Comics:X-Men Vol 1 139

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"...Something Wicked This Way Comes!"

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X-Men Vol 1 #139
November, 1980

Editor-in-Chief

James Shooter

Cover Artists

John Byrne, Terry Austin

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You ain't done makin' mistakes, bub, not by a long shot.

-- Wolverine

Appearing in "...Something Wicked This Way Comes!"

Featured Characters:

X-Men
- Storm
- Wolverine, first appearance in brown and yellow costume
- Colossus
- Nightcrawler
- Sprite, joins X-Men
- Angel
Professor X

Supporting Characters:

Alpha Flight

Villains:

Wendigo

Other Characters:

Eileen Parnall, (First appearance) and behind the scenes
Heather McNeil Hudson, (First appearance)
Hulk, (Appears in flashback and main story)
Joe Parnall, (First appearance), behind the scenes, and (Appears in flashback and main story)
Stevie Hunter, (First appearance)
Tommy Parnall, (First appearance) and (Appears in flashback and main story)
Wendigo, (Appears in flashback and main story)

Locations:

Salem Center, Westchester County, New York
- Stevie Hunter's dance studio, (First appearance)
- Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
  - Danger Room
Canada
- Hudson Bay
- Ontario
  - 138A Laurier Drive, Ottawa

Items:

Cyclops' Visor, version 2

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "...Something Wicked This Way Comes!"

The X-Men participate in a grueling session in the Danger Room. As Angel, Colossus, Storm and Nightcrawler go through their exercises, Professor X and Kitty Pryde witness the spectacle from the room’s monitoring station. Kitty is terrified to see the degree of danger that she may one day have to face. As the session ends, the team regroups and they decide to officially welcome Kitty to the team. Now it is time for her to suggest a code name. Professor X suggests the name Ariel, but Kitty doesn’t like it. She finally settles on calling herself Sprite.

Some time later, Wolverine pulls Professor X aside and tells him that he has some unfinished business to take care of in Canada. He knows that Department H will continue to hound him, and he doesn’t wish to involve the X-Men in any more unpleasant confrontations with people from Wolverine’s past. Xavier assigns Nightcrawler to go with Wolverine in the role of chaperone.

Storm and Kitty leave the mansion for the streets of Salem Center. Ororo brings her to a dance studio owned by famed dance instructor, Stevie Hunter. Kitty is excited to begin taking classes, and feels that the physical exercise will help her balance out all of the mental challenges that the school might throw at her.

Later, Wolverine and Nightcrawler arrive at Hudson Bay in Canada. They meet with Heather McNeil Hudson, wife to Department H's James Hudson, formerly known as Weapon Alpha. Now calling himself, Vindicator, James arrives shortly after and prepares to settle affairs with Wolverine. Their past animosity has to be tabled however, as more pressing matters are brought to the forefront.

A legendary creature known as the Wendigo has been attacking campers in the nearby area. Vindicator calls upon his colleagues in Alpha Flight to help resolve the matter. Wolverine and Nightcrawler volunteer to help Alpha Flight, as Wolverine has fought the Wendigo in the past. Vindicator provides the X-Men with the most up to date news concerning the Wendigo’s recent activity.

Later, as Nightcrawler begins hauling equipment out of a jeep, he turns to see the Wendigo leaping out of the woods to attack him.

Notes

The tagline featured on the cover to this issue reads, "Welcome to the X-Men, Kitty Pryde - Hope you survive the experience!" This becomes a recurring gag used whenever a new mutant character joins the team. (For example Uncanny X-Men #171 and #219.
As of this issue, Storm becomes deputy leader of the X-Men. The team's former leader, Cyclops took a leave of absence in the last issue.
This issue is reprinted in Essential X-Men #2 and Classic X-Men #45.

Trivia

This issue takes place two weeks before Alpha Flight (Volume 1) #1.
First appearance of Heather McNeil Hudson. She appears next in Alpha Flight (Volume 1) #1.
Heather McNeil Hudson refers to Vindicator as Jamie in this issue. In the pages of Alpha Flight (Volume 1), she usually refers to him as Mac.
Snowbird's personality in this issue is vastly different from how she will be portrayed in the pages of Alpha Flight (Volume 1).
Wolverine's civilian name, Logan, is revealed in this issue. At this point in time, Wolverine doesn't remember that his true name is James Howlett.
The title of this issue, Something Wicked This Way Comes, is taken from a line of dialogue from Act IV, Scene I of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Vindicator refers to the fact that Sasquatch, Aurora and Northstar of Alpha Flight are currently undertaking a mission in the United States involving Machine Man. The footnote erroneously indicates this event as taking place in Machine Man (Volume 1) #19, when it fact it takes place in Machine Man (Volume 1) #18.
When Colossus first approaches Kitty in the Danger room, he morphs into his human form. Although, in the footnote it claims that it is "Cyclops" organic steel armor that becomes flesh.

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