Comics:X-Men Vol 1 119

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X-Men Vol 1 #119

March, 1979

Editor-in-Chief

J. Shooter

Cover Artists

Dave Cockrum, Terry Austin

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas..."
Writers Chris Claremont, John Byrne Pencilers John Byrne Inkers Terry Austin Colourists G. Wein Letterers Costanza Editors R. Stern

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I warned them, but those senile old fools in Tokyo wouldn't listen. Now they'll learn once and for all...that Moses Magnum is not to be trifled with!

-- Moses Magnum

Appearing in "'Twas the Night Before Christmas..."

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Storm (Ororo)
  • Wolverine
  • Colossus (Peter)
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt)
  • Banshee (Sean Cassidy)

Supporting Characters:

• Phoenix ("Jeanie")
• Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)
• Havok (Alex)
• Polaris (Lorna)
• Moira MacTaggert
• Multiple Man (Jamie Madrox)
• Misty Knight
• Colleen Wing
• Mariko Yashida
• Angus MacWhirter - (Death)

Villains:

• Moses Magnum
• Mandroids
• Proteus - (Appears in shadow only)

Other Characters:

• Mr. Osama, Colleen Wing's grand-uncle
• Unnamed guards

Locations:

• Kuril Islands, Japan
• Yoshida Manor, Japan
• Edinburgh, Scotland
• Muir Island, Scotland

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, version 2
• Mandroid Armor Mk II

Vehicles:

• The "Flying Scotsman" express-train
  
  

Synopsis for "'Twas the Night Before Christmas..."

X-Men Banshee and Storm distract the guards at Moses' base and disarm their scanners while Kurt sneaks in to give the other X-Men a target to home in on while tunneling under the sea floor. (Truly... don't ask). They get ambushed by Moses after breaking into the base. Moses beats them up a bit, then sends his Mandroid Mk. IIs to deal with them. Although the Mandroids get trashed by the X-men, Moses is making good his threat to cause another earthquake. So Banshee sets up a counter-harmonic about the island with his sonic scream, reflecting Moses' quake back on him. The X-Men escape in the nick of time, and the island explodes. However, Banshee's performance damages his voice. On Muir Island, Jean Grey is returning from a vacation in Greece. However, things aren't peaceful on the island, as Angus MacWhirter mysteriously discovers.

Notes

• Angus MacWhirter has, of course, just become host to Proteus, in our first hint that something isn't right on Muir Island.
• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]
  

Trivia

• This issue announces that the X-Men comic book has been awarded the Eagle Award (a British comic book fan award) two years in a row for both favorite dramatic comic book and favorite team in 1978 and 1979. Terry Austin was also awarded the favorite inker award.

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Recommended Reading

• This concludes the Moses Magnum storyline started last issue.

Links and References

• Uncanny X-Men series index at UncannyX-Men.Net
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 06/07/2009
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #6 - See for further referencing
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men Vol 2 #2 - See for further referencing