X-Force Vol 1 20

X-Force #20

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Art by: Greg Capullo

Release Date

January 26, 1993

Cover Date

March, 1993

Issue Details

Original Price

$1.25

Appearing in "Assault on Graymalkin"

Featured Characters:

X-Force
- Cannonball
- Feral
- Rictor
- Shatterstar
- Sunspot

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

S.H.I.E.L.D.
- G.W. Bridge (Rejoins)
- Nick Fury
- Network Nina
- Alexander Pierce
War Machine
Externals
- Gideon
- Nicodemus (Death)

Locations:

Marvel Universe
- Earth
- Graymalkin

Items:

Vehicles:

S.H.I.E.L.D. shuttle Sternberg (First appearance)
European Space Agency shuttle Victoire (Single appearance)^[1]

Synopsis for "Assault on Graymalkin"

In Earth orbit, a Stark Enterprises satellite collides with a massive space station, causing it to de-cloak. In Washington, D.C., Henry Gyrich tells Val Cooper he suspects Cable is involved, and she refers him to SHIELD. G.W. Bridge learns of this and convinces Nick Fury to rejoin SHIELD. Fury then cuts a deal with Stark Enterprises chief Jim Rhodes to send a SHIELD unit to investigate. At Camp Verde, X-Force activates an alien communications array Lila Cheney got for them and sees a TV news story on the space station. Believing it to be Cable’s station Graymalkin, Cannonball has Lila teleport the team aboard. They are greeted by Professor, the station’s AI, and Sam recognizes its voice as that of X-Factor’s Ship. In Massachusetts, Vanessa finally emerges from her room having shape-shifted to look identical to Tina. In Australia, Domino finds Grizzly in an Outback tavern and asks his help to find X-Force. In a Swiss chalet, doctors are bewildered by the External Nicodemus’s deteriorating health just before he spontaneously explodes, killing them all. Fury and Bridge lead a SHIELD team aboard Graymalkin, triggering an alarm. Professor warns X-Force, and Cannonball orders the team to attack to prevent SHIELD from acquiring Cable’s technology. X-Force swiftly subdues Fury’s team, but then War Machine arrives.

Notes

This issue is reprinted in:
- X-Force: Assault on Graymalkin hardcover (2012);
- Deadpool and X-Force Omnibus hardcover (2017).

Links and References

References

↑ First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks

[Only_Appearance-1] First and only known appearance to date besides flashbacks

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