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Title:
X-Men (1991)
Synopsis:
"Five Card Studs"
Sitting in a café with Cyclops and Phoenix, Bishop confides in them the nightmarish visions he keeps having – visions that may or may not be memories from his life in the alternate reality known as the Age of Apocalypse. Bishop asks for their help to cope with these visions before being approached by a waitress named Pam, whom he had once met at the same café. Unbeknownst to Bishop, he is being watched by McCoy, the evil counterpart of Beast from the Age of Apocalypse, who crossed over to the present reality about two decades ago, seemingly one of the few survivors of his homeworld. McCoy is soon paid a visit by Sugar Man, a fellow survivor of the Age of Apocalypse. McCoy and Sugar Man realize that Bishop must be slain, lest he remembers information from his time in their homeworld that could concern the two of them – information that could be catastrophic for McCoy and Sugar Man if falling in the hands of Mr. Sinister. Meanwhile, at Archangel’s apartment, four of the X-Men are having a poker game. Gambit and Cannonball are the two last men standing in the game, before Gambit kinetically charges the final card he was about to throw, ruining the table and the game, allegedly to avoid his defeat in the hands of Cannonball. Storm, however, finds out that the card Gambit was about to lay down was a winning card and is puzzled by his stunt. At the mansion, the heavily injured Psylocke, hovering between life and death, tries to soothe Xavier’s sense of guilt, although Professor X is far more troubled with himself than she is aware of.
Sitting in a café with Cyclops and Phoenix, Bishop confides in them the nightmarish visions he keeps having – visions that may or may not be memories from his life in the alternate reality known as the Age of Apocalypse. Bishop asks for their help to cope with these visions before being approached by a waitress named Pam, whom he had once met at the same café. Unbeknownst to Bishop, he is being watched by McCoy, the evil counterpart of Beast from the Age of Apocalypse, who crossed over to the present reality about two decades ago, seemingly one of the few survivors of his homeworld. McCoy is soon paid a visit by Sugar Man, a fellow survivor of the Age of Apocalypse. McCoy and Sugar Man realize that Bishop must be slain, lest he remembers information from his time in their homeworld that could concern the two of them – information that could be catastrophic for McCoy and Sugar Man if falling in the hands of Mr. Sinister. Meanwhile, at Archangel’s apartment, four of the X-Men are having a poker game. Gambit and Cannonball are the two last men standing in the game, before Gambit kinetically charges the final card he was about to throw, ruining the table and the game, allegedly to avoid his defeat in the hands of Cannonball. Storm, however, finds out that the card Gambit was about to lay down was a winning card and is puzzled by his stunt. At the mansion, the heavily injured Psylocke, hovering between life and death, tries to soothe Xavier’s sense of guilt, although Professor X is far more troubled with himself than she is aware of.
Cover Date:
Jan 1996
Publisher:
Marvel
Barcode:
9780785156352
Issue Number:
48
Year:
1991
Variant Number:
A
Country:
United States
Cover Price:
$1.95
Era:
Modern Age
Genre:
Superhero
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Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Magazine
Characters:
Bishop
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:22:59
Series:
X-Men Vol. 2
Story Arc:
Divided Minds
Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:22:59
Writer:
Scott Lobdell
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Artist:
Andy Lanning
Luke Ross
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Cover Artist:
Cam Smith
Andrew "Andy” Kubert
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