Stryfe's Strike File Vol 1 1

Part of the X-Cutioner's Song event
Stryfe's Strike File #1
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1 - Wraparound Cover
Release Date	November 3, 1992
Cover Date	January, 1993
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Tom DeFalco
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Country	USA
Original Price	$1.75

1. "Stryfe's Strike File"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Fabian Nicieza Scott Lobdell
Penciler(s)	Larry Stroman Andy Kubert Greg Capullo Brandon Peterson Jim Lee Whilce Portacio Marc Silvestri
Inker(s)	Jimmy Palmiotti Al Milgrom Mark Farmer Andy Kubert Harry Candelario Dan Panosian Scott Williams Art Thibert
Letterer(s)	Chris Eliopoulos
Editor(s)	Suzanne Gaffney Bob Harras

 No, Scott -- Jean -- thank you... I'm fine... for now... 

—Professor X

Appearing in "Stryfe's Strike File"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Archangel (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Beast (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Lucas Bishop (On a TV or computer screen)
  •  Cyclops 
  •  Jean Grey 
  •  Professor X 
  • Psylocke (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Wolverine (On a TV or computer screen)

Supporting Characters:

• Askani (On a TV or computer screen)
• Forge (On a TV or computer screen)
• Moira MacTaggert (On a TV or computer screen)
• Illyana Rasputin (On a TV or computer screen)
• Scarlet Witch (On a TV or computer screen)
• Threnody (Melody Jacobs) (First appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
• X-Factor (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Havok
  • Polaris
  • Quicksilver
• X-Force (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Cable
  • Cannonball

Adversaries:

• Acolytes (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Chrome
  • Anne Marie Cortez
  • Marco Delgado
• Apocalypse (On a TV or computer screen)
• Caliban (On a TV or computer screen)
• Dark Riders (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Barrage
  • Gauntlet
  • Tusk
• Gideon (On a TV or computer screen)
• Hellfire Club (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Black Queen (Selene)
  • Sebastian Shaw
  • White Queen
• Holocaust (First appearance) (On a TV or computer screen)
• Magneto (On a TV or computer screen)
• Mr. Sinister (On a TV or computer screen)
• Mutant Liberation Front (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Forearm
  • Reaper
  • Zero
• Stryfe (On a TV or computer screen)
• Upstarts (On a TV or computer screen)
  • Siena Blaze (First appearance)
  • Fabian Cortez
  • Graydon Creed (First appearance)
  • Gamesmaster

Locations:

• Marvel Universe
  • United States of America
    • Westchester County, New York
      • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Items:

• Hoverchair

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "Stryfe's Strike File"

Professor X accesses a computer disk Bishop found in Stryfe’s base on the Moon. The disk’s contents consist of commentary by Stryfe on various X-Men, their allies, their adversaries, and other mutants:

• Xavier (art by Brandon Peterson and Al Milgrom);
• Magneto (art by Larry Stroman and Mark Farmer);
• the Acolytes (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Jean Grey and Cyclops (art by Andy Kubert);
• Askani (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Polaris and Havok (art by Larry Stroman and Al Milgrom);
• Holocaust (art by Brandon Peterson and Dan Panosian);
• Apocalypse (art by Andy Kubert);
• the Dark Riders (art by Greg Capullo and Harry Candelario);
• Mr. Sinister (art by Larry Stroman and Al Milgrom);
• Caliban (art by Brandon Peterson and Al Milgrom);
• Beast (art by Larry Stroman and Mark Farmer);
• Archangel (art by Brandon Peterson and Al Milgrom);
• Psylocke (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Illyana Rasputin (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Bishop and Wolverine (art by Andy Kubert);
• Graydon Creed (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Forge (art by Larry Stroman and Mark Farmer);
• Moira MacTaggert (art by Larry Stroman and Mark Farmer);
• Threnody (art by Greg Capullo and Harry Candelario);
• Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Gamesmaster (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• the Upstarts (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Fabian Cortez (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Gideon (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• the Mutant Liberation Front (art by Greg Capullo and Harry Candelario);
• Cannonball (art by Larry Stroman and Jimmy Palmiotti);
• Cable (art by Greg Capullo and Al Milgrom);
• Stryfe (art by Greg Capullo and Al Milgrom).

Cyclops and Jean Grey enter just after Xavier finishes reading the last entry on the disc. Rather than share it and potentially cause them more distress, he erases it.

Notes

• This issue is an addendum to the "X-Cutioner's Song" crossover between Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force, and X-Men.
• This issue is reprinted in:
  • X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song hardcover (2011);
  • X-Men Milestones: X-Cutioner's Song trade paperback (2019);
  • X-Force Epic Collection vol. 2: X-Cutioner's Song trade paperback (2020);
  • X-Men Epic Collection vol. 22: Legacies trade paperback (2023).

Trivia

• The art and text of the entries for Xavier, Jean Grey & Cyclops, Polaris & Havok, Apocalypse, the Dark Riders, Mr. Sinister, Caliban, Archangel, Bishop & Wolverine, the Mutant Liberation Front, Cable, and Stryfe are the same as the art and text of the X-Cutioner's Song trading cards featuring those characters. Each issue of the crossover came polybagged with a particular card.
• Siena Blaze, Graydon Creed, Holocaust, and Threnody first appear in Stryfe's log entries in this issue. Siena Blaze does not appear in-person until Uncanny X-Men Annual #17; Graydon Creed until Uncanny X-Men #299; Holocaust until X-Men Alpha; Threnody until X-Men Vol 2 #27.