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[CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"][I]Uncanny X-Men #57[/I] Jun 1969[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]First appearance of Larry Trask in ""The Sentinels Live!"[/SIZE]
New York City: Lorna Dane has settled into a new apartment and is still trying to adjust to the fact that she is
a mutant with magnetic powers when she is suddenly attacked and captured by the mutant hunting Sentinels.
While in Egypt, the X-Men attempt to calm down Cyclops' brother Alex Summers, who is horrified by the destructive force of his mutant powers,
of which he fears that he has little control over. Alex explains that his powers where what destroyed the Egyptian temple
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that was the Living Monolith's temple, causing the Monolith to be reverted to ordinary Ahmet Abdol, a simple archeologist.
When authorities arrive, the X-Men attempt to turn Abdol over to them. However Abdol's notoriety in the area as an
archeologist allows Abdol to turn the tables and demand that the police arrest Alex instead for destroying
his archeological dig. When they attempt to arrest Alex, the young mutant panics and fires a plasma blast from his hands at the soldiers.
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The X-Men then intervene while Alex flees into the desert. Furious over the situation,
Cyclops and the other X-Men easily defeat the officers and chase after Alex in their jet-car.
The X-Men pass a cavern, unaware that is where Alex has gone to hide and lament over his unstable powers.
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Alex's worries are short lived when a new menace appears, another Sentinel that easily captures the confused mutant.
As the X-Men continue their search, they are alerted by Cerebro that someone had attacked Lorna Dane's apartment.
Worried over his love interest, Iceman convinces Scott to allow him and Beast return to the United States
and investigate Lorna's disappearance while the others continue their search for Alex in Egypt,
unaware that the mastermind behind the Sentinel's resurrection is well aware of their splitting up and hopes to use it to his benefit.
Arriving in New York, Iceman and Beast search Lorna's apartment for clues.
However they are interrupted by the police who think that they are involved.
Trying to escape, Beast almost falls from the apartment building to a nasty death on the pavement below when one
of the officers on the scene tosses a chair at him and Bobby, knocking them both out the broken apartment window.
However, Iceman manages to save them and the two mutants decide to escape to Scott's apartment
and see if they can find any information about the attack on the news. They happen upon a news program where Federal Judge Robert Chalmers
is denouncing mutants as a menace on national television. With him is Larry Trask, the son of Bolivar Trask the Sentinel's original creator.
Trask has appeared on the news blaming mutants for his father's death.
He would go on and explain that he was present when his father built his first Sentinel's before going off to College.
Upon his return he was horrified to find that his father was killed during a battle between the X-Men and the Sentinels.
Having kept a dossier on mutants over the years to prove his claims and with recent reports of the X-Men's battle with Egyptian
authorities he proclaims to the television audience that the mutant menace will be eliminated and that the Sentinels live again.
As Bobby and Hank watch this startling development, they are completely unaware that a Sentinel
has tracked them down and is peering into Scott's apartment, poised to strike any moment.
[B]Script[/B] by Roy Thomas, [B]pencils[/B] by Neal Adams, [B]inks[/B] by Tom Palmer[/CENTER]
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[CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"][I]Uncanny X-Men #245[/I] Jun 1989[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]"Men!"[/SIZE]
In orbit above Earth, an alien coalition prepares to launch its invasion of the planet
as an archivist discovers humanity's success against other alien foes.
In Australia, a morose Havok observes his teammates through the town's computer system
before getting into an argument with Storm and Wolverine over their use.
Suspecting what worked for the women would help the men as well, Wolverine suggests a boys night out.
In space, the invasion leader is shown the Jean Bomb, a weapon in the form of a red-headed woman with the power to destroy all bonds.
Just then, the archivist tries to warn the leader about Earth, but is gunned down for getting too close.
In Sydney, Wolverine leads the male X-Men into a bar,
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where Longshot proceeds to dance with all the women while the rest get drunk.
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Eventually, they're drawn outside by the sound of the invasion attacking the city.
Most of the city's denizens seem unperturbed by the presence of the invaders,
with the mayor even offering his seat to the leader in order to finally go on vacation.
At the bar, Colossus gets into a brawl with a group of shock troops,
while Longshot is accosted by a team of winged female commandos whom he eventually charms.
Infuriated by the failures of his forces, the leader orders the detonation of the Jean Bomb
as Wolverine bluffs his way to a win in a game of poker against the strike force's commander.
Outside, the leader's ship departs as it prepares to drop the bomb, but Havok blasts it,
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destroying the ship and the weapon, ending the invasion.
The X-Men return home, all the better for their night out.
Meanwhile, in Kentucky, Tessa investigates a massacre at a Shaw Industries facility, and learns that Donald Pierce has escaped.
[SIZE=1][B][COLOR="#FF0000"]NOTE: This issue is a parody of the "Invasion" storyline DC did around the same time.[/COLOR][/B][/SIZE]
[B]Story[/B] by Chris Claremont. [B]Art[/B] by Rob Liefeld and Dan Green.[/CENTER]
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[CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"][I]Uncanny X-Men #58[/I] Jul 1969[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]"Mission: Murder!"[/SIZE]
Continued from last issue...
While watching a news story about Larry Trask, son of the late Sentinel inventor
Bolivar Trask, Iceman and Beast are attacked by a new model Sentinel.
As the news story plays on and Trask reveals that he has rebuilt and redesigned his father’s robots with new weapons
and that they can be pre-programmed with orders or operated by a remote control helmet, Bobby and Hank fight their attacker.
While Bobby is captured by the Sentinel, Beast is forced to flee the scene when he realizes that he is outclassed against his Sentinel attacker.
While in Egypt, Cyclops, Marvel Girl and Angel take a break from their search for Scott's brother Alex to listen to answer a radio call from Hank.
Hank explains to the group of Larry Trask and his Sentinels and Bobby's subsequent capture,
but has to cut the transmission short to focus on avoiding capture himself.
Warren defies Cyclops' orders and decides to fly back to the United States on his own to help his friends against the Sentinel menace.
While at the secret hideout of Larry Trask, Larry talks to Judge Robert Chalmers who expresses concerns about the "proof"
Larry has provided that all mutants are a menace and to tell him that the public is not entirely sold on the idea.
Larry agrees to let the press talk to the captured X-Man once he is rendered harmless.
When Bobby arrives at the Sentinel base, Larry has him treated to a chemical steam bath that nullifies his ice powers for four hours.
When Bobby attempts to attack Trask, a Sentinel stops him and Larry reveals that a hidden video camera had recorded the attempted attack
which he intends to use as proof of the "mutant menace" that he is trying to sell and vows to get revenge on the X-Men for his father’s death.
Taken to a holding cell, Iceman finds both Lorna and Alex there. He learns from Alex that Trask had
designed him a special suit to control and regulate his powers and given him the codename Havok.
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Alex then tells Bobby that he was given all this in return for making a deal with Trask
so that Lorna would be left alone. However, Bobby brands Alex a coward before hearing this,
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and as he's being told a Sentinel enters the room and grabs Lorna. Realizing that Trask's
word was meaningless he unleashes a powerful plasma blast that destroys the Sentinel.
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Entering the room with another Sentinel, Larry then uses a device that nullifies Alex's powers.
This horrifies Alex as this will reawaken the mutant abilities of Professor Abdol allowing him to transform into the Living Monolith once more.
While in Egypt Ahmet Abdol is meeting with government officials about his altercation with the X-Men earlier when he suddenly feels his powers
returning to him. However before he can completely transform into the Living Monolith once more, two Sentinels arrive on the scene and douse
Abdol with a special adhesive that blocks him from the cosmic rays that feed his power, neutralizing his threat and allowing for an easy capture.
Trask sends out an army of Sentinels to capture all of the remaining mutants in the world and a pair captures Angel with ease.
This capture is watched through the horrified eyes of Scott and Jean who witness this
capture while looking out the window of the airplane they are using to fly back to the States.
While at a secret hide out, Mesmero and Magneto are attacked by another Sentinel.
When Magneto attempts to stop the robot, it blasts him revealing that the being that Mesmero has been
working for all these months was not the real Magneto, but a robot, and he is easily captured by the Sentinels.
With only a few mutants still free, Larry considers his task a success and welcomes
the arrival of Judge Chalmers who Larry proudly shows his work too.
When Chalmers realizes that the captured mutants are being kept in suspended animation
he expresses his displeasure that the mutants are not detained in a more humane way.
This comment infuriates Larry who tells the judge that if he cannot count on his support he will deal with the mutant menace alone.
However, Chalmers manages to calm down the emotional Trask.
Larry then turns his attention to the members of the X-Men who are still not yet captured,
who are planning on locating the kidnapped mutants with a mini Cerebro unit.
As Trask watches this, he swears that he will capture these mutants.
He swears on the medallion that he is wearing and reflects that it was a gift from his father shortly
after the death of his mother, at that time Bolivar had asked his son to swear to never take it off.
Larry's recollection is cut short when suddenly his base is attacked by the Banshee who attempts to destroy the Sentinels with his sonic screams,
however, Trask had built Sentinels specifically to deal with him and they knock out the sonic-screaming mutant with a sonic blast counter attack.
Furious at this attack, Larry orders the Sentinels to hunt down the remaining mutants and destroy them.
Not wanting to be party to murder, Chalmers attempts to stop Larry, and is forced to strike the boy.
The force of the blow knocks the medallion off of Larry, and upon that
happening the Sentinels detect the presence of another mutant, Larry himself.
A nearby Sentinel grabs Larry and informs him that because he is a mutant his command over them is null and void,
and that despite this they are going to carry out his last command; destroy all mutants.
[B]Script[/B] by Roy Thomas, [B]pencils[/B] by Neal Adams, [B]inks[/B] by Tom Palmer[/CENTER]
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Miss the days when Havok went white hot using his powers. I think only Adams, Cockrum and Byrne ever did that effect justice.
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[QUOTE=kcekada;4457475]Miss the days when Havok went white hot using his powers. I think only Adams, Cockrum and Byrne ever did that effect justice.[/QUOTE]
Back then, for the most part, artists and writers were very stable with the characters. I liked that feel and the continuity that does not seem existent today.
Havok, with his cosmic energy blasts, should really be a very powerful hero, but they never seemed to play up to that potential. For instance, when he is in space, he should always look/glow white, absorbing way more cosmic energy than from when he is on Earth. Maybe when he expels that energy (in space), his black outfit should be visible. Inverse of his Earthly look.
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Well that and even in space Lorna can use her powers to power him up as well...
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SPOILERS for UXM 22
[spoil]Alex is dead. Rosenberg just had to squeeze in a couple of more deaths before he left[/spoil]
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[QUOTE=Havok83;4462131]SPOILERS for UXM 22
[spoil]Alex is dead. Rosenberg just had to squeeze in a couple of more deaths before he left[/spoil][/QUOTE]
[spoil]Havok: I learned this move watching Dragonball Z *explodes*[/spoil]
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With Hickman Mojo Babie Havok
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Looks like Alex is on the Summers Grey book with Logan, at least at the beginning...so he's not dead long and now maybe Corsair will remember that Alex exists...
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[CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"][I]Uncanny X-Men #59[/I] Aug 1969[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]"Do or Die, Baby!"[/SIZE]
Continued from last issue...
Cyclops, Beast and Marvel Girl are using a mini Cerebro unit to track down all of
the mutants that have recently been captured by Larry Trask's Sentinels.
However, their jet-car is blasted out of the sky causing the three X-Men to fall to their doom,
but they are rescued at the last minute by MG's telekinetic powers.
While in the secret hideout of the Sentinels, it has been revealed that Larry Trask, ironically, is a mutant himself,
a revelation that is learned when the medallion given to him from his father was accidentally removed
and turns out to have nullified and shielded his mutant powers from the Sentinels scanners.
This is confirmed by Judge Chalmers who knew the truth all along and explains that Larry's father,
the late Bolivar Trask, created the medallion after Larry's mutation precognition powers foretold his mother’s death.
With the Sentinels no longer following his orders now that he has been outed as a mutant,
the Sentinels carry out Larry's last command as a "human", to capture all the remaining mutants and destroy them.
In rapid succession, the Sentinels seek out and attempt to capture the remaining mutants left in the world.
They find opposition when trying to capture Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad; however easily manage to capture Mastermind, Blob and Unus.
While Judge Chalmers begins to consider what to do about this situation, not wishing to be party to
the genocide of all known mutants, the Sentinels detect a concentration of mutant energy signatures.
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This turns out to be Cyclops, Marvel Girl and the Beast who are now scaling the mountain which hides the Sentinel base.
They are opposed by Sentinels which they easily defeat and manage to break into the Sentinel base.
Inside, they hide as a Sentinel prisoner craft arrives with the captured Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad.
Realizing that the Sentinels are conditioned to deal with any given mutants threats by identifying who they are,
the three X-Men trade costumes with the former Brotherhood of Evil Mutants members, Cyclops taking Quicksilver's costume,
Marvel Girl taking Scarlet Witch's and the Beast wearing Toad's. When the Sentinels that captured the three other mutants
attempt to take them to the holding chambers they are caught off guard. Confused by the unique costumes
and not prepared to deal with different powers, the Sentinels fall easily to Cyclops, Marvel Girl and Beast's counter attack on the Sentinels.
As this is happening, Judge Chalmers awakens Larry Trask from his suspended animation.
Larry has a vision of Havok getting injured in the coming battle. When Chalmers asks what he can do to stop the Sentinels,
he traces Larry's glance at the device he used to neutralize Havok's powers earlier. However Chalmers
misinterprets Larry's attempts to tell him what the gun is for as an order to kill Havok, which Chalmers refuses to do.
Cyclops and the others fight their way into the main chamber just as the Judge
realizes what the gun is really for and uses it to reactivate Havok's powers.
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Realizing what Chalmers has done, the Sentinel in the room blasts him before Cyclops can attempt to destroy it.
Cyclops then blasts open the cyro-tube that is keeping Alex in suspended animation.
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Now free, Havok turns his powerful cosmic energy blasts on the Sentinel.
As the Sentinels begin to administer the Judge first aid as part of their programming to protect humans,
Chalmers tells Cyclops that the only way to beat the Sentinels is with logic. Cyclops then suggests to the Sentinels
that it would be easier to eliminate the source that causes the creation of mutants to make their jobs easier.
As Cyclops is telling them this, Havok, still believing that he is a menace, attempts to commit suicide.
Realizing what Alex is going to do, Scott chases after him.
Meanwhile, the Sentinels ponders Cyclops' suggestion and realize that it's the very sun that is the cause
of mutants on Earth and with this logic considered the entire Sentinel army blasts off into space to try
and destroy the Sun, a mission that is destined to end in failure and the Sentinel’s destruction.
In the aftermath of the Sentinels exodus, Cyclops and the others find Alex buried in a pile of rubble begging for help.
Realizing that his brother will need medical attention and psychiatric help in coming to
terms with his mutant nature, he decides to call one of the Professor’s old colleagues.
Shortly afterward, a call is made to Dr. Karl Lykos who agrees to see Alex.
As he is making arrangements with Scott, one of his patients suddenly slumps into unconsciousness.
[B]Script[/B] by Chris Claremont and Roy Thomas, [B]pencils[/B] by Neal Adams, [B]inks[/B] by Tom Palmer[/CENTER]
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[CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"][I]Uncanny X-Men #247[/I] Aug 1989[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]"The Light that Failed!"[/SIZE]
Before it is able to deal a death-blow to a beaten Rogue,
the Master Mold finds itself under attack by the newly arrived X-Men.
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Using teamwork, the X-Men are able to apparently destroy the Sentinel,
only to realize the battle has already taken the life of an innocent; Senator Kelly's wife, Sharon.
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With little warning, the Master Mold springs back to life.
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Using newly generated defenses and weapons, the rejuvenated Sentinel seems more than a match for the X-Men.
Realizing that she still has the Siege Perilous in her possession, Dazzler throws the crystal amulet toward the Sentinel.
The Siege Perilous grows to a tremendous size, large enough for the Master Mold to pass through.
Rogue, sensing Dazzler's plan, uses her powers to push the Sentinel through the portal, but not without being dragged inside with it.
Kelly blames mutants for his wife's death and ensures Shaw that his Sentinel project will get all required funding.
Elsewhere the Reavers are plotting revenge on the X-Men, unaware that they are
being watched by Nanny and the Orphan Maker, who want the X-Men for themselves.
[B]Story[/B] by Chris Claremont. [B]Art[/B] by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green.[/CENTER]
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[CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"][I]Uncanny X-Men #60[/I] Sep 1969[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]"In the Shadow of...Sauron!" First appearance of [COLOR="#006400"][B]Sauron[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]
Continued from last issue...
Following their battle with the Sentinels, the X-Men leave Larry Trask and Judge Chalmers to free the other captured mutants.
Chalmers noticing that Larry has lapsed into a state of shock puts the power blocking medallion back
on Larry in the hopes of restoring him to normal and making him forget everything that has transpired.
As the X-Men return home to get Alex medical treatment, Lorna decides that her place
is to be with the X-Men in light of recent events and she is accepted into the group.
Upon returning to New York City, Scott and Jean turn Alex over to Dr. Karl Lykos,
a doctor who uses hypnosis to help deal with patients mentally and physically.
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Needing to work in private, Scott and Jean leave Lykos to do his work and return to the X-Mansion.
There they are almost blasted with lasers when the safety door to the Danger Room swings open.
Inside, Lorna is watching Beast, Warren and Iceman go through a training session.
When the session gets out of hand, Cyclops steps in and things end with Iceman once more tossing snow in someone’s face.
With the session over, the X-Men comment on the mutants that were captured during their battle
against the Sentinels and Hank points out the absence of both Magneto and the Changeling.
While at the office of Dr. Lykos, after treating Alex's physical wounds, Karl sends his nurse home
and struggles with some strange addiction that has come over him.
[I][B][SIZE=1][COLOR="#006400"]He recalls back to when he was a young boy and was on an expedition with his father,
his associate Mr. Anderssen and his young daughter Tanya in the Antarctic regions of Tierra Del Fuego.
When Tanya goes missing, a search party is sent out and young Karl finds her in
a cave being attacked by strange pterodactyls that live within the icy cavern.
Although Karl saves Tanya from the creatures, one of them manages to wound him.
Given medical attention right away, the young Karl was near death and in a fever state for a long time before recovering.
When he did, he was greeted by his dog Jagger. To his horror, upon touching the dog,
Karl began siphoning the dog’s energy and realized that he has become some kind of energy vampire.
Growing up over the years, Karl would keep this need a secret,
and as a young adult he and Tanya would fall in love and begin talking of marriage.
However, Mr. Anderssen would not consent to their marriage unless Karl learned
a profession that would allow him to provide for Tanya and so he went on to medical school.
Determined to make a fortune, the obsessed Lykos vows to do anything to marry Tanya.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/I]
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Lykos hooks Alex up to the machine. He is aware that Xavier had opened a school for mutants prior to his death
and correctly deduces Alex to be a mutant. Lykos had helped Xavier in the early days in hope of feeding off mutant’s life energy.
Trying this for the first time, Lykos feeds off Alex's mutant energy and it has a strange effect.
Lykos transforms into a humanoid pterodactyl that is the embodiment of evil.
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Recalling his human persona's love of the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien, the creature christens itself Sauron and flies off into the night.
When reports come in of a winged being [B][SIZE=1]suspected to be a mutant[/SIZE][/B] robbing, the X-Men contemplate investigating the situation.
Furious that a winged being is giving him a bad name, Warren storms out of the room and returns later wearing his old
Avenging Angel costume and decides to go and investigate the situation on his own so he flies off before anyone can stop him.
With Warren potentially flying into even more trouble, Cyclops orders the other X-Men to get ready to follow after him.
Warren manages to track down Sauron. However, when he tries to attack the creature,
Sauron unleashes a hypnotic gaze that enthralls Warren into obedience.
[B]Script[/B] by Roy Thomas, [B]pencils[/B] by Neal Adams, [B]inks[/B] by Tom Palmer[/CENTER]
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[CENTER][SIZE=5][COLOR="#0000FF"][I]Uncanny X-Men #248[/I] Sep 1989[/COLOR][/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]"The Cradle Will Fall"[/SIZE]
Donald Pierce and his new compatriots, the Reavers, practice their coming attack on the X-Men.
Meanwhile, back in Australia, Longshot dreams.
In the state of Dreamtime, brought on by Gateway, Longshot speaks with Storm
and tells her that he must leave the group to search for his identity.
Nanny and the Orphan Maker, knowing of the coming deadly conflict with the Reavers,
finalize their plan to save the X-Men, quite against their will.
They arrive at the X-Men camp and swiftly capture Psylocke, Havok and Dazzler.
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The three captured X-Men are placed in armor, designed by Nanny, which bend the X-Men against their will.
The three are then forced to use their powers against the still free X-Men, Storm and Colossus.
During the following conflict Havok is freed from his armor.
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Still groggy, he fires a plasma discharge at Nanny's fleeing sky ship, which crashes to the ground, exploding on impact.
To his horror, Havok is informed that the ship carried not only the fleeing Nanny and Orphan Maker, but the captured Storm as well.
She is found dead among the debris.
[B]Story[/B] by Chris Claremont. [B]Art[/B] by Jim Lee and Dan Green.[/CENTER]