From: kogutt@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (SCAVENGER 2099)
Subject: CLAREMONT FILES (repost)
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 21:49:53 GMT

I've noticed several requests for this lately so I figure I'll repost it.
Claremont is currently doing a book signing tour.  I know he's hitting a bunch
of stops in New York now, and then he's heading to Utah and Colorado (he's gonna
be at my store about 5 hours after my plane home for x-mas leaves >sigh<)
Someone please bring a hardcopy of this to one of the signings annd get 
conformations/corrections/denials on this. Thanx

                  *THE CLAREMONT FILES*
    compiled by SCAVENGER (kogutt@ucsu.colorado.edu)


Please remember that this is third generation info (1st from Chris to my 
friend,2nd from my friend to me, and 3rd from me to you).  Also about 2 
months have passed since I heard this, so some parts are missing.  I have tried
to put down as much as I remember.  If anything else hits me, I will let yall 
know.

The plots are for the X-Men in general (if it is for a specific book it is so listed)

Well on with the show:

	The story starts during the Muir Island saga.  It is here that our tale 
diverges from mainline Marvel.  In the final conflict between the forces of X 
and the Shadow King, the island is NOT destroyed, nor is the Shadow King.
I believe that Legion also lives, but dont quote me.  [I assume that Xavier 
looses his powers--which has been widely reported in the press--I do not
 remember that fact being related here].  Anyway the villain escapes to cause
 havoc another day.

Legion was originally supposed to survive, and was meant to be a member of
X-Factor (along with the current roster).  Peter David couldn't think of any way
in which this character could possibly interact with the others, and got
permission to let him die.  (This from an interview/essay by PAD in an issue of
Amazing Heroes) [from lazarus@interceptor.ksu.ksu.edu (Bart -Laz- Smith)]

	The X-men head home and re-establish the school.  Faculty members
include Forge, Banshee, and Dr. Karl Lykos (who had been cured of Sauron at
 that point [then robbie got his hands on him and...But I digress]).  The X-Men
 decide to split into two strike teams Blue and Gold (with members as they are
currently).  

	The first part of the new book (X-MEN---Blue team) deals with
 Magneto.  Essentially he comes to the mansion, and he and the X-Men talk
 for an issue.  It is decided that while Magneto respects the X-Men, he can not
use their tactics.  He leaves promising that he would continue his fight, but
 would NOT become a villain once again. (He would wind up doing a lot of
 speeches and every once in awhile would do a terrorist type stunt--like some
 real person who I can not think of).

       It is decided that there are a few loose ends lying around the world that
 need to be dealt with.  To this end, both strike teams head to Australia to
 destroy the Reavers once and for all.  This they do.  However, not everything
 goes smoothly.  Remember Lady Deathstrike?  Well she and Wolverine face
 off in a battle royal.  That battle comes to an end when Deathstrike rips out
 Wolverines heart as he disembowels her.  They both fall to the ground
 DEAD!

	The X-Men head home to mourn their loss.  I believe Wolverine is
 taken to Japan for burial.  

	Back home the X-Men do some basic X-stuff, while Xavier begins their
 next quest:  The search for the SHADOW KING!!! Oh Yeah,  He also
 establishes another group of NEW MUTANTS.

	Meanwhile in Japan,  the HAND digs up Wolverines body.  They
 decide to resurrect it and make him into a zombie assassin [I think they tend
 to do this to their dead enemies].  Well something really interesting happens. 
 Ysee,  when Wolvies heart was ripped out, his healing factor stuck him into
 a healing coma,  and when the Hand resurrects him, it super-charges the
 healing factor.  Wolvie grows a new heart but his mind is chaos,  he is easily
 turned into the Hands new master Ninja.  Wolvie is quite lethal,
 animalistic, and he sweats a lot.

	[It should be pointed out that Deathstrikes body, due to Sprials
 tampering with it--also has a healing factor which put her into a restorative
 coma.  I do not remember what happens to her later]

	Back at the mansion, X-stuff is going on [without hide nor hair of
 Bishop mind you] [X-stuff means BTW that either it is standard super-hero
 things or I do not remember],  when suddenly they are attacked.

	It might seem strange that the X-Men keep getting attacked at their
 supposedly secret base, but this time it makes since, for the attacker is
 WOLVERINE, sent to kill the renegade ninja, Psylocke.  During the course of
 the battle Wolvie winds up fighting Colossus who happens to PULL OUT
 WOLVERINES CLAWS.  Remember how I mentioned that Wolvie had
 been sweating a lot.  Well it seems that his super-healing factor expelled all
 foreign substances from his body, ie. the Admantium.  His claws are now
 made of an extremely hard bone-like substance (just like his dad, Sabretooth). 
 [apparently Wolvie was always supposed to have claws, just like Winsor
-Smith said in WEAPON X]

	Wolverine is defeated and undergoes a fixing up process, while the X
-men (both teams) and the NEW MUTANTS head to Japan for a final
 showdown with the Hand.  

	During the course of the battle, Jean is thrown in a pit with one of
 those Hand demons, which wants to possess her.  A battle ensues, theres a
 blinding light, and Jean comes out of the pit looking demonicly possessed.  

	Things look dark for our soon to be ex-teams.  The forces of the Hand
 prepare to give the final blow to the heroes when Jean takes them out,
 having been faking it the whole time.

	Everyone heads back to the mansion where some sup-plots await.
  Wolverine and Marikos relationship ends, but not the way it did this 
summer.  Coincidentally, Scott and Jean also break up.  Wolvie and Jean get 
together and (you guessed it) Scott and BETTSY hook up. [I wonder how 
people feel now knowing that Chris was going to do this anyway].

	Finally we approach issue 300 of Uncanny X-Men, and the prof. locates 
the Shadow King.  The teams head for the final battle with him.  Xavier 
engages the Shadow King in combat (either it is a hand to hand thing, or he
 has gotten his powers back, or never lost them in the first place. )  the battle
 ends, the smoke clears, and the Shadow King is dead.  Unfortunately, so is
 XAVIER.  (this was a REAL death, no reprieves no commuted sentence-
-ie.DEAD)
	
	The X-Men, despondent over the loss of the Prof. are joined once again
 by GATEWAY, who is a lot smarter and more powerful than anyone thought.
He is to take over for the professor.

At this point, Chris was going to leave the books.  Or he was going to take the
 X-Men in a new direction.  Using Gateways power, The X-Men would now
 travel to other wheres and other WHENs for their adventures.  Adventures
 that we will never know.

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