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X-Men 49 |
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X-Men 49 Universal |
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CGC |
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0990956008
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Owner Comments
An absolute classic Steranko cover. Also features the first apperance of Polaris and Mesmero! Although well before my time this cover makes me nostalgic for my youth because I remeber seeing it often in comic magazines.
At first, Mesmero was a small crook. He would go to society parties and use his powers to make guests to give him all of their possesions and forget about them. Magneto found Mesmero and wanted him to make Polaris believe that she was the daughter of Magneto. Mesmero succeeded, but it was revealed by a Sentinel the Magneto that gave the orders to Mesmero was actually a robot. Mesmero attacked and hyponized the X-Men into believing that they were Circus performers. Beast freed the X-Men and stopped Mesmero. Mesmero then was rendered unconsious by Magneto. He was then stranded in South America.
Mesmero later went to England to make money legally as a Hypnotist. The Fenris twins found him and forced him to work for them. Mesmero hypnotised Excalibur into protecting him from Fenris. Shadowcat broke free of Mesmero's control over the team, and Excalibur defeated Fenris. Mesmero then traveled to New York City and he tried to hypnotise the city to do his bidding. He was stopped by Spider-Man. One time he tricked Dark Riders into thinking they threw him off a cliff. At one point he was captured an sent to a special prison. He hypnotised his way out, but Sentinels were sent after him. He panicked and took hostages. Alpha Flight came and defeated both the Sentinels and Mesmero.
He later joined Weapon X because he was promised that his powers would be increased. After he agreed his powers were increased so much that he could hypnotise a whole crowd just by glancing at the crowd. Mesmero visited his dying mother, he hypnotised doctors to do as much as they could but she still was not going to live. He then hypnotised his mother into believing she was as healthy as she would ever be. Right before she died, she told her son that she knew that she had been hypnotised. Mesmero lost confidence in himself and he lost his powers. Agent Brent Jackson then spent much time helping Mesmero gain his confidence back. Eventually he regained his confidense and his powers. Then M-Day came and he lost his powers for good. He was now forced into poverty.
When all hope was lost, he gained a relationship with a woman who saved his life. Sombody loved him, something that never happened without the help of his powers. He put his past behind him and he began living his life as Vincent.
All that is known about Lorna Dane's bloodline mother is that she is believed to have died in plane crash shortly after her birth. She was adopted by the Danes. Little is known about them other then they are an affluent couple. She was born with green hair, due to her mutant gene, but kept it dyed so she wouldn't seem different from others and ostracized.
It seemed that there was a genetic defect in Lorna that prevented her latent mutant abilities from manifesting. When a villain named Mesmero used his so called psyche-generator, which allows him to command all mutants in North America with latent powers, Lorna was one of these latent mutants and she was forced to travel to San Francisco to unite with Mesmero. Synopsis courtesy of comicvine.com!
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X-Men 140 |
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X-Men 140 Modern |
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CGC |
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0037785008
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Owner Comments
Picked up for $36 on ebay.
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Uncanny X-Men 156 |
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Uncanny X-Men 156 Modern |
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CGC |
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0972618014
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Owner Comments
Picked up for $20 on ebay.
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Uncanny X-Men 172 |
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Uncanny X-Men 172 Modern |
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CGC |
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1058000011
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Owner Comments
Picked this up for $20 on ebay. Wolverine and Mariko get maried in this issue. This later leads to Mariko's death.
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Uncanny X-Men 194 |
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Uncanny X-Men 194 Modern |
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CGC |
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0075040008
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Owner Comments
Picked up for $14 on ebay. Features the first appearance of Andreas Von Strucker, Swordsman!
Andreas Von Strucker is the son of Baron Strucker and the twin brother of Andrea Von Strucker. While in-utero, Andreas and his sister were bio-enginered to have superpowers. As a result they must be in skin to skin contact with each other to use their powers. They usually accomplished this by holding hands. After Andrea's death Andreas, who was being controlled by the Purple Man at the time, flayed off some of the skin from her corpse and preserved it so he could continue to use his powers. He then wrapped some of it around the hilt of his sword. While being controlled by the Purple Man, Andreas was sent to kill Baron Strucker. While attempting this, Baron Strucker was also attacked by Wolverine, who was at the time being controlled by a splinter group of HYDRA, called the Dawn Of the White Light. Andreas protected his father and also prevented him from killing Wolverine. When Andreas managed to free himself of Purple Man's hold, he joined the Thunderbolts. Synopsis courtesy of comicvine.com!
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