COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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X-Men 131 Modern
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0158460014
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
March 1980
"Run for Your Life!"
Chris Claremont - Writer
John Byrne - Penciler
Terry Austin - Inker
Tom Orzechowski - Letterer
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Roger Stern - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Kitty Pryde is chased by the White Queen’s agents, but is saved by Cyclops’ group of X-Men; more specifically, Phoenix, who takes out the men and her vehicle with frightening ease. After some misunderstandings, Kitty starts trusting the X-Men and leads them to Frost’s complex. Using the old Trojan Horse gambit, the X-Men get inside through the front door, while Kitty phases to the chamber where Wolverine and Colossus are being held and frees Wolverine. While the X-Men make short work of Frost’s agents, the White Queen intends to retaliate by destroying the captive’s Storm mind. She is prevented from doing so by Phoenix and the two telepaths engage in a psychic battle. Just as Phoenix is about to win, Emma detonates the lab. Phoenix saves herself and Storm, but Frost apparently didn’t escape. Later, the X-men say their goodbyes to Dazzler. Kitty’s parents are about to make a scene, until Phoenix, annoyed, modifies their memories, an act which leaves Cyclops and Storm worried about the changes in Jean.
Notes:
- Kitty and one group of X-Men were attacked by Frost’s troops in X-Men (1st Series) #129.
- Phoenix experienced psychic timeslips in issues #125-126, 129 and last issue.
- Nightcrawler last used this multiple teleportation stunt in X-Men (1st series) #111 against Mesmero’s circus folk.
- Phoenix saved the universe in X-Men (1st series) #108 by repairing the M’krann cyrstal.
- Dazzler’s adventures continue in her solo series.
- “The Trojan Horse Gambit” is mentioned in Homer's Odyssee and Vergil's Aeneiad – in reference to the Trojan War. After years of the Greeks besieging the city-state of Troy, Ulysses finally had the winning idea. They apparently left, leaving behind a huge wooden horse – apparently a gift. The Trojans took the horse inside the city’s gates, unaware that Greek soldiers were hidden within, who then attacked the city from within.
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