UX 177 [January 1984] UX 232-FB [August 1988] UX 218 [June 1987] UX 219-FB [July 1987]Three years between appearances! He and Polaris have been living the quiet life in New Mexico. We can assume Alex knows he's a nuncle, but apart from that they've not been in contact at all. Alex is not impressed with what's been happening in his absence: Magneto joining, the alliance with the Hellfire Club, the plan to "kill" the X-Men. But then, who would be. Once they explain Recent Events, he feels obliged to offer to sign up on the team again.
Meanwhile, Lorna has been left in New Mexico and is promptly attacked by the Marauders. She does well, but is massively outnumbered. They weren't seeking to kill her, though: she is possessed instead, by Malice. There's still a lot of Marauders payoff to come: this issue strongly teases the name of Mr. Sinister (mentioned in passing during the Massacre); and it appears they are responsible for the attack on Maddy Pryor, the disappearance of little Baby X; and the kidnapping/bombing of Sara Grey and Leong and Nga.
This issue is fairly weak, and suffers from just moving around people in preparation for something bigger. The main team are still mostly injured, and the lack of progress on this plot line is frustrating - instead they are introducing the new guys. We know X-Books don't tend to have more than about 8 characters at a time, so either some of these n00bs are not staying long, or some of those injuries are going to be permanent.
"This issue is fairly weak, and suffers from just moving around people in preparation for something bigger."
ReplyDeleteNow, I can feel the tension mounting, but back then, this was one of the few back issues I could find after "discovering" the X-Men around the time of Inferno/Excalibur (being a '2000AD' kid, Alan Davis was my gateway to Marvel as all the other Brits worked for DC!) and I think its incomprehensibility was definitely a factor in me not looking harder for any earlier issues...