1979

The X-Men:

Cyclops/Scott Summers

Banshee/Sean Cassidy

Nightcrawler/Kurt Wagner

Storm/Ororo Monroe

Colossus/Peter Rasputin

Wolverine/Logan

Phoenix/Jean Grey

Professor X/Charles Xavier

Allies:

Moira McTaggert

Multiple Man

Havok

Polaris

Lilandra

Misty Knight [superhuman strength and technopathy in right robotic arm]

Colleen Wing

Luke Cage [superhuman strength, stamina and durability, unbreakable skin is highly impervious to damage and temperature, accelerated healing factor all granted by experimental accident]

Sunfire

Foes:

Amahl Farouk [telepathy, possession, immortality and astral projection]

Moses Magnum [ability to generate powerful seismic waves from his hands]

Alpha Flight {Weapon Alpha, Northstar [superhuman speed and durability, flight, light manipulation]*, Shaman [carries a bag which contains a pocket dimension, can summon anything needed from the bag], Snowbird [flight, ability to turn into a white-furred version of any animal native to Canada, innate godly potential to wield magic, all granted apparently by some mystical connection with her mother; the Inuit goddess Nelvanna], Sasquatch [ability to transform into a massive, furred form that grants him superhuman strength, endurance, durability and stamina, regenerative healing factor, sharp claws and teeth, ability to leap vast distances] and Aurora [flight, superhuman speed and durability, light generation/manipulation, light projection]**}

Arcade [genius intelligence]

Proteus [reality warping, body possession and psionic energy composition]***

Synopsis:

Jean leaves the mansion again, since it’s too difficult for her to deal with the loss of her comrades and Scott and staying there brings too many memories. Lilandra approaches Xavier to comfort him, and he tells the story of how he traveled to Cairo, right after his relationship with Moira ended. He encountered and battled a powerful mutant with psychic powers. After defeating him, he realized how dangerous mutant powers could be in the wrong hands, so he started confronting them begining with Lucifer, to protect mankind. The X-Men make their way into Japan after six weeks of sea traveling. They enter Magarashima, Sunfire’s birthplace, threatened by Moses Magnum, who claims he will sink Japan with an earthquake unless they make him their ruler. In the mean time, Xavier leaves Earth with Lilandra, mourning the “death” of the X-Men. After beating Magnum, the X-Men have a Christmas reunion, while Jean arrives to Scotland, and joins Moira, Havok, Polaris and Multiple Man to spend some time with them at Muir Island (Moira’s research facility). Wolverine gets romantically involved with Sunfire’s cousin; Mariko Yashida while being in Japan. The X-Men fly to New York, but the plain is forced to land in Canada by Alpha Flight, who aims to get Wolverine back into their team, but they fail again and the X-Men finally return home. After the throne is finally empty, Lilandra prepares herself to be crowned empress of the Shi’ar and Xavier celebrates with her, but he later returns to Earth after sensing great danger about Jean’s new powers. Beast returns to the mansion and finds the X-Men he thought dead, alive; they reunite with Jean and the others at Muir Island after a dangerous mutant named Proteus escapes Moira´s facilities possessing one of Multiple Man copies and then other people, growing stronger with every new body. His last body is destroyed in the battle and before he could take another host, Colossus punches him while in his energy form. Due to Proteus’ intolerance for metal, he was unable to maintain his energy form, dispersing across the world.

* He’s one of the few known gay characters in the Marvel universe.

** Northstar’s twin sister. Suffers from dissociative identity disorder or multiple personality disorder.

*** Moira’s son. He was held captive in her facility since he was so dangerous. Also called “Mutant X”.