracoIssues #437-441 are collected in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 5: She Lies with AngelsIssues #442-443 are collected in Uncanny X-Men Vol. 6: Bright New MourningIssues #444-449 are collected in Uncanny X-Men - The New Age: The End of HistoryIssues #450-454 are collected in Uncanny X-Men - The New Age: The Cruelest CutIssues #455-461 are collected in Uncanny X-Men - The New Age: On IceIssues #466-471 are collected in Uncanny X-Men - The New Age: End of GreysIssues #472-474 are collected in Uncanny X-Men - The New Age: First FoursakenIssues #475-486 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar EmpireIssues #487-491 are collected in Uncanny X-men: ExtremistsIssues #492-494 are collected in X-Men: Messiah CompleXIssues #495-499 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: Divided We StandIssues #500-503 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: Manifest DestinyIssues #504-507 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: LovelornIssues #508-512 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: SisterhoodIssues #513-514 are collected in Avengers/X-Men: UtopiaIssues #515-522 are collected in X-Men: Nation XIssues #523-525 are collected in X-Men: Second ComingIssues #526-529 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: The Birth of Generation HopeIssues #530-534 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: QuarantineIssues #535-539 are collected in Uncanny X-Men: Breaking PointIssues #540-544 are collected in Fear Itself: Uncanny X-Men

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