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"The Sinister Shadow of... Doomsday!"

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"A Man Called...X"


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Image:Quote1.png We mutants agreed to serve him out of hatred for normal humans -- and because of their fear and hostility towards us! Yet, have we merely exchanged our roles as outcasts -- for those of slaves? But we shall consider that later -- when the world of Homo sapiens lies in smoldering, radioactive ruins! Image:Quote2.png
-- The Changeling, while thinking about the Mutant Master

Appearing in "The Sinister Shadow of... Doomsday!"

Featured Characters:

Villains:

Other Characters:

  • Unknown East German soldiers
  • Unknown US soldiers

Locations:

  • Unknown US military base
  • Factor Three's hideout in the Alps

Items:

Vehicles:

  • Factor Three's Magno-Disks

Synopsis for "The Sinister Shadow of... Doomsday!"

The X-Men are in the Factor Three base in the Alps, but their captors have fled and the base is primed to explode! They barely escape in Factor Three flying saucers as the base explodes behind them. Elsewhere, Changeling and the Mutant Master have an argument, and then Mutant Master reveals the full scope of his plan: to start a nuclear exchange between the US and the USSR!

The X-Men return to the X-Mansion to plot their moves, then quickly use the flying saucers to split up. Warren, Hank, and Jean head to Eastern Europe, Scott and Bobby to a US missile base. The Eastern Europe team fights their way past the soviet guards and run into Vanisher and Blob attempting to set a bomb to blow up a conference of high-ranking military officers. Iceman and Cyclops have similar luck in the US when they fail to convince the base's commanding officer that the Factor Three plot is real. They spring into action, and attempt to disable all the base's missiles. Back in Eastern Europe, our heroes manage to gas Vanisher and Blob, but then are apprehended by the soviet troops!

Appearing in "A Man Called...X"

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Supporting Characters:

Other Characters:

  • Unknown paperboy
  • Unknown Americans
  • Unknown security guards

Locations:

  • an FBI office building

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "A Man Called...X"

The first story in the origin of Cyclops. Scott Summers power reveals itself in public, and Professor X reads about it in the paper. He goes to the FBI to get in on the investigation, and persuades Fred Duncan to allow him to help with the investigation.

Notes

  • This issue starts the supplementary origin stories.
  • This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.[1]


Trivia

  • The narrator states that the Vanisher is a "crimson-clad mutant", though in this story he is wearing a green costume.
  • Luckily all the East German soldiers speak in English so Marvel Girl and Angel can understand them.


See Also


Recommended Reading

  • This is the penultimate issue of the Factor Three storyline that began in X-Men #28 and concludes next issue.


Links and References

  • None.
  1. ↑ The first story is reprinted in the following comics/TPB's: The second story is reprinted in the following comics/TPB's:
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