Comics:Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 196

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Part of the 'Secret Wars II' event

Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #196

August, 1985

Editor-in-Chief

Jim Shooter

Cover Artists

Terry Austin

"What Was That?!"
Writers Chris Claremont Pencilers John Romita Jr. Inkers Dan Green Colourists Glynis Oliver Letterers Tom Orzechowski Editors Ann Nocenti

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It's done -- the mutie's as good as dead!

--Unnamed Columbia University student

Appearing in "What Was That?!"

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Wolverine
  • Shadowcat (Katherine "Kitty" Pryde)
  • Colossus
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt)
  • Rachel Summers - (in her Hound persona)
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier)
  • Rogue
• Magneto

Supporting Characters:

• Storm (Ororo)
• Aleytys Forrester
• The Beyonder
• Father Michael Bowen

Villains:

• Fenris
  • Andrea Strucker
  • Andreas Strucker

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Columbia University students
• A lion and buzzard
• Kramer, Simone and Lewis, hunters
• Unnamed restaurant workers and patrons
• Street gang and a victim
• Phil, John, Roger, Mark, Mickey and Johnny - all students

Locations:

• New York
  • New York City
    • Columbia University
    • St. Anne's Church
• Africa
  • Serengeti Plains

Items:

• Homemade bomb
  
  

Synopsis for "What Was That?!"

Professor Xavier telepathically "overhears" some of his students plotting somebody's death. Since he cannot use his powers to scan the crowd, he asks the X-Men, now allied with Magneto, to find the guilty parties before any harm is done. The X-Men feel uneasy about trusting Magneto, but they proceed as told. Rachel and Kitty discover that Xavier is the target of the assassination attempt and Rachel nearly gets killed by a bomb meant for Xavier. In rage, Rachel drops all her covers and the X-men see her hound scars and outfit for the first time. Magneto manages to prevent Rachel from killing the assassins, as that would prove them right that mutants are indeed murderers. The Beyonder observed the X-men and does not understand why Magneto kept Rachel from using her vast abilities, he decides that to understand humans he must become one of them. Elsewhere Nightcrawler meets with Father Bowen, as the encounter with the Beyonder has shaken his faith in god. In Kenya, Ororo is shot and left for death by Andrea and Andreas von Strucker.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]
  

Trivia

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