Uncanny X-Men #388

Cover: Salvador Larroca (pencils) Florea (inks) Richard Isanove (colours)

Title: Dream's End Part I of IV: The Past is but Prologue! (24 pages)

Writer: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Salvador Larroca
Inks: Art Thibert and Lary Stucker
Colors: Richard Isanove
Letters: Richard Starkings and Comicraft's Saida Temofonte
Assistant Editor: Peter Franco
Editor: Mark Powers
Editor in Chief: Joe Quesada

Feature Characters: Professor X (last in Maximum Security #3), Gambit (last in Maximum Security #3, next in Cable Vol3 #87, then in X-Men #108 then in Gambit Vol3 #24), Phoenix (next in X-Men #108, then in X-Men: The Search for Cyclops #1-4), Storm (last in Black Panther #26), Cable (next in Cable Vol3 #87, then in X-Men #108, then X-Men: The Search for Cyclops #1-4), the Beast (last in Hellcat #3, next in Cable Vol3 #87, then in X-Men #108), Bishop (rejoins the team, next in Bishop #16 then in X-Men #108)

Guest Stars: Rogue (last in Maximum Security #3), Wolverine (last in Wolverine 2000, both next in Bishop #16 then in X-Men #108)

Supporting Characters: Robert Kelly (last in X-Men #107, next in Cable #87); Moira McTaggert (last in X-Men Unlimited #27), Wolfsbane (last in X-Men #105; both next in Bishop #16); Magneto (last in Magneto: Dark Seduction #4)

Villains: Mystique, Toad, (both last in X-Men #106), Sabretooth (last in flashback in X-Men #102; all three next in Bishop #16), The Blob, Avalanche (last in X-Men #106), Mastermind III (last in Daredevil #352), Post (last three behind the scenes, last four next in Cable #87)

Guest Appearances: Peter Rasputin (last in Maximum Security #3, next in Cable Vol2 #87), Kurt Wagner (last in Maximum Security #3, next in X-Men #108), Betsy Braddock (all in between X-Men #107 and X-Men #108), Neil Shara (last in X-Men #107); Sam Guthrie, Tabitah Smith, James Produstar, Jesse Bedlam (with one other as X-Force, all in between X-Force #109 & #110); Jubilation Lee, Jonathan Starsmore, Paige Guthrie, Angelo Espinosa, Monet St.Croix (as Generation X, all last in between Generation X #66 & #67)

Other Characters: Sir Gordon Phillips (Lord Imperial of the Hellfire Club, first appearance, dies, last in flashback in X-Treme X-Men #3)

Cameo Appearances: Fitzroy, Sentinels (in the Danger Room)

Note: This story continues into Cable #87, Bishop #16 and X-Men #108

On Election leave Senator Kelly makes a televised speech again focusing on mutants. On a boat as sea Mystique, Toad and Sabretooth test a new variation of the Legacy Virus that effects only humans. At the X-Mansion, Bishop trains alongside Gambit's team but is distracted by a hologram of Fitzroy, a distraction that could make him a liability. Afterwards Professor Xavier explains his concerns over Mystique's recent actions worried she will make another attempt on his life. In the grounds Wolverine tracks down Rogue who has lost control of her mutant power and is manifesting previously absorbed powers including Wolverine's claws, Storm's weather control abilities and Cyclops's optic blasts. Bishop absorbs the energy she is releasing allowing herself to burn herself out. As Rogue recurpirates in the infirmary she tells Professor X that during her lack of control she sense Mystique on Muir Island. Xavier finds himself unable to contact Moira due to interference. Rogue, Bishop and Wolverine go to investiagate and are greeted by an explosion. Meanwhile as Cable, Gambit, and the Beast keep watch over Kelly the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants arrive on the scene.

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