 X-Men Vol 2 #38
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You know...I always fancied the chance to become something simpler in life...perhaps a barber...
- -- Professor X
Appearing in "Smoke and Mirrors"
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Other Characters:
- Commcast (Hologram)
- Destiny (Irene Adler) (Dream)
Locations:
- Marvel Universe
- Tel Aviv, Israel
- United States of America
- Roswell, New Mexico
- Roswell State Minimum Security Prison
- Westchester County, New York
- Roswell, New Mexico
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Synopsis for "Smoke and Mirrors"
Cyclops, Phoenix, and Professor X admire the Xavier Institute’s new sign and discuss their optimism about the future. In the lab, Beast discovers the Legacy Virus has evolved into three different strains. Iceman invites him to the swimming pool, but he declines. Later, Iceman freezes the pool just as Rogue dives into it, and they argue about his distress over his recent possession by the White Queen. In the Danger Room, Phoenix and Psylocke telepathically spar, joke about Betsy’s past flirtation with Cyclops, and her life without Revanche. Afterward, Cyclops monitors Sabretooth’s use of the room for exercise until Gambit takes over and sharply increases the difficulty level of the exercise program. In New Mexico, X-Treme visits Hazard in prison to ask about a man named Milbury. Hazard tells him to contact Professor X. Back at the Institute, Xavier and Bishop survey the wreckage of Xavier’s ready room. For the sake of secrecy, he never backed up the data stored there, but he worries the mutant Commcast may have a copy. In a Tel Aviv hospital, Xavier’s son Legion dreams of the late Destiny encouraging him to aid his father’s goals. In the Danger Room, Sabretooth’s exercise program ends, and Gambit admits he altered it. Gambit attacks Sabretooth, but stops short of killing him and declares he is becoming a better man for Rogue. Rogue walks in and says she and Gambit must both accept their checkered pasts. Iceman returns to the lab, and Beast explains his discovery with the Legacy Virus. When Iceman asks if he is a loser, Beast assures him he is not and suggests they go out for dinner and talk. Cyclops and Phoenix find Xavier back at the sign, and they wonder what they will do if his dream of harmony between humans and mutants is fulfilled.
Notes
- This issue through #41 were published in two editions: a $1.95 deluxe edition on glossy stock paper and a $1.50 standard edition on regular paper.
- This issue is reprinted in:
- X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Prelude trade paperback (2011);
- X-Men: Legionquest hardcover (2018).
Trivia
- The White Queen possessed Iceman in Uncanny X-Men #313-314.
- X-Treme has been looking for Milbury since X-Force #30.
- Banshee blew up Professor X's ready room to keep the Phalanx from acquiring the data stored there in Uncanny X-Men #316.
- Legion killed Destiny in Uncanny X-Men #255.
- Gambit wears an Archie Manning New Orleans Saints football jersey showing the number "10". However, Manning's team number was "8" while he played for the Saints.
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Links and References
- X-Men at Wikipedia
- X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
- X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
- X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
- X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 01/10/2010
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