Title:
X-Men
Synopsis:
Deep in the Negative Zone, Blastaar seeks to return to Earth so that he can find a realm worthy of plundering and scourging. Furious over his past defeats, he travels onward vowing to get revenge on those who have defeated him in the past.
While on Earth, at Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Marvel Girl attempts to use a device left behind by the late Charles Xavier that can convert her thoughts into radio waves. Although cautioned by Beast and Cyclops to be careful, Jean continues to use the device and suddenly it begins going out of control, eventually overloading and exploding. Jean is knocked down from the explosion but only suffers a mild case of shock. Ordering Hank to shut the machine off proves to be easier said than done, as it begins to pull all the energy from the X-Mansion’s atomic reactor. The device then somehow pulls Blastaar from the Negative Zone and teleports him into the mansion.
Because of the pain caused by the teleportation, Blastaar believes he is being attacked, so when he first sees the Beast, he incapacitates the mutant with one of his powerful power blasts. Cyclops calls Angel and Iceman down to help and the two arrive to distract Blastaar while Cyclops can escape to get Marvel Girl medical attention. While Blastaar is occupied with Angel, Cyclops deposits Jean and Hank in the infirmary before returning to the fray just as Blastaar has succeeded in defeating Warren.
With Jean back on her feet, Iceman also helps revive Hank with frozen oxygen, and the trio comes up with a plan to help Scott against Blastaar. Having Iceman create ice statues, Jean animates them with her telekinetic powers and sends them out with Iceman and Beast to counter attack Blastaar. During the fight, the ice statues knock Blastaar near the device before they are shattered into bits by his powerful blasts. However, Blastaar meets his defeat when the fragments of the statues melt and the water created by them causes the machine to short out. Its energies linked to Blastaar also causes a backlash that seemingly kills the Negative Zone tyrant.
As the X-Men regroup, Jean is mortified that she brought about a living creature’s death, however Cyclops comforts her by assuring her that Blastaar was truly evil.
While on Earth, at Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, Marvel Girl attempts to use a device left behind by the late Charles Xavier that can convert her thoughts into radio waves. Although cautioned by Beast and Cyclops to be careful, Jean continues to use the device and suddenly it begins going out of control, eventually overloading and exploding. Jean is knocked down from the explosion but only suffers a mild case of shock. Ordering Hank to shut the machine off proves to be easier said than done, as it begins to pull all the energy from the X-Mansion’s atomic reactor. The device then somehow pulls Blastaar from the Negative Zone and teleports him into the mansion.
Because of the pain caused by the teleportation, Blastaar believes he is being attacked, so when he first sees the Beast, he incapacitates the mutant with one of his powerful power blasts. Cyclops calls Angel and Iceman down to help and the two arrive to distract Blastaar while Cyclops can escape to get Marvel Girl medical attention. While Blastaar is occupied with Angel, Cyclops deposits Jean and Hank in the infirmary before returning to the fray just as Blastaar has succeeded in defeating Warren.
With Jean back on her feet, Iceman also helps revive Hank with frozen oxygen, and the trio comes up with a plan to help Scott against Blastaar. Having Iceman create ice statues, Jean animates them with her telekinetic powers and sends them out with Iceman and Beast to counter attack Blastaar. During the fight, the ice statues knock Blastaar near the device before they are shattered into bits by his powerful blasts. However, Blastaar meets his defeat when the fragments of the statues melt and the water created by them causes the machine to short out. Its energies linked to Blastaar also causes a backlash that seemingly kills the Negative Zone tyrant.
As the X-Men regroup, Jean is mortified that she brought about a living creature’s death, however Cyclops comforts her by assuring her that Blastaar was truly evil.
Cover Date:
Feb 1969
Publisher:
Marvel Comics
Issue Number:
53
Year:
1969
Variant Number:
A
Printing:
1st
Country:
United States
Cover Price:
$0.12
Era:
Platinum Age
Genre:
Superhero
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Language:
English
Type of Comic:
Magazine
Characters:
Iceman (Bobby Drake)
Beast (Hank McCoy)
Cyclops (Scott Summers)
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
Angel (Warren Worthington III)
Blastaar
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Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:23:34
Series:
Vol 1
Story Arc:
Swift Decision
Automatic Estimated Value:
~$10.54
Automatic Estimated Date:
2024-09-30
Date Added:
2018-07-02 22:23:34
Writer:
Arnold Drake
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Artist:
Barry Smith
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Cover Artist:
Mike Esposito
Barry Smith
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