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The X-Men Danglers FAQ, Part 3: Uncanny X-Men
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Latest update: 27 June 1995
Issues covered: #281-#321
Closed Danglers
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1. #281, p.9: Who are the Upstarts?
This has been answered in the pages of both X-Men books. They
were rich or influential people, mostly mutants, playing a game
organised by the Gamesmaster. Since half of them are now dead,
it's a bit of a moot point.
2. #281, p.16: What happened to Gateway after the Reavers were killed
by the Sentinels?
He's shown up again over in Generation X.
3. #281, p.22: Did Beef survive Trevor Fitzroy's attack?
No. Confirmed in issue #314.
4. #283, p.15: Bobby's discontentment with Storm as leader.
Quietly forgotten about. Evidently he just came round to the
idea.
5. #283, p.22: Who is the Gamesmaster? What are the rules? What
is he doing with Selene?
Mainly dealt with along with the Upstarts plot.
6. #287: Who is Bishop?
For the most part, resolved in a plethora of origin flashbacks.
7. #288, p.4: Psylocke is attempting to seduce Scott.
Yes, well noticed. This plot was belatedly resolved when it
was explained that Psylocke's behaviour was due to the presence
of Kwannon's mind within her. See X-Men Vol. 2 #31 for the full
details on the whole Kwannon mess.
8. #288, p.14: Archangel's relationship with Charlotte Jones.
Would appear to be a thing of the past, although it was never
properly resolved. Since Warren is now going out with Psylocke,
we can take it as read that he and Charlotte have split up.
9. #289, p.13: Archangel's neverending grief over his uncontrollable
wings.
This was intended to be resolved when Jean Grey told Warren
that it was all in his subconscious and that he should get a
grip. Although this explanation is inconsistent with previous
stories (which showed Warren to have a subordinate personality
resembling Apocalypse and which showed the wings fighting while
Warren was unconscious), the plot has never been referred to
again, and we can take it that it has been retconned away.
10. #291, p.15: Who is the man rescued from the mental asylum in
Arlington, Virginia?
This is a rare example of Lobdell deliberately setting up a
plot and then ignoring it for over a year. X-Factor #106
finally confirmed that the man is in fact Steven Lang, and this
subplot is intended to be foreshadowing for the Phalanx storyline.
11. #299, p.15. What is the significance of Graydon Creed and
Sabretooth sharing the same surname?
Sabretooth is Graydon Creed's father. For further details
see Sabretooth #3-4 and, if you can stomach it, X-Men Unltd. #4.
Danglers
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1. #281, p.9: Why does Trevor Fitzroy hate the White Queen so much?
2. #283, p.20: Professor X worries about Jean having transferred her
mind into the body of Emma Frost, given that she had never been able
to do it before.
Well, she managed and nothing happened. Since our attention
was specifically drawn to this, however, presumably some plot
was intended.
3. #283, p.21: Did another telepath interfere with the mind transfer
between Jean and Emma? Xavier's dialogue implies that there was.
4. #284, p.9: Jean: "Scanning... not getting through, Professor."
Xavier: "No? For a moment I thought..." What are they talking
about?
The consensus is that they're detecting Emma Frost's mind,
but strictly speaking this remains unresolved.
5. #287, p.16: Who is Trevor Fitzroy's father?
Well, he was mentioned so many times that he must have some
significance.
6. #287, pp.18-19: Who betrayed the X-Men in Bishop's timeline?
How were their powers negated? In short, who is the X-traitor?
Several correspondents suggest that it was Mountjoy in the
Bishop limited series. Unfortunately, he doesn't meet the
criteria - he never neutralised anybody's powers.
7. #287, p.24: Does the Witness (a counterpart of Gambit) know
who killed the X-Men? Was it him? What is the Witness's status
in Bishop's time? How does he finish Bishop's sentences? Can he
read Bishop's mind? Does this mean that Gambit has extra psychic
powers?
Regarding the status of the Witness, one plausible theory is
that he is the ancestral head of the Thieves Guild. This is
supported by Shackle's dialogue, "There is no such thing. Or
we would have stolen it by now."
8. #287: How long has Trevor Fitzroy been hopping between the two
times?
9. #290, p.14: When Forge asks Jean Grey about Storm, why does Jean
give such a negative impression of Storm's feelings?
The most likely explanation is that the human mind is such a
complex thing that neither Jean nor Storm were entirely sure
what the true answer was. Given this, though, is it possible
that Jean was trying to break them up?
10. Annual #16, back-up: Whatever happened to Amalgam? She was
given this big build-up and then totally forgotten about.
11. #291, p.10: Mikhail enters the Professor's psionic loop. The
X-Men comment that he shouldn't be able to do this. So how did he?
12. #292, p.28: What happened to Brain Cell, the little Morlock
kid? Surely Xavier didn't really just abandon him in the tunnels?
13. #292, p.30: There's a whole lot of gunk growing on the side of
Mikhail's face. It seems to get worse as he gets madder. What's
the significance?
14. #294, p.20: As he attempts to kill Xavier, Stryfe says "The
world will know me as the man who saved tomorrow." Why does he think
that killing Xavier will change the future?
Addison Godel suggests that he's playing up to the role, but
I suspect there ought to be more.
15. #296, p.19: Archangel says that his wings are derived from
Apocalypse's own cells. Surely there has to be some significance
to this.
16. #298: What is Carmella Unuscione's connection to the original Unus?
17. #298, p.21: How does Gambit know Joanna Cargill?
18. #299: The Gamesmaster is described as an omnipath. We need some
background on him. How he survived his first encounter with his
power is just one question that springs to mind.
19. #299, p.28: Bishop recognises a waitress in Salem Center. Who
is she?
It'll probably turn out to be his great grandmother or something
like that.
20. #299, p.29: We almost see a friendship flowering between Senator
Kelly and the Professor. Obviously Xavier would want to develop
this.
21. #299, p.30: Does Senator Kelly's aide talk telepathically to
Jean? What of him, then? Is he another major character, or just
a friendly mutant?
22. #301, p.10: The Legacy Virus. When will the X-Men finally get
around to curing it?
23. #302, p.6: Bishop refers to Genesis and the Summers Rebellion.
Details?
24. #304, p.3: Who is Exodus?
Several correspondents have argued that this is resolved in
Amazing X-Men. I disagree. While that series has established
that Exodus's real name is (probably) Paris Bennet, we have no
way of knowing that his mainstream history is anything similar.
25. #304, p.34: Why did Magneto crash Illyana Rasputin's funeral?
It's highly out of character.
The most likely explanation is that Magneto was at the time
very, very powerful and consequently completely mad. However,
we're still missing a plausible explanation of what Magneto
hoped to achieve by this.
26. #304, p.49: Why is Magneto now partially immune to Rogue's
absorption power?
27. #307, p.19: Where does Dane Whitman know Exodus from?
28. #308, p.7: Bishop says that he spent his childhood in constant
flight from the Emplates. What, there's more than one of him?
Bishop mentions them again (in the plural) in issue #311, so it's
unlikely to be just a coincidence.
29. #309, p.13: Moira MacTaggert's letter to Xavier says "I've met
someone like me." Who?
30. #311, p.12: Why will Iceman regret swapping minds with Emma
Frost for the rest of his life?
31. #312, p.22: Yukio talks about being on the opposite side of a
contract from Gambit, in Singapore. Details?
32. #314, p.14: Bishop claims that he killed Shard (or, in certain
other stories, that he was responsible for her death). What are
the details?
33. #315: Colossus and Amelia Voght appear to be having their
doubts about the Acolytes, and Magneto is waking up.
34. #316, p.1: What happened to "the twins and [M's] brother?" Why
hasn't M spoken for three months?
35. #317, p.21: Skin asks M why she didn't help them to escape from
the Phalanx earlier. M replies that she can think of two very good
reasons. They aren't obvious to me, or apparently to the rest of
Generation X - so what were they?
36. #321, p.17: Why did Legion assault Gabrielle Haller?
Opinion on the net is divided as to whether this was or was
not a rape scene. I believe that it was, but have opted for
the lesser offence in deference to the minority view.
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