Appearing in "X-Cutioner's Song part 1: Overture"
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Blue Team
- Gold Team
Professor X
Supporting Characters:
Adversaries:
- Stryfe (Impersonates Cable)
- Horsemen of Apocalypse
- anti-mutant terrorists
- Anita (Only appearance; dies)[1]
Other Characters:
- Trish Tilby (On a TV or computer screen)
- James (First appearance)
Locations:
- Marvel Universe
- United States of America
- Camp Verde, Arizona
- New York
- Manhattan, New York City
- Central Park
- Grand Hyatt Hotel
- Westchester County
- Salem Center
- Harry's Hideaway (Destroyed in this issue)
- Salem Center
- Manhattan, New York City
- United States of America
Items:
Vehicles:
- S.H.I.E.L.D. IPAC
- Robotic horses for the Horsemen of Apocalypse
Synopsis for "X-Cutioner's Song part 1: Overture"
Using an image inducer to hide his blue skin, Archangel picks up his girlfriend Charlotte Jones to attend a Lila Cheney concert in Central Park. At the concert, Professor X reassures Lila before she takes the stage while, in the crowd, Bishop complains to Rogue about the security risk they are taking. Beneath the stage, two anti-mutant terrorists are about to plant a bomb when they are killed by Cable. At Harry’s Hideaway in Salem Center, Jean catches Cyclops fantasizing about Psylocke while Colossus and Iceman shop at the supermarket across the street. Back at the concert, Gambit comforts Storm over her breakup with Forge. X-Factor, including Lila’s ex-bodyguard Strong Guy, watches the concert on TV at a Manhattan hotel. At Harry’s, Scott and Jean argue telepathically then make up, but Caliban a.k.a. Death of Apocalypse’s Horsemen suddenly breaks through a skylight and attacks. In Central Park, Lila finishes her set and invites Professor X on stage to speak. In Salem Center, Colossus and Iceman see bystanders fleeing Harry’s and move to help Scott and Jean, but the other two Horsemen—Famine and War—arrive to intercept them. At the concert, Xavier gives a speech advocating tolerance and mutant rights, but the audience heckles him. Suddenly, he is struck by a gunshot from the crowd, and the shooter is Cable. At Harry’s, Death overpowers Cyclops and Jean then collapses the building. Colossus defeats Famine and War, but they teleport away. In Central Park, Lila, Storm, and Bishop rush to the professor’s side. Archangel engages Cable, but he too teleports away. In Arizona, X-Force gets their TV to work just in time to see a news report on the shooting and that Cable, their mentor, is the assassin.
Notes
- This issue is part one of the 12-part "X-Cutioner's Song" crossover with X-Factor, X-Force, and X-Men. The story continues in X-Factor #84.
- This issue came polybagged with a X-Cutioner's Song trading card featuring Professor X drawn by Brandon Peterson and Al Milgrom.
- This issue is reprinted in:
- X-Men: X-Cutioner's Song trade paperback (1994);
- 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. 21: The X-Cutioner's Song trade paperback (2022).
Trivia
- The story mistakenly places X-Force's new base in New Mexico when it is actually in Arizona.
See Also
Recommended Reading
Links and References
- Uncanny X-Men at Wikipedia.org
- Uncanny X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
- Uncanny X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
- Uncanny X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
- Uncanny X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
- Uncanny X-Men at the Complete Marvel Reading Order
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 12/05/2009
References
- ↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks