COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Uncanny X-Men 248 Signature
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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3889114001
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Owner:
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Colossus Keck
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Chris Claremont (writer), Jim Lee (penciler), Dan Green (inker), Glynis Oliver (colorist), Tom Orzechowski (letterer), Bob Harras (editor), Tom DeFalco (editor in chief)
Brief Description:
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. 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. 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.
Characters Involved:
Colossus, Dazzler, Havok, Longshot, Psylocke, Storm (all X-Men)
Gateway, X-Men ally
Jubilee
Bonebreaker, Wade Cole, Lady Deathstrike, Angelo Macon, Donald Pierce, Pretty Boy, Murray Reese, Skullbuster (all Reavers)
Robot of Wolverine
Nanny
Orphan Maker
In Longshot's Dreamstate :
Colossus, Havok, Psylocke, Ricochet Rita, Rogue, Spiral, Storm, Wolverine
Story Notes:
Storm turns out to be alive in Uncanny X-Men #253, but lacking a memory and regressed in age to a pre-teen. The full explanation is revealed in Uncanny X-Men #267 : The body discovered by the X-Men in the crashed sky ship is a S.H.I.E.L.D. Life Model Decoy (LMD), placed there by Nanny to ensure that the X-Men would not search for their teammate.
Ricochet Rita was a stuntwoman whom Longshot worked with during his first weeks on Earth. After awhile, she traveled back with Longshot to the Mojoverse to aid in his rebellion. [Longshot limited series]
Spiral is a six-armed sorceress, also from the Mojoverse. She was sent to recover Longshot during his first trip to Earth and later sent again to become a member of Mystique's Freedom Force. It was revealed at one point that Spiral is Ricochet Rita from an alternate universe. [X-Factor Annual #7]
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