Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 480

Part of the "The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire" event Alternate Covers: Textless Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #480 Published January, 2007 Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada Cover Artist John Watson "Vulcan's Progress (Redux)" Writer Ed Brubaker Penciler Clayton Henry Inker Mark Morales Allen Martinez Colourist Frank D'Armata Letterer Joe Caramagna Editor Mike Marts Nick Lowe Sean Ryan Previous Issue Next Issue Uncanny X-Men #479 Uncanny X-Men #481

Child Gabriel	You know what yesterday was? Do you, widdle baby? Your birthday... and I figured out how old you really are... Which was a lot more work than you'd think. First you substract the years you were suspended in a hunk of asteroid... then you deduct the years the Shi'ar aged you... carry the decimal point... and I think you're finally a fifteen-year-old. Though mature-wise, I'm thinking closer to thirteen.
Vulcan	...You're not real... leave me... alone...
	Is that really what you are? Just some weak little kid who thought he was all grown up? I can't even believe I'm you...
Vulcan	...go away... just... go away...
Child Gabriel	You go away.

Appearing in "Vulcan's Progress (Redux)"

Featured Characters:

• Vulcan
• Imperial Guard
  • Astra
  • Cosmo (Death)
  • Earthquake
  • Electron
  • Flashfire
  • Gladiator (Kallark)
  • Hobgoblin (First appearance)
  • Impulse (Death)
  • Manta
  • Mentor
  • Neutron (Death)
  • Nightside
  • Oracle
  • Plutonia
  • Scintilla
  • Smasher (Death)
  • Starbolt
  • Titan

Supporting Characters:

•  Vice-Chancellor K'tor 
• Deathbird

Villains:

• Shi'ar

Other Characters:

• Shi'ar Captain
• Soldier of the Secret Order
• Shi'ar security prison guards

Locations:

• Half-dead moon in Shi'ar space
• The Third Moon of Phygim
  • High Security Prison

Items:

• Neural dampener

Vehicles:

• Shi'ar Warship (Destroyed)
  • Escape shuttle
    
    

Synopsis for "Vulcan's Progress (Redux)"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  

Notes

• This issue is Chapter Six of the Twelve issue story arc entitled "The Rise and Fall of the Shi'ar Empire"
• At least half of the Imperial Guard are apparently killed by Vulcan, although some reappear later.
• Vulcan is defeated by Gladiator, and loses an eye.
• Vulcan is revealed to actually be 15 years old (but appears older due to being aged by Shi'ar technology early in his life).
• This issue is reprinted in comics and books, see references for info.^[1]

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Recommended Reading

• Uncanny X-Men #477
  

Links and References

• plot summary at uncannyxmen.net

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