X-Men Vol 2 25

Part of the "Fatal Attractions" event Alternate Covers: Full Cover B&W Variant B&W Variant (Wraparound) Gold Variant (Wraparound) X-Men Vol 2 #25 Published October, 1993 Editor-in-Chief Tom DeFalco Cover Artist Andy Kubert Matthew Ryan "Dreams Fade (Fatal Attractions, Pt. 4)" Writer Fabian Nicieza Penciler Andy Kubert Inker Matt Ryan Colourist Joe Rosas Letterer Bill Oakley Editor Bob Harras Previous Issue Next Issue (title) X-Men Vol 2 #24 (story) Uncanny X-Men #304 (title) X-Men Vol 2 #26 (story) Wolverine Vol 2 #75

This attack cannot be ignored.

-- Magneto, to his Acolytes about an attack made on Avalon.

Appearing in "Dreams Fade (Fatal Attractions, Pt. 4)"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Blue Team
    •  Beast (Hank McCoy) 
    • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
    • Gambit (Remy LeBeau)
    • Jubilee (Jubilation Lee)
    • Psylocke (Betsy Braddock)
    • Revanche (Kwannon)
    • Rogue
    • Wolverine (Logan)
  • Gold Team
    • Archangel (Warren Worthington III)
    • Bishop (Lucas Bishop)
    • Iceman (Robert Drake)
    • Jean Grey
    • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Supporting Characters:

•  Nick Fury 
• Forge
• Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff)
• Moira MacTaggart
• Banshee (Sean Cassidy)
• Fantastic Four
  • Thing (Ben Grimm)
  • Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards)
• Excalibur
  • Captain Britain (Brian Braddock)
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
• Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)

Antagonists:

• The Acolytes
  •  Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) 
  • Cargill
  • Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
  • Exodus (Bennet du Paris)
  • Javitz
  • Katu
  • Harlan Kleinstock
  • Sven Kleinstock
  • Milan
  • Rusty Collins
  • Scanner
  • Skids (Sally Blevins)
  • Carmella Unuscione
  • Amelia Voght

Other Characters:

• President Bill Clinton (First appearance)
• Russian Premier Boris Yeltsin (Voice)
• United Nations Security Council (Mentioned)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Referenced)
• Adolf Hitler (Mentioned)
• God (Yahweh) (Invoked)
• Nazi Soldiers (Only in flashback)
• William Shakespeare (Mentioned)
• Aeschylus (Mentioned)
• Prometheus (Mentioned)
• Cannonball (Sam Guthrie) (Mentioned)
• Stryfe (Mentioned)
• Doug Ramsey (Grave)
• Magda Lensherr (Only in flashback)
• Wanda Maximoff (Only in flashback)
• Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin) (Mentioned)
• Luna Maximoff (Mentioned)
• Fabian Cortez (Only in flashback)
• Illyana Rasputin (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Humans
• Mutants
• Shi'ar (Mentioned)
• Serpents (Mentioned)
• Devils (Referenced)
• Angels (Referenced)

Locations:

• Earth
  • United States of America
    • Washington, D.C.
      • White House
    • New York
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
      • Westchester County
        • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
    • California
      • Los Angeles
    • Camp Hayden, Kentucky (Mentioned)
  • Russia
    • Moscow
      • Red Square
        • Kremlin
  • Japan
    • Tokyo
  • United Kingdom
    • England
      • Braddock Manor
• Earth Orbit
  • Avalon
• Heaven (Referenced)
• Hell (Referenced)

Items:

• Magneto Protocols
• S.H.I.E.L.D. Uniforms
• Nick Fury's Eyepatch
• Magneto's Helmet
• Fantastic Four Uniforms
• Captain Britain's Uniform
• X-Uniforms
• Cyclops' Visor
• Quicksilver's Suit
• Wolverine's Suit
• Adamantium

Vehicles:

• Hoverchair
• Leningrad (Mentioned)
• X-Men Blackbird (Mentioned)
  
  

Synopsis for "Dreams Fade (Fatal Attractions, Pt. 4)"

Magneto has gotten really out of hand, so out of hand that Professor X decides to put him in a vegetative state. He succeeds, but not before Magneto rips out Wolverines adamantium skeleton.

Notes

Wolverine's Adamantium is removed

• Part 4 of the Fatal Attractions event.
• This cover featured a hologram card showing Gambit.

See Also

• 8 Image(s) from X-Men Vol 2 25
• 4 Reprints of X-Men Vol 2 25
  

Links and References

• X-Men at Wikipedia
• X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
• X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
• X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 01/08/2010

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