WOMEN OF MARVEL (in comics and behind the scenes) Appreciation 2019

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Captain Marvel, She-Hulk and Wasp Janet "Avenger" van Dyne

by Femmes-Fatales

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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #3 Jul 1984
"Tempest Without, Crisis Within!"
A powerful storm rages across Battleworld and Magneto watches it from his hideout before releasing his prisoner the Wasp.
When the Wasp threatens to bring the hideout down around them, Magneto suggests that it would
be a bad idea with the storm raging outside and suggests that they call a truce for the time being.

Magneto then tries to charm the Wasp as well as try to convince her that he is not the monster she thinks he is.

While at the heroes base, Ben Grimm and the Torch watch as the storm looses some
massive rocks that come crashing down toward them before being destroyed by Thor.
This has Hawkeye and She-Hulk on guard for the moment. When they realize
there is no danger, Hawkeye confides that he wants to get home to his new wife.

Elsewhere Iron Man and Captain Marvel also take pause to notice Thor.
When Iron Man questions why Thor just doesn't stop the storm, Captain Marvel figures he enjoys it too much.
In the communications room the Hulk, Captain America and Mister Fantastic are overseeing things after the damage done to their
temporary headquarters, after Magneto attacked, as well as keeping tabs on Galactus who is still standing atop a nearby mountain.
Reed expresses his concern for his wife who is pregnant and is about to give birth soon.
The Hulk pipes in about what he will do to the villain who kidnapped his girl back home as well.
With the repairs Reed excuses himself from the others so he can have some time alone.

Reed's departure is observed by Spider-Man who remarks on how depressed Reed looks.
Web-swinging through the facility Spider-Man feels as though it was specially designed for him to do so,
and briefly wonders if that was intentional before ultimately dismissing the idea.
He happens to come upon the X-Men who are holding private council with their leader.
While they discuss the distrust they are receiving from the other heroes, Xavier has decided that his team is going to leave to join up with Magneto.
Just as he is saying, Professor X detects Spider-Man's presence and tells his X-Men to stop him before he can warn the others.
Spider-Man fights back and easily trips up the X-Men and flees the scene.
Spider-Man tries to warn Reed about what's going on, but Xavier uses his telepathic abilities
to make Spider-Man forget what he heard and Cyclops smooths things over with Mister Fantastic, making it
seem as though Spider-Man is probably just cracking up under the pressure of being kidnapped by the Beyonder.
The two heroes share a moment where they express their distress of being taken away from their respective wives before Xavier
telepathically calls Cyclops back to the group. Commandeering a shuttle, Xavier tells his students to set a course of Magneto's citadel.

At that moment, Magneto is in a teleconference with Doctor Doom and refuses his offer to join sides.
Doom warns him that he will live to regret that decision.

Magneto terminates the call and sees to his guest the Wasp who appears to be warming up to
the Master of Magnetism in spite of herself and the two suddenly get into the throws of passion.

While at Doombase, Doctor Doom has two test subjects: Skeeter MacPherran and Marsha Rosenberg.
Utilizing the devices within the lab, Doom endows them with super-human powers.
As Volcana, Rosenberg has the power to channel volcanic plasma and Skeeter -- now calling herself Titania -- has been given enhanced strength.
Doom then brings his newly empowered minions to meet the other villains gathered.
There Titania intends to prove that she is no longer the scrawny woman she used to be by trying to pick a fight with the Absorbing Man.
With nothing to prove, Absorbing Man brushes off her insults and Titania storms off in a fury when the Wrecker begins making lewd offers to her.
Volcana meanwhile seems to find a bond with the soft-spoken and uncertain Molecule Man,
who opens up to her about what his therapist might think about him using his powers to help Doctor Doom.

Meanwhile, Thor has returned inside the heroes base and come down to the prisoner hold.
Passing the stasis units containing the members of the Wrecking Crew and Kang,
he stops at the medi-chamber containing the Enchantress who was injured in the battle.
He frees her to discuss things that are "not meant" for mortal ears.
She agrees and opens a portal to take them elsewhere to discuss matters.

Soon it is dawn and the heroes realize that they have overslept leaving them open for attack.
No sooner is this realized do the forces of Doctor Doom launch their attack.
With the added numbers of Titania and Volcana, the villains manage to not only gain the element of surprise but the upper hand as well.
Caught off guard, the heroes are forced to retreat, allowing Doom and his minions to rescue their captive allies.

Story by Jim Shooter. Art by Mike Zeck and John Beatty.

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Uncanny X-Men #183 Jul 1984
"He'll Never Make Me Cry" First appearance of Selene.
Back from his ordeal on Battleworld and Japan, Colossus has come to bring
the hard news to Kitty Pryde that while he was gone, he fell in love with another.
The revelation crushes Kitty; however, she hides the hurt from him until she returns to the room she shares with Illyana.
Both Illyana and Lockheed try to comfort her when she breaks down into tears.

Meanwhile, Storm checks on Rogue down in the Danger Room

and saves her from a potentially lethal training session. When Storm attempts to understand what happened between her and Michael Rossi,

Rogue only says that she is a monster, then she flees the room telling her to leave her alone.

Upstairs, Colossus returns to the mansion and is confronted by Logan who tells Peter that the two of them
are going to have a talk about Peter's break-up with Kitty and leave with Nightcrawler for a bar down in Manhattan.
Upstairs, Kitty confides her feelings to Storm and tells her that she is taking
some time to visit her parents and is not sure if she will be coming back.

While in Dallas, Texas, Raven Darkholme and Valerie Cooper are en route to see the mutant inventor named Forge.
They begin discussion of Senator Kelly's proposed Mutant control bill.
As they discuss the arguments about mutant registration, Raven secretly muses over what Valerie would think
if she knew one of the many mutants who she sees as a threat is the very person driving her to Forge.

At a bar in Manhattan, Wolverine tries to get Colossus to realize that his "romance" with Zsaji
on Battleworld was not a relationship, and the two come to odds over Peter's true feelings for Kitty.
During the conversation, Logan picks up the Juggernaut's scent and realizes that their old foe is drinking at the bar.
Not wishing for a fight to break out, Logan suggests that they leave.
When Colossus decides to be difficult, the slightly drunk mutant stumbles and spills his drink on the Juggernaut.

Spoiling for a fight after his defeat at the hands of Spider-Man, the Juggernaut picks a fight with Colossus.
As the fight rages, they trash the bar, but ultimately the Juggernaut wins.
When the fight is over, the Juggernaut asks Wolverine and Nightcrawler if they wish to fight.
Logan says no, and the Juggernaut departs leaving money to pay for the damages.
When they confront Colossus, he is angry with his friends for not helping.
Logan points out that X-Men will help each other out for honor and sacrifice everything,
like when Kitty was willing to marry Caliban so that the Morlocks would save his life.

As he walks away Nightcrawler tells Wolverine he is unforgiving.
However, Logan points out that Colossus needed to be taught a hard lesson about honor.
As they walk away, they are unaware of a woman high on a rooftop who had managed to suck the life out of a man,
leaving a burnt out husk. It is Selene, and she is glad to be walking the Earth once more after 2000 years.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Romita, Jr. and Dan Green.

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Uncanny X-Men #246 Jul 1989
"The Day of Other Lights!"
Dazzler looks into the Siege Perilous using her laser eye blasts to see what would be in store for her if she passed through the portal.
Each image (lawyer, superhero, singer, houswife, bag lady) she see’s shows her dying in a brutal manner.
She doesn’t believe what she is seeing as the images form of a decaying corpse which tells her that death comes to us all.
Then as quickly as it started the images have gone and Dazzler is alone in the darkened room.
She is so scared she is shaking and is unable to produce any light as she has been drained of energy.
She pulls out a tape from her bag and finds a tape drive to play it on.
She then creates light from the music and realises that her hand is bleeding where it was holding the Siege Perilous.

In New York city Nimrod breaks into a building where a gang is selling narcotics.
The gangsters fire on Nimrod, which has no effect, and after administering a final warning, he kills them all before destroying the drugs.
He then leaves with the money, and decides to give it back to the community.

Back in Australia Wolverine is washing when Storm interupts him.

She confronts him about wanting to take a leave of absence. He tells her it is something that he has to do and has to do alone

and that he will be back when he’s finished.

In Washington DC Carol Danvers, in control of Rogue's body, visits the "Wall", where the names of dead soldiers are carved in.
She leaves her medal of honour where her little brother’s name is and apologises for not coming for a long time.
She starts to cry, salutes and then flies off.

In Australia Longshot is watching Colossus train against Havok. Havok is really pushing himself.
He gets Longshot to throw some blades in the air which he attempts to destroy whilst avoiding Colossus attacking him.
He misses some and gets angry with himself when a blast ricochets of Colossus and towards Longshot, only for Longshot to dodge at the last minute.
Dazzler turns up and gets Colossus to throw some more blades in the air which she destroys with ease causing Havok to get slightly jealous.

In Manhattan, Senator Kelly is at the Hellfire Club talking with Sebastian Shaw
who is enquiring funding for another Sentinel project which Kelly is oppossed to.
The discussion is interrupted by Kelly's wife Sharon.
Being a former waitress of the club she thought it funny to dress up once more as a maid, but the senator is shocked and slightly embarresed.

Downtown Carol leaves her old appartment and thanks the landlady for looking after her stuff.
She then meets up with Psylocke and they talk about the problems Carol is having with 'sharing' Rogue‘s body;
she also shows her the costume she wore as Ms. Marvel.

Further downtown Nicholas Hunter (Nimrod) is working on a construction site when he finds a small circuitry module.
He picks it up and starts to run a scan; suddenly he reverts back to his true robotic configuration and causes near explosives to blow up.
After the dust has cleared Master Mold appears from the rubble.

Carol and Psylocke are walking down a street

when Betsy telepathically hears the screams from the workmen.
Carol flies to the site and sees Master Mold repairing himself with the construction materials.
Believing to be safe since the X-Men are invisible to technical scans, she attacks but is knocked away and smashes into senator Kelly’s limo.
Senator Kelly is knocked unconsious and his wife, still in a daze, gets him out of the car, but then runs back to pull out the superhero.
Carol's mind is unconscious and so Rogue is in control after waking up.
She is angry that Carol made her wear the "ugly" Ms. Marvel costume.
Sharon Kelly tries to help her free from the wreckage when Master Mold targets them.
Rogue tells her to run and she’ll draw its fire but the robot's confused sensors lock on Sharon and shoot. Then it targets on Rogue.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by Marc Silvestri and Dan Green.

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Force Works #1 Jul 1994
"Day-Break" Guest-starring the Vision and Black Widow.
It's the debut of a new superhero team in the Marvel Universe! Force Works!
And this new group sure looks a lot like Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but with a twist!
Following the breakup of the West Coast Avengers, Tony Stark decides to form his
own team in Southern California and recruits his former teammates to fill the ranks!

However one infamous Avengers' legacy will haunt Force Works from the very beginning!
As rogue Kree agents still seek vengeance on Wonder Man and the Vision as a result of Operation Galactic Storm!
When the Scarlet Witch and Wonder Man bump into the Vision and Black Widow at their former west coast compound,
the Kree terrorists attack en masse! And suddenly Force Works has its first action!

The U.S. Agent and Shell-head lead the charge at Palos Verdes, while Wonder Man soars into the stratosphere to knock out the Kree's ion cannon!
But something goes horribly wrong in outer space, and the new team cannot celebrate their victory in California.
And even less so when the Scatter appear!

Who are these bizarre aliens?

Apparent death of Wonder Man. First appearance of Century.
Force Works Lineup: Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman aka Julia Carpenter, Wonder Man and the U.S. Agent.

Script by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Pencils by Tom Tenney. Inks by Rey Garcia.

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Captain America #116 Aug 1969
The Red Skull is still in Cap's body in "Far Worse Than Death!"
As the ultimate revenge, the Red Skull has used the Cosmic Cube to swap bodies.
Teleporting Sharon Carter to them, she seeks comfort
from Cap's greatest enemy, while Cap's warnings are dismissed as the ravings of a madman.
After convincing Sharon that the "Red Skull" is utterly mad, "Captain America" sees her to the door,

and tells her he's going to double back to make sure his foe is turned over to the law. However,
the Red Skull is, in reality, going to continue to use the Cosmic Cube to imperil the Star-Spangled Avenger.

Using the Cube, the Red Skull transports Captain America outside a government testing lab.
Spotted by security, Captain America is shot at, with no way of proving he is not the Red Skull, Cap flees for his life.
To further implicate Captain America, the Red Skull uses the Cosmic Cube to cause an explosion that the "Red Skull" gets blamed for.
When the guards capture the "Red Skull", cap fights free and flees the scene, stealing an automobile in order to get away.
The Red Skull, satisfied that Captain America will be utterly destroyed decides to see what it's like living in the boots of his oldest enemy.
Heading towards the police station, the Red Skull is disgusted by the shows of respect and adoration people show for him,
wondering why Captain America doesn't use his power to crush those who worship him into subservience.
Arriving at the police station, "Captain America" is told of the "Red Skull's" bombing of the research lab.
The Skull secretly uses the Cosmic Cube to tip the police off as to where Captain America is fleeing.

Sure enough, Cap finds himself in a high speed chase with the police and it is only with
his superior driving skills that he manage to escape the chase and all police roadblocks.
As the "Red Skull's" police chase hits the news the Avengers learn about it,
and Rick Jones decides to go and find "Captain America" to see if he can help as a side kick.
With the help of the Teen Brigade, Rick finds "Captain America" and offers to help him capture the "Skull".
Much to Rick's shock, "Cap" refuses his aid and tells the young man to get lost.
Rick complies, walking away thinking that all his insecurities about not measuring up to the original bucky were true.

Resuming his watch over his foe, the Red Skull is amused to see
Captain America making his way through the security at Avengers Mansion.
His presence does not go undetected and the Avengers soon face the "Red Skull" in battle.
Not believing the "Red Skull's" claims that he is really Captain America, the Avengers attempt to over power him.
Although Cap gives a good fight he is ultimately captured.

The Red Skull gets the ultimate jest when Sharon Carter comes to the Mansion looking for Captain America.
The Red Skull then uses the Cosmic Cube to take control of Sharon and sends her to kill Captain America.
When she can't bring herself to do it, and resists the Cosmic Cube's influence, the Red Skull comes up with an even better idea:

He has Captain America transported to Exile Island in the hopes that his minions in the Exiles will kill
Captain America thinking that they are finally getting revenge against the Skull for his previous treachery against them.

Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Joe Sinnott

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Daredevil #112 Aug 1974
"Death of a Nation?"
Continued from last issue...As Daredevil climbs up into the Black Spectre's blimp
he watches in horror as it's minions succeed in knocking down the communications tower on the Empire State Building,
sending it crashing to the ground. As he climbs up the rope ladder he is attacked by Nekra.
However he manages to slip past her and get inside the blimp where he is immediately attacked by the Mandrill.
However, Daredevil is ambushed by Nekra, who lands a knock-out blow that puts Daredevil under.
Mandrill orders that Daredevil be tied up with Shanna the She-Devil
and orders his minions to set a course for Washington D.C. As the blimp flies off, Foggy Nelson calls the authorities for help.
However the military, Avengers and Fantastic Four are pressed down due to the fact that the Mandrill has stated that he
has planted an a-bomb under Manhattan and will detonate it if anyone acts against him and nobody wants to call his bluff.

As the blimp nears the Washington capital, Mandrill leaves Shanna and Daredevil under the super-vision of the Black Widow.
Lowering a giant effigy of himself on the White House lawn, Mandrill and his minions easily take it over and with the threat of
the a-bomb under New York, the Mandrill is offered no resistance as he enters the White House and goes to sit in the Oval Office.

While back in the blimp, Daredevil manages to snap Black Widow out of the Mandrill's control by
having her remember the old woman that they rescued from being mugged during Christmas Eve.

The powerful memory snaps her out of Mandrill's trance and she frees Daredevil and Shanna.
They rig the blimp to explode and then go down to the White House to put and end to the Mandrill's mad scheme.

As Black Widow and Shanna battle Nekra, Daredevil fights Mandrill alone, their fight taking them to the roof of the White House.
There, the blimp finally explodes sending Mandrill into an attacking frenzy
and Daredevil is forced to send Mandrill falling off the roof headfirst to his seeming death.
Unable to look, Daredevil checks to see the women to see that they have both defeated Nekra,
who was distracted by the explosion long enough for them to defeat her.
When they go outside to check on the Mandrill's body, they find that it is missing,
leaving Daredevil to wonder when the Mandrill will threaten mankind again.

Script by Steve Gerber, pencils by Gene Colan, inks by Frank Giacoia

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Are there panels where Shanna and Natasha beat up Nekra?

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Was researching around to find out the women that have contributed the most frequently for Marvel, and it seems to be these women:

Glynis Oliver Wein
Jennifer Grunwald
Janice Chiang
Lauren Sankovitch
Christie Scheele
Rachelle Rosenberg
Bobbie Chase
Alanna Smith
Kathleen Wisneski
Laura Martin
Sana Amanat
Molly Lazer
Kateri Woody
Rachel Young
Caitlin O'Connell
Irene Y. Lee
Sarah Brunstad
Louise Jones Simonson
Marie Severin
Jeanine Schaefer
Heather Antos
Ann Nocenti
Christina Harrington
Diana Albers
Jordie Bellaire
Marie Javins
Ellie Pyle
Petra Goldberg
Nicole Wiley Boose
Emily Shaw
Christina Strain
Rachel Dodson
Mary Jo Duffy
Annalise Bissa
Janice Cohen
Rachel Pinnelas
Katie Kubert
Allison Stock
June Chung
Veronica Gandini
Petra Scotese
Sara Pichelli
Stephanie Moore
Lauren Amaro
Laura Allred
Renee Witterstaetter
Gina Going-Raney
Ariane Lenshoek
Sonia Oback
Jean Izzo
MacKenzie Cadenhead
Tamra Bonvillain
Stephanie Hans
Suzanne Gaffney
Saida Temofonte
Annette Kawecki
Jennifer Heddle
Jennifer M. Smith
Laura Villari
Elizabeth Breitweiser
Marjorie Liu
Ruth Redmond
Evelyn Stein
Robin Furth
Charlotte Jetter
Denise Wohl
June Brigman
Kelly Thompson
G. Willow Wilson
Sarra Mossoff
Kelly Sue DeConnick
Yasmine Putri
Karen Mantlo

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Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #4 Aug 1984
"Situation: Hopeless!"
The forces of Doctor Doom have forced the gathered heroes to flee and destroyed their headquarters,
a victory for Doom and his minions in Beyonder's on going Secret War.
Spotting their foes fleeing the scene, Titania and the Wrecking Crew begin tossing debris at the heroes.
Goaded on by Volcana, the Molecule Man one ups them all by using his powers to raise a mountain from nearby and dropping it on their enemies,
seemingly killing them all in one fell swoop. While the others cheer, Doctor Doom is not entirely convinced that was the end of their foes.

Elsewhere on Battleworld, Thor and the Enchantress are still having their private council about the Beyonder.
Recalling the Beyonder's offer to grant them their fondest desires if they slay their enemies, Thor asks what the Enchantress could want.
When she specifies Thor's love, he tells her that love is not an object that can just be taken.
Their discussion is suddenly interrupted by a massive earthquake.
They quickly teleport back to the heroes base to see what is going on and appear in the middle of Doctor Doom's army.
When Doom demands the Enchantress choose a side, she hesitantly sides with Doom and the others attack Thor.
While the villains keep Thor on the ropes, Doom commands Ultron to use his disintegrator ray to destroy Thor.
Ultron seemingly succeeds in atomizing Thor, leaving nothing but his helmet and a scrap of his cape behind.
After this second seeming victory, Doom recounts that the X-Men were not among the heroes and that their work is not yet done.
However, he pauses to deal with some more pressing business first.
Recalling how Kang tried to kill him when they first arrived on Battleworld, Doctor Doom orders Ultron to kill Kang.
The time traveler tries to beg for his life, but it is of no avail and Ultron slays him.

Elsewhere, the X-Men are flying across Battleworld, seeking out Magneto. En route, Colossus takes the time to
think about his girlfriend back home, the youthful X-Man known as Sprite and wonders if he will ever see her again.
Rogue is also deep in thought, thinking of how not too long ago she would have been on Doom's side of the Secret War.
As the X-Men prepare for whatever their encounter with Magneto will bring, the Master of Magnetism
is using his powers to create a mental comb for his guest the Wasp to comb her hair with.

Suddenly the pair are interrupted by the arrival of the X-Men.
Xavier asks Magneto to join him, telling him of the good they can do if they operate as a third force outside of Captain America's group.
Magneto agrees, suggesting that they use the Beyonder's offer to create a golden age where mutants rule over humans.

Hearing this, the Wasp drops her pretense in being interested in Magneto and attacks.

She then manages to slip past the X-Men and get to their ship but finds it incredibly difficult to control.
When Magneto tries to stop her from escaping with his powers, Xavier stops him, recounting how he made a grave error erasing
Spider-Man's memories earlier and that they should not interfere with the others, that using evil means does not justify their good intentions.

Meanwhile, buried under tons of rock are the heroes, who have survived thanks to the Hulk holding up the rock with his strength.
However with a number of them injured and a limited supply of air, time is running out before they either suffocate or get crushed to death.
Quickly thinking, Mister Fantastic cannibalizes some of Hawkeye's trick arrows, Iron Man's spare power pack and one of Spider-Man's
web-shooters into a device that allows the Human Torch and Captain Marvel to channel their powers through Iron Man's armor.
The device works and boosts Iron Man's armor significantly to blast their way free from the mountain.
Upon getting free, the heroes find Thor alive and well, and he explains he escaped
a certain death by temporarily blinding their foes and making a hasty retreat.
Needing medical attention for some of their allies, Captain America sends Captain Marvel off on a recon mission to find someplace for them to go.
CM finds a village at the base of the mountain where Galactus is standing.
Soon the other heroes arrive and the locals prove friendly and immediately take in the wounded champions.
They quickly discover that one of these aliens, Zsaji, can heal with a touch. When she heals the Human Torch he is instantly attracted to her.
Then, Ben Grimm expresses to Reed his concerns about being so close to Galactus when suddenly he transforms into the Thing again.
When Ben asks why this is happening, Reed hesitantly tells him that he'll think about it, however, he knows more than he is letting on.
Reed then turns his attention to Galactus and is horrified when he sees the world devourer raising his hands to the sky.

Story by Jim Shooter. Art by Bob Layton and John Beatty.

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Are there panels where Shanna and Natasha beat up Nekra?

It happens off-panel After all, it's a DD mag

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Uncanny X-Men #184 Aug 1984
"The Past...of Future Days!" First appearance of Forge.
Dallas, Texas: Valarie Cooper and Raven Darkholme of the Department of Super-Human Affairs
have arrived at the high rise home of the mutant inventor Forge.
They are initially taken aback by the holographic display capabilities of his dwelling.
They arrive just as Forge's old shaman is leaving; Forge refused to see the signs of some coming mystical danger.

When his apathy toward his tribe’s plight prompts Naze to leave, Forge gets right down to business to show Val and Raven his latest invention.
From researching the weapons of ROM the Spaceknight, Forge has been
able to create a weapon that can neutralize the abilities of a super-human.

However, he stresses that the weapon is a prototype and he is unsure whether
the effects are permanent or what psychological effect they will have on its target.
When Forge shows off his next invention, a mutant detector, Raven becomes
worried that Forge might out her as a mutant, compromising her position.

However, Forge tells Val the only mutant it detects is himself, however his jest does nothing more but anger Raven.

Meanwhile, in New York City, Rachel Summers has recently arrived from the future and stops at a display window of an electronics shop.
As she watches news coverage of the X-Men's recent battle in Japan,
she notes that Storm looks a lot different than she did in her future time.
She compares that to the fact that when she went to the X-Mansion earlier,
the Illyana Rasputin that answered the door was much older than she was supposed to be
When she catches a report about the upcoming Mutant Control Act, the electricity
blinks out forcing Rachel to risk using her powers to power the television.
However, the report is over and as Rachel walks out in the night,
she begins to wonder if this is the past of her reality, or that of an alternate universe.

Rachel is not alone in the streets however; the evil Selene has detected her massive powers and seeks to make Rachel her heir.
After Rachel is nearly scared to death by a passing fire truck, Selene makes her move.
However, Rachel manages to fight her off and flee into a nightclub.
There she is bombarded by all the thoughts of the patrons and collapses on the floor.
Just before the bouncer can kick her out, Nick Damiano, the club’s owner,
decides that the girl is in serious trouble and takes her upstairs to his apartment.
After deflecting Nick's questions, not being able to trust a human, Rachel agrees to take a bath while he prepares a meal for her.
However, when Rachel comes out to check on Nick she is horrified to find
that Selene has drained his life force away, leaving him a burned out husk.

The two women begin to battle, and the energies set off Cerebro, prompting
Professor X to send Colossus, Nightcrawler and Rogue to investigate the disturbance.
As the X-Men fight through Selene’s defenses, Rogue gets close enough for hand-to-hand combat.
Selene grabs Rogue's bare throat, but much to Rogue's surprise, she is the one who is having her power sapped.
Rogue is saved by a mental attack by Professor X, which sends Selene fleeing.
Charles orders the X-Men to save Rachel and leave the burning building and to let Selene go because she is too powerful.
Storm arrives shortly thereafter and uses her powers to put out the fire.

When Rachel comes around, she is shocked to see that the Professor can walk
and that Storm looks radically different from her memories and photos.
Realizing she traveled back in time to the wrong past, Rachel collapses to the group when she realizes that her world is doomed.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Romita, Jr. and Dan Green.

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Uncanny X-Men #184 Aug 1984
"The Past...of Future Days!" First appearance of Forge.
Dallas, Texas: Valarie Cooper and Raven Darkholme of the Department of Super-Human Affairs
have arrived at the high rise home of the mutant inventor Forge.
They are initially taken aback by the holographic display capabilities of his dwelling.
They arrive just as Forge's old shaman is leaving; Forge refused to see the signs of some coming mystical danger.

When his apathy toward his tribe’s plight prompts Naze to leave, Forge gets right down to business to show Val and Raven his latest invention.
From researching the weapons of ROM the Spaceknight, Forge has been
able to create a weapon that can neutralize the abilities of a super-human.

However, he stresses that the weapon is a prototype and he is unsure whether
the effects are permanent or what psychological effect they will have on its target.
When Forge shows off his next invention, a mutant detector, Raven becomes
worried that Forge might out her as a mutant, compromising her position.

However, Forge tells Val the only mutant it detects is himself, however his jest does nothing more but anger Raven.

Meanwhile, in New York City, Rachel Summers has recently arrived from the future and stops at a display window of an electronics shop.
As she watches news coverage of the X-Men's recent battle in Japan,
she notes that Storm looks a lot different than she did in her future time.
She compares that to the fact that when she went to the X-Mansion earlier,
the Illyana Rasputin that answered the door was much older than she was supposed to be
When she catches a report about the upcoming Mutant Control Act, the electricity
blinks out forcing Rachel to risk using her powers to power the television.
However, the report is over and as Rachel walks out in the night,
she begins to wonder if this is the past of her reality, or that of an alternate universe.

Rachel is not alone in the streets however; the evil Selene has detected her massive powers and seeks to make Rachel her heir.
After Rachel is nearly scared to death by a passing fire truck, Selene makes her move.
However, Rachel manages to fight her off and flee into a nightclub.
There she is bombarded by all the thoughts of the patrons and collapses on the floor.
Just before the bouncer can kick her out, Nick Damiano, the club’s owner,
decides that the girl is in serious trouble and takes her upstairs to his apartment.
After deflecting Nick's questions, not being able to trust a human, Rachel agrees to take a bath while he prepares a meal for her.
However, when Rachel comes out to check on Nick she is horrified to find
that Selene has drained his life force away, leaving him a burned out husk.

The two women begin to battle, and the energies set off Cerebro, prompting
Professor X to send Colossus, Nightcrawler and Rogue to investigate the disturbance.
As the X-Men fight through Selene’s defenses, Rogue gets close enough for hand-to-hand combat.
Selene grabs Rogue's bare throat, but much to Rogue's surprise, she is the one who is having her power sapped.
Rogue is saved by a mental attack by Professor X, which sends Selene fleeing.
Charles orders the X-Men to save Rachel and leave the burning building and to let Selene go because she is too powerful.
Storm arrives shortly thereafter and uses her powers to put out the fire.

When Rachel comes around, she is shocked to see that the Professor can walk
and that Storm looks radically different from her memories and photos.
Realizing she traveled back in time to the wrong past, Rachel collapses to the group when she realizes that her world is doomed.

Story by Chris Claremont. Art by John Romita, Jr. and Dan Green.

This certainly brings back memories from my youth, and thanks for posting this 616MarvelYear is LeapYear. Not only was this the first X-Men comic book I ever bought, but it was the first X-Men comic book that I remember reading that was written in English. All my other X-Men books & periodicals were from Europe, and they were written in a foreign language.