Comics:Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 274

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Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #274

March, 1991

Editor-in-Chief

Tom DeFalco

Cover Artists

Jim Lee, Scott Williams

"Crossroads"
Writers Chris Claremont Pencilers Jim Lee Inkers Scott Williams Colourists Joe Rosas Letterers Pat Brosseau Editors Bob Harras

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To coin a phrase, old man: ...this land -- I daresay, this entire world -- isn't big enough for the both of us!

-- Zaladane

Appearing in "Crossroads"

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Wolverine
  • Storm
  • Psylocke
  • Banshee
  • Rogue
  • Jubilee
  • Gambit
  • Forge
• X-Factor
  • Cyclops
  • Jean Grey

Supporting Characters:

• Magneto - (Appears in flashback and main story)
• Ka-Zar
• Zabu
• Nick Fury
• Lila Cheney
• Guido
• Trish Tilby - (Appears on a Computer Screen, TV or Hologram Only)

Villains:

• Deathbird
• Manacle - (First appearance)
• Savage Land Mutates
  • Zaladane
  • Amphibius
  • Whiteout
  • Barbarus
  • Lupo
  • Brainchild
  • Gaza
  • Worm

Other Characters:

• Colonel Yuri Semyanov
• Unnamed protesters, scientists and reporters
• President George Bush, Sr.^[1]
• Various dinosaurs
• Unnamed Swamp Men
• Unnamed Russian soldiers
• Unnamed S.H.I.E.L.D. soldiers

Locations:

• Antarctica
  • Savage Land
    • Magneto's citadel
• New York
  • Westchester County

Vehicles:

• S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
• U.N. supply planes & helicopters
• Russian gunships
  
  

Synopsis for "Crossroads"

Zaladane has erected many citadels in the Savage Land and is now in sync with earth’s magnetic field. With her magnetic powers she has scrambled all communication within the Savage Land, and the effects of her mad quest for power are already felt far away, as Argentina was hit by a massive earthquake. SHIELD have sent in Nick Fury and a team of agents, but most of them perish in battle against Zaladane and her Savage Land Mutates. Magneto and Rogue have allied up with Ka-Zar but they don’t fare much better. Apparently something went wrong when Magneto reintegrated her bio-matrix, as she is only a shadow of her former self. Her absorption power doesn’t work and she is only slightly stronger than an average person. Magneto finds himself in a moral conflict, he knows that there is only one way to stop Zaladane, but killing her would surely end his beginning relationship with Rogue. Meanwhile the X-Men have been teleported to Shi’Ar space by Lila Cheney. Immediately they get captured by Deathbird who wants them to kill Charles Xavier.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.^[2]
  

Trivia

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