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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published February 2004
Cover Price $3.50
Pages 60
Editing Stephanie Moore and Cory Sedlmeier (Assistants); Mike Marts

Cover Details - "Storm: The Arena Part 3"

Characters Storm
Genre superhero
Pencils Salvado Larroca
Inks Salvador Larroca
Colors Liquid Graphics

36 page X-Men story "Storm: The Arena Part 3: Slave"

Characters FEATURE: Storm; GUESTS: Yukio; Guido; VILLAINS: Masato Koga; Callisto; Masque; Purge; Paradise; PosterBoy; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Professor X; Bishop; Rogue; Gambit; Nightcrawler; Sage [Tessa]
Synopsis Storm battles a mind controlled Callisto; Masque, the head of a rival Arena, is revealed as the mastermind behind the plot and subjugates Storm to her will; Storm is pitted in battle against Yukio but refuses to kill her; As punishment, Masque tries to break her spirit using her mutant allies.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Igor Kordey
Inks Sandu Florea; Andrew Pepoy; Norm Rapmund; Joe Rubinstein
Colors Transparency Digital
Letters Virtual Calligraphy's Rus Wooton
Notes This is the first time Masque's gender is absolutely determined and she appears in the story as a beautiful blonde rather than the wrinkled hag of previous history (Masque's mutant power was always to mold the appearance of others but it did not work on her own hideous form).