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"The Torch is Passed...!"

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"Call him...Cyclops"


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Image:Quote1.png Here is where my true destiny lies...on this rockbound isle, far from the maddened, maddening mob called humanity...a universe away from the life that I once led...as an Avenger! Image:Quote2.png
-- Quicksilver

Appearing in "The Torch is Passed...!"

Featured Characters:

Supporting Characters:

  • Goliath - (In an illusion or vision), (Cameo)
  • Hawkeye - (In an illusion or vision), (Cameo)
  • Wasp - (In an illusion or vision), (Cameo)
  • Hercules - (In an illusion or vision), (Cameo)
  • Captain America - (In an illusion or vision), (Cameo)

Villains:

Other Characters:

  • Reverend Brown
  • Unnamed US citizens
  • Unnamed crew members

Locations:

  • Magneto's mid-Atlantic island base

Items:

Vehicles:

  • S.S. Myrmidon - (Destroyed)
  • Unnamed cargo ship - (Destroyed)

Synopsis for "The Torch is Passed...!"

The X-Men are at Professor Xavier's funeral, but Quicksilver arrives. They try to talk to him, but Quicksilver believes they are trying to attack him and runs away. Back at the X-Mansion, the team views a film Xavier recorded shortly before his death. In the recorded message, the professor explains that he recently pushed the team so hard because he knew he hadn’t much time left as he was suffering from an incurable, fatal illness. Also, he reveals that he bestowed Marvel Girl with some of his telepathic might in their last training sessions. Finally, after alerting them that Magneto might have returned to Earth, he asks his students to carry on his dream for him. Indeed, the master of magnetism is back, having built himself a fortress on a small island in the Atlantic, using equipment stolen from cargo ships passing the area. Already he has reassembled most of his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, including Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. As Quicksilver returns, he first checks on Wanda, finding that she is still powerless. Actually, Magneto’s promise to create a device to restore her abilities is their only reason for the siblings to stay. Little do they know that the machine Magneto’s is building has a different purpose - with it, he could enslave the minds of all of humanity. After reprimanding Quicksilver for visiting the funeral and punishing the ever loyal Toad for annoying him time and again, Magneto proceeds with his plans. He only needs one more component for his mind-control machine, a new supercomputer, which is carried on a ship that passes the island a few days later. However, because of Cyclops anticipating Magneto's next move, the five X-Men are also aboard the ship and attack the island, when Magneto hijacks it. They easily enter the fortress but things don't go very well from there. On unfamiliar grounds, they have to deal with Magneto and several traps at the same time, and are all rendered unconscious.

Appearing in "Call him...Cyclops"

Featured Characters:

Other Characters:

Synopsis for "Call him...Cyclops"

Cyclops demonstrates the extent of his powers.

Notes

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


Trivia

  • No trivia.


See Also


Recommended Reading

  • This is the start of a multi-part storyline that continues in X-Men #44 and #45 and Avengers #53.
  • Avengers #47 - #49, Magneto's return from space and his re-acquaintance with Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch.
  • X-Men #1 - First appearance of Magneto
  • X-Men #4 - First appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Toad.
  • X-Men #5 - #7,
  • #11, other X-Men vs. Brotherhood battles.
  • X-Men #17 and #18, last battle vs. Magneto.


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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