Uncanny X-Men #383

Cover: Adam Kubert (pencils) Richard Isanove (colors)

Title: Moscow Knights (38 pages)

Writer: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Adam Kubert
Inks: Tim Townsend with Dan Panosian
Colors: Richard Isanove
Letters: Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Saida Temofonte
Editor: Mark Powers
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras

Feature Characters: Gambit, Phoenix IV, Cable, Storm, the Beast (all last in flashback within this issue)

Supporting Characters: Colonel Alexiei Vazhin (in flashback, last in X-Men #17), Major Debra Levin (last in Excalibur #33, also behind the scenes in flashback)

Villains: Ransome Sole (Domina's brother), Big Casino (his assistant), Manacle, Bludgeon, Cudgel (Neo henchmen of Ransome Sole) Revenant (bouncer at The Slash; first appearance of all; all last in flashback within this issue); Shockwave Riders; Tullamore Voge (a slaver from an alternate earth) and his hounds (first appearance of all)

Other Characters: Simyon Borisovitch Kurasov (Head of Moscow's Thieves Guild; first appearance); Sketch (A mutant and Ransome Sole's slave; first appearance, last in flashback in this issue)

Cameo Appearances: David Munroe, N'Dare Munroe

Flashback: The X-Men meet with Colonel Vazhin who explains that one of his top agents Major Levin had disappeared investigating a new night club named The Slash. The X-Men investigate and all but Storm are captured by the Neo who use the club as a front for slaver operations.

Note: This issue is double-sized

With her teammates held captive, Storm seeks out the help of Simyon Kurasov, head of Moscow's Thieves Guild for help, invoking the name of her mentor Alchmed El-Gibar. Kurasov enters The Slash with a Life Model Decoy of Storm held captive. Storm meanwhile infilitrates the nightclub her own way and finds the captive Major Levin but is attacked by Bludgeon and Cudgel. The X-Men are put up for auction when the sound of Storm's battle interrupts them. The mutant slave Sketch uses her powers to alter the LMD of Storm and have it attack the slavers. During the commotion she frees the X-Men and a battle breaks out. Losing the Shockwave Riders present round up the other Neo present and retreat. Extradimensional slaver Tullamore Voge remains their captive, and the Sketch is freed from her slavery.

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