UXM 227 Big Finale! As lightning and fire rock Eagle Plaza, NPR engineer Manoli Wetherell and Freedom Force watch the camera feed coming from Neal Conan inside the building with the X-men. They are full-on fighting the Vietnam war with demons. The narration fr...

This is a really packed issue, and nicely illustrated by guest artist Kerry Gammil. In Washington DC, Crimson Commando and Stonewall are back, and in exchange for conditional pardons they’re being inducted into Freedom Force, the government sponsored mutant...

I imagine myself at age 18 looking at this cover and asking, “Who the hell are the X-Men anymore? That corner box with 3 mutants I don’t recognize and Havok….seriously? No sale….” In the time since my introduction to the X-Men at #166: Cyclops i...

Fall of the Mutants. We catch up with Peter Rasputin, he’s sketching in Edinburgh under the curious eye of local children. He’s still not feeling great, it takes a lot of concentration to stay in human form now. A mysterious woman comes along and reads his...

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In Scotland, the X-Men commandeer a hovercraft despite the objections of the locals. They are headed to Moira McTaggert’s island facility on Muir Island. When the hovercraft suddenly comes apart and sinks. Nightcrawler asks why every machine they travel in g...

I bought this from Mile High Comics when I was 14 with Christmas money in 1983 or 84. I wish I could remember what I paid for it, but it was a lot to me as a kid. Certainly the first expensive collectible I ever bought. I had read about it and wanted to own an...

A special double-sized issue, and Claremont and company take full advantage of the 40 pages. It’s a lot to cover. Good thing for you, I’m an insomniac… In the ruins of Eagle Plaza, Wolverine is badly injured, but has no time for his healing factor to wor...