X-Force Vol 1 32

Part of the "Child's Play" event X-Force Vol 1 #32 Published March, 1994 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Antonio Daniel Jon Holdredge "With a Roll of the Dice (Child's Play, Pt. 1)" Writer Fabian Nicieza Penciler Tony Daniel Inker Jon Holdredge Colourist Marie Javins Letterer Chris Eliopoulos Editor Bob Harras Previous Issue Next Issue X-Force #31 (story) New Warriors #45 (title) X-Force #33

Appearing in "With a Roll of the Dice (Child's Play, Pt. 1)"

Featured Characters:

• X-Force
  • Siryn (Terry Rourke)
  • Warpath (Jimmy Proudstar)
  • Rictor (Julio Richter)
  • Shatterstar
  • Cable (Nate Dayspring)
  • Domino (Beatrice)
  • Cannonball (Sam Guthrie)
  • Boomer (Tabby Smith)

Supporting Characters:

• New Warriors
  • Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)
  • Justice (Vance Astrovik)
  • Firestar (Angel Jones) (Photo)
• Paige Guthrie
• Joshua Guthrie
• Lucinda Guthrie
• Lizzie Guthrie
• Magma (Allison Crestmere)
• Empath (Manny de la Rocha)
• Nina da Costa
• Moonstar (Dani Moonstar)

Antagonists:

• The Upstarts
  • Shinobi Shaw
  • Siena Blaze
  • Graydon Creed
  • Trevor Fitzroy
  • Gamesmaster
  • Fenris
    • Andrea von Strucker
    • Andreas von Strucker

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Brazilian workers
• Several Nova Roman citizens
• Several Hellfire Club members
• X-Men
  • Archangel (Warren Worthington III)
  • Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)

Races and Species:

Locations:

• Earth
  • Brazil
    • Madeira (First appearance)
  • United States of America
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Upper East Side
            • Lenox Hill
              • 66th Street and Fifth Avenue
                • The Hellfire Club
    • Kentucky
      • Cumberland County
        • Guthrie Farmhouse

Items:

Vehicles:

• X-Force IPAC
  
  

Synopsis for "With a Roll of the Dice (Child's Play, Pt. 1)"

Brazilian Rainforest
Magma has just learned that her young life was a lie. She was lied to by Selene and believed to be a Nova Roman. She instead was the daughter of a British ambassador to Brazil. She has been wreaking havoc in the rainforest. Then, out of nowhere, Fenris attacks. They quickly bind and capture her. Empath is luckily close by and uses his powers to turn their soldiers against them. Fenris takes their own soldiers out and begins the chase after Empath.

Hellfire Club
The annual gala at the Hellfire Club is taking place with all the heavy-hitters attending. Psylocke and Angel are even seen attending. Vance Astrovik meets up with his teammate Dwayne Taylor as they were invited. They learn of Shinobi Shaw's, as well as the Hellfire Club's interest in the capture of all the old members of both the Hellions and New Mutants.

Guthrie Farm
Siryn and Warpath stand next to the IPAC over the grave of Sam's father, Thomas. They are thinking of how they have been surrounded by so much death as of late. Elsewhere, Shatterstar and Rictor meet with Sam's brother, Joshua, to try to find both Sam and Boomer. Inside the farmhouse, Cable, Domino and Mrs. Guthrie talk to Sam's sister, Paige. She seems to be the last one to see what happened to Sam and Boomer. She tells them that she saw them swimming in the lake and then a woman (who turns out to be Siena Blaze) overpowers them both and teleports off but does not know where they went.

Gamesmaster's Mind
Sam, Boomer and Magma each float in the mind of Gamesmaster. He brings the Upstarts in and they discuss the game rules and current standings. The rules are to gather as many of the Hellions and New Mutants as possible, for points, and the one with the most points at the end will win. He then tells them that Fenris is starting to make their move up in the game as they speak.

Brazil
Empath continues to flee Fenris through the rainforest. He reaches the Brazilian encampment and Fenris finds him before he can call for help. Nina da Costa is there and runs to his aid. Fenris then slaughters most of the workers there. Moonstar arrives and knocks out Fenris and then Moonstar tells Nina that they are going to come after her next as Moonstar was a previous New Mutant.

Guthrie Farm
Cable tells Mrs. Guthrie that she needs to let Paige go on her own path in life and soon she will need to leave the farm. Mrs. Guthrie finally agrees. Suddenly, Fitzroy appears and threatens Cable to give up Warpath and Rictor. Cable tells him no.

Hellfire Club
Shinobi Shaw meets with Vance Astrovik alone. Shaw tells him that he needs his help in capturing their next quarry. He tells him that he is the best suited for the task as it is his girlfriend, Angelica Jones - a.k.a. Firestar.

Notes

• This is part 1 of 4 in the crossover event, Child's Play.
• The scene at the Hellfire Club Mansion is the same one seen in X-Men Vol 2 #29.
• This issue is reprinted in other comics and books, see references for more info.^[1]

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Links and References

• X-Force at Wikipedia
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• X-Force series index at Comicbookdb.com
• X-Force series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• X-Force series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 06/13/2010

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