X-Men Vol 2 #4

January, 1992

Editor-in-Chief

Tom DeFalco

Cover Artists

Jim Lee
Scott Williams

"The Resurrection and the Flesh"
Writers John Byrne Jim Lee Pencilers Jim Lee Inkers Scott Williams Colourists Joe Rosas Letterers Tom Orzechowski Editors Bob Harras

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Who has brought me back from the dark domain of death? Who has summoned, Omega Red?

-- Omega Red

Appearing in "The Resurrection and the Flesh"Edit

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men (Blue Team)
  • Wolverine (Logan)
  • Gambit
  • Rogue
  • Jubilee (Jubilation)
  • Cyclops (Scott)
  • Beast (McCoy)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Supporting Characters:

• Moira MacTaggert
• Kevin MacTaggert / Proteus - (Dream)
• Banshee (Sean)

Villains:

• Omega Red (Arkady) - (First full appearance)
• The Hand
  • Matsu'o Tsurayaba
• Magneto - (Dream)
• Fenris
  • Andrea Strucker
  • Andreas Strucker

Other Characters:

• Hand scientists - (Death)
• Unnamed cab driver

Locations:

• Pacific Ocean
  • South Pacific volcano
• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
• Germany
  • Berlin

Items:

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Synopsis for "The Resurrection and the Flesh"Edit

Matsu'o Tsurayaba has the Hand reanimate Omega Red, though it kills twenty-five of their operatives. Matsu'o says that he financed Omega Red's rebirth for one thing, the capture of Wolverine, who Omega Red remembers from his past. Meanwhile at the Xavier institute Moira MacTaggert has nightmares, plagued with feeling guilty for having tried to condition Magneto’s behavior while he was in her care on Muir Island. Moira wakes up screaming and Cyclops, Banshee, and Professor Xavier come to her room to see what’s the matter. Banshee can’t talk from getting his jaw broke so Xavier creates a mind-bridge between the three of them and Moira. Banshee tries to comfort her and talk her out of leaving the mansion, although to no avail because later she calls a taxi and leaves, leaving Banshee behind. Outside, Gambit and Jubilee are winning a non-mutant power game of basketball against Wolverine and Rogue. Wolverine’s team starts to use their mutant powers so Gambit evens the odds using his power to charge the basketball up and throw it at Rogue who goes crashing through one of the windows. Later Gambit and Rogue are leaving on a date when Beast, Jubilee, and Wolverine try to tag along following them. On their bike, Gambit tries to outrun the other three X-Men and doesn't notice a trap in the road. The Hand and Omega Red capture both him and Rogue, and they cause the jeep of the other three X-Men to explode. Surprisingly they come out of the fire unharmed and start fighting the Hand, but they get taken out by Omega Red’s death spores as well. Shortly before fainting out, Wolverine remembers the smell from his past. The unconscious X-Men are loaded into an ambulance, making it look like a typical car accident to any passers by.

NotesEdit

• Moira dreams of running after Kevin, her son and he falls off a cliff and then Magneto pulls her over the edge.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]
  

TriviaEdit

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Recommended ReadingEdit

• X-Men Vol 2 #1 - X-Men Vol 2 #3 - Magneto attacks the X-Men

Links and ReferencesEdit

• X-Men at Wikipedia
• X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
• X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
• X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 12/22/2009