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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

X-amining Classic X-Men #14 - Patreon First!

"What Stuff Our Dreams Are Made Of"
October 1987

In a Nutshell
After receiving a psychic transmission from Charles Xavier, Lilandra heads towards Earth to seek the help of her beloved!

Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: John Bolton, Chuck Patton (added pages)
Inker: Dan Green (added pages)
Letters: Tom Orzechowski, Diana Albers (added pages)
Colors: Glynis Wein, Michael Higgins (added pages)
Editor: Ann Nocenti
Editor-in-Chief: Jim Shooter

Plot
Captured by forces loyal to her brother, the Emperor D'Ken, Lilandra is about to be executed. Just then, a group of Shi'ar Pathfinders loyal to her attack, allowing her to escape in a small scout ship. As she races away from her captors, she suddenly becomes psychically connected to an Earthling named Charles Xavier. Struggling to regain her sense of self as Xavier's mind merges with hers, she discovers that the Pathfinders were all killed by the Shi'ar forces. Alone, she decides her only hope of stopping her brother's mad plans is to seek out Xavier and his X-Men, and thus sets out for Earth. 

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