From: bxp1628@hertz.njit.edu (Brian Perler)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Subject: Re: Mutant Crossovers
Date: 16 Dec 92 15:20:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: njitgw.1992Dec16.152017.3419
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

[Parts of article detailing X-Men crossover history deleted for space]

In article <pdk2bvl@rpi.edu> decesd@rpi.edu writes:
>introduced during Secret Wars II.  In the middle of the Secret Wars II was 
>the first solely mutant crossover, now called the Asgardian Wars.  The story 

The Asgardian Wars weren't part of Secret Wars II.  Even if the issues
came out at the same time (I don't remember if they did or not) doesn't
mean that the events were simultaneous.

>began with the X-Men/Alpha Flight limited series where the X-Men get Loki very 
>upset.  So Loki steals the New Mutants, and a Storm (who had been turned into
>a kid the age of the New Mutants), who had just defeated the Shadow King, and 

Storm was her normal age at this point.

>Brotherhood of Evil Mutants reform to become Freedom Force, and Professor X 
>becomes infected with an incurable disease.  He decides to leave with Lilandra 
>and the Starjammers to see if the Shi-ar can cure his disease and leaves 

Actually, he was injured.  There was no disease involved.

>Magneto in charge of the New Mutants.  Then a powerless Storm fought Colossus 

Cyclops, not Colossus.

>for leader of the X-Men and Storm wins.  (This is also the infamous issue with
>the first appearance of baby Nathan.)  So Cyclops left, but the Avengers 
>discovered Jean Grey was still alive and he leaves his wife and baby to see 
>her.  Madelyne told him that he'd never see either of them again.  When Scott 
>sees Jean again, he forms the team X-Factor with Cameron Hodge, and the pose 
>as humans hunting mutants and sending them to jail.  However, instead of 

They never said they were sending to jail, I don't think.  If I remember
correctly, they claimed to be neutralizing the mutants' powers in some
way.

>sending them to jail, X-Factor keeps the mutants and trains them in how to 
>use their powers.  Very soon after the team formed, Beast was defurred so the
>team resembled the original X-Men.

>a long time to heal.  And Shadowcat was hit with a lance that would not let

Just to be picky, it was one of Harpoon's harpoons.  (Now how did they
come up with HIS name?)

>her unphase.  This lead into the X-Men/F.F. crossover in which Dr. Doom of
>all people finally saves Shadowcat.  During the this time period, the Longshot
>limited series also hit the stands.  At the end of this great series, Longshot
>joined the X-Men.

The X-Men weren't in the Longshot LS.  At the end of Longshot, Longshot
returned to Mojoworld.  In a later X-Men annual (probably the first
one after the Longshot LS, but I'm not sure), Longshot popped up in
Xavier's School, with complete memory loss.  THAT'S when he joined the
X-Men.

>However, X-Factor had some interesting twists.  Cameron Hodge turned out to
>be a very strong anti-mutant supporter, and he had Angel stripped of his
>fortune and then had his wings cut.  He then placed Angle in a position that
>made it look like he committed suicide.  Caliban joined X-Factor in his place.

Angel's "suicide" was due to the things Hodge did, but Hodge didn't
engineer the fake suicide, I dont' think.  I think Angel was actually
trying to kill himself, but was rescued by Apocalypse.

>	After the Fall, Beast, who has the brain of an adolecent at this point,
>becomes infected with a disease, and the only cure is the give him the hairy
>blue fur back again.  Doing this not only cures the disease, but gives him
>his intelligence back while retaining his super strength.  They also fought

Not exactly.  Yes, the Beast had the brain of an adolecent, but the
only disease he really had was the one that caused that condition in the
first place.  Around the same time, there was a character named Infectia.
Infectia was a mutant whose power was to mutate people she touched.
She wanted to see what effect her powers would have on a mutant, and
chose Iceman for her target.  However, Beast found out about her
powers, and tried to warn Iceman about Infectia (Iceman wouldn't
listen, though).  When Infectia was going to kiss Iceman (and mutate
him), the Beast "intercepted" the touch, and would up being the
recipient of Infectia's power.  The end result of this was that
the Beast wound up returning to his furry form, and regained his
intelligence.  Giving him the furry form wasn't the cure, it was a side
effect of Infectia's touch, as was the cure and regaining his
intelligence.

>X-Factor for him.  Both teams find out that Madelyne is actually a demon queen 
>who tricked them into fighting, and Jean Grey kills Madelyne and the teams free

Actually, Madelyne was a clone of Jean Grey made by Mr. Sinister.  She
did wind up working with the demons, but was not a demon herself.

>the X-Terminators and New Mutants, who had also been captured, and banish the 
>demons.  Archangel finally joined X-Factor during the Inferno.  And Boom Boom
>and Richter join the New Mutants.  And the X-mansion gets destroyed.

Inferno actually ended with the X-Men and X-Factor confronting Mr.
Sinister, who revealed the entire "Madelyne was a clone of Jean" thing.
After Sinister beat on both teams for a while, Cyclops finally blasted
him to bits with his optic blast (although, like all Marvel deaths,
Sinister's wasn't permanent).

>	The next crossover was not limited to mutants, but was the Acts of
>Vengeance.  Although the Acts themselves was not the greatest storyline, 
>they were probably the best mutant stories in a long time.  The X-Men,
>specifically Wolverine, have to fight the Hand, under the control of the
>Mandarin, only to discover that Psyloche had been given a race change and
>was part of the Hand.  Wolverine broke their hold on Psyloche, and defeated
>the Hand and the Mandarin.  In the New Mutants, Magneto had finally gotten
>fed up with them and left.  They find Cable fighting the Mutant Liberation
>Front and help him win.  Thus, Cable becomes their new leader.  It hit X-Factor,
>in the middle of the Judgement War in which the team must fight Apocalypse's
>Horsemen again, this time with new and improved Caliban.  It also showed
>Archangel coming to terms, somewhat, with what Apocalypse had done to him.

Judgement War dealt with the Celestials calling Ship back to them (since
Ship was a Celestial device).  X-Factor went along with Ship, and came
upon a planet that was being judged by the Celestials.  X-Factor
helped the mutants on that planet repel the Celestials.  EXTREMELY
LAME storyline.

>	After this, the X-Men get really messed up and go through the Siege
>Perilous.  They come back scattered, and missing some memories.  During this
>time, several members of Freedom Force also die, and Jubilee is intoduced.  

The X-Men went through the Siege BEFORE Acts of Vengeance (Psylocke
came out of the Siege and was found by the Hand).  Jubilee was introduced
while the X-Men were still in Australia.  After the other X-Men (except
for Storm, who was believed dead at the time) went through the Siege,
Wolverine was captured by the Reavers at their Australia headquarters
(which used to be the Reavers).  Jubilee helped him escape, and
accompanied him to Madripoor, where they encountered the Mandarin,
the Hand, and Psylocke.

>	Next came the X-tinction Agenda.  The three U.S. mutant teams go to
>the small island country of Genosha where mutants are scientifically bred
>and used as slaves.  The teams free the Genoshan slaves and discover that
>Cameron Hodge was still not dead, but was a cyborg instead, and kill him.

Hodge didn't die because he made a deal with N'astrah, granting him
immortality, even when Archangel decapitated him.  His severed head
was placed on a cyborg body.  Hodge will most likely come back.

>During this time, Storm is turned back into an adult again, and Wolfsbane
>is turned into a werewolf form permanently.  Havoc decides he has had enough

Wolfsbane was turned into one of Genosha's mindless slaves, but it only
affected her if she was in human form.  If she turned into her wolf
form, she would act like a wild animal.  However, if she turned into
her transitional forms, she retained control over herself.

>	Immediately after this, the teams go their separate ways again.  The
>New Mutants are totally revamped into X-Force who are not seen for a while.

Which, in retrospect, was probably a good thing.

>	After this came the Mutant Genesis.  It was not a crossover, but the
>mutant teams all became revamped.  The Uncanny X-Men moved to the X-Men
>comic.  X-Factor moved to the Uncanny X-Men.  X-Force made its debut.  And
>X-Factor became a totally new team, led by Havoc, and working with Val Cooper.

Actually, the X-Men and X-Factor joined together to form one big X-Men
group, which was split into two teams, each containing various members
from both the X-Men and X-Factor.

>  However, Marvel had 
>a crossover anyways, the X-exutioner's Song.  It began with the Cable
>limited series, delving more into Cable's past and what made him work.  The
>basic story was that Stryfe shot Prof. X with a disease that made him appear
>dead.  The X-Men and X-Factor went in search of Cable (thinking him to be
>Stryfe because they look exactly the same) by finding X-Force, battling, and
>then capturing them.  Meanwhile, Stryfe brought Apocalypse back, and Cable

Stryfe didn't bring Apocalypse back.  Apocalypse came back all on his
own.  Stryfe tried to kill Apocalypse.

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