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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published February 1996
Cover Price $4.95
Pages 100
Editing Mark Powers (Reprint)

Cover Details

Characters Mr. Sinister; Rogue; Gambit; Wolverine
Genre superhero
Pencils Tim Sale
Inks Tim Sale

38 page Rogue story "By Friends--Betrayed!"

Characters FEATURE: Avengers--Captain America; Thor; Iron Man; Vision; Scarlet Witch; Hawkeye; Wonder Man; Beast; Jocasta; GUESTS: Carol Danvers [former Ms. Marvel]; Spider-Woman; Jarvis; Madelyne Pryor (as a child); X-Men--Professor X; Storm; Wolverine; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Kitty Pryde; VILLAINS: New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants--Blob; Destiny; Mystique [also as Nick Fury & Wasp]; Rogue; Pyro; Avalanche
Synopsis Rogue debuts as a particularly nasty member of the New Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and does a pretty good job cutting through the Avengers as well as wiping out most of Carol Danver's life.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Michael Golden
Inks Armando Gil
Colors Michael Golden
Letters Joe Rosen
Editing Chris Claremont; David Anthony Kraft
Reprinted From Avengers Annual #10

22 page Gambit story "Gambit: Out of the Frying Pan"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Storm; Gambit; GUEST: Val Cooper; VILLAINS: Shadow King; Lian Shen; Hounds; Mystique [also as Destiny]; Nanny II; Orphan-Maker
Synopsis Gambit debuts as a pretty crafty fellow as he helps a juvenile Storm escape from the Shadow King and schools her in some of the tricks of the Thieves Guild.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Mike Collins
Inks Joe Rubinstein
Colors Brad Vancata
Letters Pat Brosseau; Tom Orzechowski
Editing Bob Harras
Reprinted from Uncanny X-Men, The (Marvel, 1981 series) #266

22 page Mr. Sinister story "Death By Drowning"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Storm; Wolverine; Rogue; Psylocke; Dazzler; Longshot; Havok; GUEST: Madelyne Pryor; VILLAINS: Mr. Sinister; Adversary [Naze]; Marauders--Sabretooth; Scalphunter; Arclight; Scrambler; Vertigo; Harpoon; Polaris [Malice]
Synopsis Mr. Sinister debuts with one of the silliest names in super-villaindom, but turns out to be an uber-baddie as the leader of the Marauders and the mastermind behind the Mutant Massacre.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Marc Silvestri
Inks Dan Green
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Editing Ann Nocenti
Reprinted from Uncanny X-Men, The (Marvel, 1981 series) #221

18 page Wolverine story "And Now...The Wolverine!"

Characters FEATURE: Hulk; GUEST: Wolverine; VILLAIN: Wendigo
Synopsis Wolverine debuts as the short, feral Canadian scrapper we have all come to know and love.
Genre superhero
Script Len Wein
Pencils Herb Trimpe
Inks Jack Abel
Colors Christie Scheele
Letters Art Simek
Editing Roy Thomas
Reprinted From Incredible Hulk #181