Comics:X-Men Vol 1 131

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"Run for Your Life!"

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X-Men Vol 1 #131
March, 1980

Editor-in-Chief

Jim Shooter

Cover Artists

John Byrne, Terry Austin, Gaspar Saladino

Writers

Chris Claremont, John Byrne

Pencilers

John Byrne

Inkers

Terry Austin

Colourists

Glynis Wein

Letterers

Tom Orzechowski

Editors

Roger Stern

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You know, Ororo, you really mustn't fight my psychic probes. The harder you resist, the more this will hurt. I don't want to hurt you, my dear. I want us to be... friends.

-- White Queen (Emma Frost)

Appearing in "Run for Your Life!"

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Storm (Ororo)
  • Wolverine (Peter)
  • Colossus
  • Nightcrawler
• Professor X

Supporting Characters:

• Phoenix (Jean Grey)
• Dazzler
• Kitty Pryde
• Carmen Pryde
• Theresa Pryde

Villains:

• Hellfire Club
  • White Queen (Emma Frost)
  • Black King - (In vision)
  • Harry Leland - (In vision)
  • Donald Pierce - (In vision)
  • Hellfire Club goons
    • Salvatore "Sally"
    • Elton
    • Cam
    • Jacko
    • Mancusi
    • Skipper
  • Jason Wyngarde - (In vision), (Cameo)

Locations:

• Illinois
  • Chicago
    • Frost International facility - (Destroyed)
    • Lake Michigan
  • Deerfield
    • Family Pryde's Home

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, ver. 2
• Mutant Sedation Cages

Vehicles:

• X-Men skyship
  
  

Synopsis for "Run for Your Life!"

Hellfire goons driving a car are trying to run down Kitty Pryde when Phoenix trashes the car and them with it. They find Kitty, and take her and some prisoners to the blackbird, where Phoenix telepathically finds out what they need to know. They sneak into the compound pretending to have captured themselves. Kitty sneaks up to where the captured X-Men are and frees Wolverine. The other X-Men strike, battling their way inside, and Phoenix thrashes the White Queen and leaves her for dead. Back in Deerfield, Dazzler passes on joining the team, but Kitty Pryde joins.

Notes

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

Trivia

• The X-Men are tied up and gagged in one scene. In the next, they are free and talking with no explanation as to how they were freed or why it was not noticed.

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Recommended Reading

• This is part of the first Hellfire Club storyline, and leads directly into the Dark Phoenix Saga. The plot covers the issues X-Men #129 through #137.

Links and References

• Uncanny X-Men at Wikipedia
• Uncanny X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• Uncanny X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 06/18/2009
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #7 - See for further referencing
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men Vol 2 #3 - See for further referencing
• The Marvel Comics Index #9A - See for further referencing