Comics:Uncanny X-Men Annual Vol 1 1980

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None commands Margali of the Winding Road.

-- Margali Szardos

Appearing in "Nightcrawler's Inferno"

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Storm (Ororo)
  • Wolverine
  • Colossus (Peter)
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
  • Kitty Pryde
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Supporting Characters:

• Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange)

Villains:

• Margali Szardos (First appearance)

Locations:

• New York

• Westchester County

• Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Items:

• Eye of Agamotto
  
  

Synopsis for "Nightcrawler's Inferno"

Nightcrawler receives a mysterious present at his birthday party - a present which suddenly explodes and sucks Nightcrawler's soul out of his body. Professor X asks Doctor Strange to come and assist. Using a magic spell, they follow Nightcrawler to hell, or as Doctor Strange comes to suspect, a clever renditioning of hell.

Appearing in "Part the Second"

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Storm
  • Wolverine
  • Colossus
  • Nightcrawler

Villains:

• Charon^[1]
• Minos^[2]
• Harpies^[3]
• Cerberus^[4]
• Various "lost souls" in Hell
• Various demons from Dante's Inferno

Locations:

• Hell
  • River Acheron
  • Minos' Palace
  • Circles 1-7 of Hell^[5]

Items:

• Eye of Agamotto
  
  

Synopsis for "Part the Second"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Part the Third"

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Storm
  • Wolverine
  • Colossus
  • Nightcrawler
  • Kitty Pryde
• Professor X

Supporting Characters:

• Doctor Strange
• Jimaine Szardos - (First revealed as a Amanda Sefton)

Villains:

• Margali Szardos / "Satan"
• Various demons from Dante's Inferno

Other Characters:

• Stefan Szardos (First appearance), (Appearance in flashback only), (Death)

Locations:

• Hell
  • 8th and 9th circles of Hell
• Bavaria
  • Winzeldorf
• New York

• Westchester County

• Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Items:

• Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
• Eye of Agamotto
  
  

Synopsis for "Part the Third"

They make their way down to the ninth level, where Amanda Sefton reveals she'd had a hand in this so she could expose Margali Szardos's (her mother's) misconceptions about the death of her eldest son Stefan. Margali sees the truth of Nightcrawler's actions in that affair, and pardons him. The X-Men get returned to the mansion.

Notes

• The "Hell" seen here is based completely on Dante Alighieri's poem, The Inferno.
• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.^[6]
  

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• Uncanny X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 07/20/2009
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men Vol 2 #3 - See for further referencing