COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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X-Men 114 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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0781738015
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Owner:
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The Captain
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
October 1978
"Desolation"
Chris Claremont - Co-Writer
John Byrne - Co-Writer & Penciler
Terry Austin - Inker
Jean Simek - Letterer
Glynis Wein - Colorist
Roger Stern - Editor
Jim Shooter - Editor-in-Chief
Synopsis:
Beast manages to carry on, despite being in the middle of Antarctica and with little hope for survival after escaping Magneto’s underground complex. He sees helicopter lights and tries to wake Jean. He is successful and she creates a starburst in trying to save her friends, which also attracts the pilot’s attention. They return a while later to the mansion and Charles Xavier weeps, as he realizes not all his X-Men have made their way home safely. Elsewhere in Antarctica, the X-Men find themselves in the Savage Land, having tunneled their way to freedom. After Banshee is rescued from a huge pterosaur, they make their way to a nearby village to rest. Later, whilst shaving, Cyclops realizes his connection to Corsair, something that hadn’t really crossed his mind before. Ororo speaks with him about sharing her grief over Jean’s death but Scott finds that, strangely, he has none to give. Colossus is taken away to a secluded island by two girls but Wolverine declines his invitation to join them. He is cut up about Jean, the first woman he’s really cared for. Ororo, meanwhile, goes for a swim but, as she relaxes, Karl Lykos grabs her and siphons the energy from her, transforming himself into one of the X-Men’s most dangerous foes.
Notes:
- This was the first issue of X-Men to use the title “the Uncanny X-Men,” although it would not official become so until #142.
- The two USN pilots later appeared in Marvel Fanfare (1st series) #1 and were named in that issue.
- Corsair is the leader of the Starjammers.
- The shuttle flight ended with the introduction of Phoenix in X-Men (1st series) #101.
- The scene between Wolverine and Colossus was repeated in Classic X-Men #21.
- Sauron seemingly fell to his death in X-Men (1st series) #61.
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