—Professor XYou've usurped... my place and powers... long enough!
Appearing in "Free Charley"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lila Cheney
- Stevie Hunter
- Empress Lilandra Neramani
- Starjammers
- Corsair (Christopher Summers)
- Ch'od
- Hepzibah
- Raza
- Waldo (Mentioned)
- Deathbird (Cal'syee Neramani)
Antagonists:
- Imperial Guard
- The Host (Disbands)
- Professor X / Skrull Prime (Death)
- Raza (Death)
- Ch'od (Death)
- Hepzibah (Death)
- Corsair ("Christopher Summers") (Death)
- Cr'reee (Death)
- Psylocke ("Betsy Braddock") (Death)
- Wolverine ("Logan") (First appearance; dies)
- Jubilee ("Jubes Lee") (First appearance; dies)
- Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (Possessed by Shadow King)
- Shadow King
Other Characters:
- Errol Flynn (Referenced)
- Godzilla (Mentioned)
- "Charles Xavier" (Mentioned)
- Lord (God) (Invoked)
- Shi'ar Empire
- Moira MacTaggert (Mentioned)
Races and Species
- Mutants
- Deviant Skrulls
- Monkeys (Mentioned)
- Humans
- Mutant Human-Otherworlder Hybrids
- Mephitisoids
- Saurids
- Shi'ar
- Aliens
- Cyborgs
- Strontians
- P!ndyr
- Abstract Entities
Locations:
- Shi'ar Galaxy
- Epsilon Seikosha IX
- "The Maul" (First appearance)
- Chandilar (Mentioned)
- Milky Way
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Free Charley"
The X-Men fight the Starjammers, who are Warskrulls in disguise. Inside their ship, Gambit helps the X-Men, while Lila Cheney and Deathbird locate the Warskrulls' matrix. Charles Xavier mentally guides Lila to teleport the rest of the X-Men into that chamber where another big fight erupts. At first, Storm, Forge, Banshee, and Gambit hold their ground against Gladiator and Skrull versions of Wolverine, Psylocke and Jubilee, but are taken down by the Skrull Xavier. During the fight, the matrix control was damaged and the real Xavier is freed and defeats the Skrulls. Deathbird leaves and Lilandra get the throne back. Xavier goes back to Earth with the X-Men to battle the Shadow King. Meanwhile, in Salem Center, Colossus (possessed by Shadow King) attacks Stevie Hunter.
Trivia
- Originally priced at $1.00 US and $1.25 Canada.
- Ads in this issue included : [inside front cover] Tradewest, Fleer, A line in the Sand, Rocketeer, Dungeons & Dragons, (4 page ad) Nolan, The Science Fiction Book Club, NBA Hoops, Marvel, Subscribe and Save, [inside back cover] 3 Musketeers, [back cover] NBA.
- Remy LeBeau and James Howlett are featured on the cover of this issue. [Elizabeth Braddock, James Howlett, Remy LeBeau, Forge, Jubilation Lee, and Ororo Munroe are featured in the top left corner].
See Also
Links and References
- Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Vol. 2) #5 - See for further referencing