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Appearing in "Odd Men Out"
Featured Characters:
- X-Men
- Angel (Warren Worthington III) (Only in flashback)
- Banshee (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Beast (Flashback and main story)
- Colossus (Only in flashback)
- Cyclops (Flashback and main story)
- Forge (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Gambit (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Jean Grey (Flashback and main story)
- Havok (Only in flashback)
- Iceman (Only in flashback)
- Nightcrawler (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Polaris (Only in flashback)
- Professor X (Flashback and main story)
- Storm (Only in flashback)
- Thunderbird (John Proudstar) (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Wolverine (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Fred Duncan (Flashback and main story)
- Henry Peter Gyrich (Only in flashback)
- Lilandra Neramani (Only in flashback)
Adversaries:
- Ani-Men (Only in flashback)
- Brood (Only in flashback)
- Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Only in flashback)
- Dark Phoenix (Only in flashback)
- Deathbird (Only in flashback)
- Juggernaut (Only in flashback)
- Living Monolith (Only in flashback)
- Lucifer (Only in flashback)
- Sauron (Only in flashback)
- Sentinels (Only in flashback)
- Shadow King (Only in flashback)
- Sub-Mariner (Only in flashback)
- Vanisher (Only in flashback)
- Warskrulls (Only in flashback)
- Z'Nox (Only in flashback)
Other Characters:
- Araki (Only in flashback)
- Paul Bailey (Only in flashback)
- Sara Bailey (Only in flashback)
- Valerie Cooper (Only in flashback)
- FBI (Only in flashback)
- Bill (Single appearance)[1]
- Elaine Grey (Only in flashback)
- John Grey (Only in flashback)
- Robert Kelly (Only in flashback)
- New Mutants (Cameo) (Only in flashback)
- Starjammers (Only in flashback)
- Helmut (Duncan's dog) (Single appearance)[1]
Locations:
- Marvel Universe
- Earth
- United States of America
- Colorado
- Cheyenne Mountain (Only in flashback)
- Washington, D.C.
- FBI Headquarters (Only in flashback)
- White House (Only in flashback)
- New York
- Annandale-on-Hudson (Only in flashback)
- Hegeman
- Manhattan, New York City (Only in flashback)
- Westchester County
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters (Only in flashback)
- Colorado
- United States of America
- Shi'ar Empire (Only in flashback)
- Earth
Items:
Vehicles:
- Starjammer (Only in flashback)
Synopsis for "Odd Men Out"
Retired FBI agent Fred Duncan is at home working on his computer when Professor X appears to him as a telepathic projection and asks to meet. Duncan agrees, and Xavier says he will be there shortly as he and the X-Men are only a mile away in their car. Upon their arrival, Beast and Xavier meet Duncan at the door while the other X-Men establish a security perimeter. Once inside, Xavier says he wanted to visit after reading Duncan’s name in the newspaper. He recalls their first meeting at the FBI years earlier when he convinced Duncan to help him recruit mutants for his school. They proceed to reminisce about the original X-Men’s adventures and the formation of the second team. Duncan recalls attending early meetings for the U.S. government’s anti-mutant Project: Wideawake and being overridden by the President in favor of Henry Peter Gyrich. After the X-Men erased all records of themselves in the government’s computers, Gyrich ordered Duncan to build a new database, but he refused and quit the FBI. Xavier describes his romance with Shi’ar empress Lilandra, confronting Dark Phoenix, discovering later that she was not Jean and that Jean was still alive, forming the New Mutants, getting a new body cloned after being infected by the Brood, recovering in space with Lilandra after being beaten nearly to death, being impersonated by a Warskrull, and returning to Earth to defeat the Shadow King. When Duncan reveals he is writing a book on the government’s poor handling of anti-mutant hysteria, Xavier expresses concern and advises caution. Duncan pours them each another cup of coffee, and the two old friends toast Xavier’s return to Earth.
Appearing in "Think Again"
Featured Characters:
Adversaries:
- Mad Thinker
- Apocalypse robot (Single appearance)[1]
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Think Again"
On Manhattan’s Upper East Side, the Mad Thinker discovers a sophisticated underground lab with detailed records on X-Factor and the New Mutants. Sometime later, the New Mutants are ice skating in Central Park when Boom-Boom convinces Wolfsbane to go shopping with her. The Thinker monitors the two girls and activates an android resembling Apocalypse to go after them, but the android assaults him before leaving. After colliding with Sunspot in the skating rink, Rictor sits off by himself. The android finds him, embraces him, and replicates his powers. Rictor joins the rest of the team as they watch it fly away, decide to chase it, and change into their costumes. The android bursts into the store where Boom-Boom and Wolfsbane are shopping and chases them into the street. The other New Mutants meet up with them and lead the android back to Central Park, away from bystanders. Each member attacks it to no effect, and it replicates all their powers. Rusty realizes they must work together and orders the New Mutants to attack all at once. The android freezes for an instant then begs its master for forgiveness before flying away. The New Mutants decide to report the encounter to X-Factor and go get something to eat.
Notes
- This issue consists of two previously unpublished stories drawn by Dave Cockrum. He died in 2006, and this comic was published as a tribute to him.
- "Odd Men Out" is reprinted in the X-Men: Legacy - Sins of the Father trade paperback published in 2009.
Trivia
- Roger Stern and Dave Cockrum produced "Odd Men Out" in 1991 as a fill-in story.[2] The Marvel Chronology Project has it taking place between X-Men Vol 2 #3 and 4.
- Sometime between the events of "Odd Men Out" and Uncanny X-Men Annual #17, Fred Duncan is murdered, driving his protégé FBI Agent Carl Denti to become the first X-Cutioner.
- According to the Marvel Chronology Project, "Think Again" takes place between New Mutants #76 and 77.
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