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Showing posts with label August 1976. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 1976. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

X-amining X-Men #100

"Greater Love Hath No X-Man..."
August 1976

In a Nutshell
The X-Men defeat Lang and his Sentinels, but get caught in a solar flare on their way back to Earth.

Writer: Chris Claremont
Artist: Dave Cockrum
Letterer: Anette Kawecki
Colorist: Bonnie Wilford
Editor: Marv Wolfman

Plot
The new X-Men are face to face with the original X-Men as Professor X orders the originals to attack what he claims are impostors. As Steven Lang watches on a monitor, the two teams battle, with the new X-Men mystified by their predecessors' viciousness. After getting hit with a telepathic bolt by Marvel Girl, Wolverine senses the truth, and to the shock of his teammates, disembowels Marvel Girl, revealing her to be a robot.