All we're gonna do is blow off some steam... an' have us a good time. Where's the harm in that? 
Appearing in "Men!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- The Conquest (First appearance)
- Several unnamed members
- Warriors of the Conquest Cadre (First appearance)
- See-Cubed, Cosmic Cutie Commandos (First appearance)
- Hades Horde (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Several unnamed aliens
- Unnamed archivist
- Shi'ar Empire (Mentioned)
- Galactus (Mentioned)
- Nova (Frankie Raye) (Mentioned)
- Phoenix (Mentioned)
- Madelyne Pryor (Mentioned)
- Reavers (Mentioned)
- Polaris (Lorna Dane) (Mentioned)
- Several unnamed civillians
- Juggernaut (Cain Marko) (Mentioned)
- John Ostrander, Bartender
- Mayor of Sydney
- ⏴ Clark Kent ⏵
- ⏴ Jimmy Olsen ⏵ (First appearance)
- Perry White (First appearance)
- The President (Mentioned)
- Hellfire Club
- Tessa (Sage)
- Hellfire Knights
- Lewis
- White King (Donald Pierce) (Mentioned)
- Shaw Industries (Mentioned)
- Sebastian Shaw (Mentioned)
Races and Species:
- Unnamed alien species
- Mutants
- Humans
- Shi'ar (Mentioned)
- Kree (Mentioned)
- Skrulls (Mentioned)
- Aakon (Mentioned)
- Badoon (Mentioned)
Locations:
- Solar System
- Earth
- Earth Orbit
- Oceania
- Australian Continent
- Australia
- Northern Territory
- New South Wales
- Sydney
- Munden'z Bar
- Sydney Opera House (Destruction)
- Sydney
- Australia
- Australian Continent
- North America
- United States of America
- New York
- Kentucky
- Cumberland Highlands
- California (Mentioned)
- Mexico (Mentioned)
- United States of America
- Madripoor, Asia (Mentioned)
- Earth
Items:
- Jean Bomb (First appearance)
- Wolverine's Suit
Vehicles:
- Alien spaceships
Synopsis for "Men!"
In deep space, a group of interstellar conquerors, comprised of myriad species and calling themselves 'The Conquest', make plans against their newest objective: Earth. Meanwhile in Australia, Wolverine notices the low morale among the men in camp. Taking a cue from Storm's all-ladies trip to LA, Wolverine suggests a trip with the guys to town. Shortly after arriving in Sydney, Wolverine's group, comprised of Colossus, Longshot, Havok and himself, witnesses the arrival of the invading Conquest.
The reactions of the citizens of Sydney confuse the Conquest causing their leadership to decide to cut their loses and activate a bomb of unimaginable devastation. A half inebriated Havok destroys the command ship before the bomb is activated, saving the day and stranding the strike force members of Conquest. Meanwhile, in the highlands of Kentucky, Tessa of the Hellfire Club is shown a devastated installation that once imprisoned the now free Donald Pierce, the former White King.
Trivia
- This issue parodies the DC Comics event Invasion!.
- Among the various alien invaders are Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Jabba the Hutt, Boba Fett, and Yoda from Star Wars; Alf from ALF; a Xenomorph from Alien; E.T. from E.T.; and Hawkman, Green Lantern and G'nort from DC Comics.
- The bar in Sydney, Munden'z, is named after Munden's Bar from First Comics' Grimjack by John Ostrander, who here is the bartender. Another version of Munden's appears in New Mutants #50, also by Chris Claremont.
- The "great metropolitan television network" is the Daily Planet, with staff members Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, and Clark Kent.
See Also
Links and References
- See Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Vol. 2) #5 for further referencing