X-Men #101

Cover: Leinil Francis Yu

Title: Hard Landing (22 pages)

Writer: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Leinil Francis Yu
Inks: Mark Morales
Colors: Liquid! Graphics
Letters: Richard Starkings and Comicraft
Editor: Mark Powers
Editor in Chief: Bob Harras

Feature Characters: Nightcrawler, Rogue, Colossus, Psylocke, Thunderbird

Supporting Characters: Archangel; Cecelia Reyes; Peter Corbeau (next in Maximum Security #1); Charlotte Jones (last in flashback in Iron Man Vol3 #15)

Villains: Domina, Rax, Salvo, Antaeus, Tartarus, Elysia (first appearance of last four), the Neo; Rufus Delgado (first appearance, a drug dealer)

Cameo Appearances: Jean Grey, Candy Southern (in Archangel's induced fantasy)

Using her newly gained telekinetic powers Pyslocke guides the Space Shuttle safely to earth. Upon landing the X-Men quickly make themselves scare. Still on the run from Neo attackers Nightcrawler and Cecelia Reyes get caught up in the police chase of drug dealer Rufus Delgado, being lead by Charlottle Jones. The conflict attracts Archangel's attention who helps out. Reyes picks up the drugs lying around, an addictive stimulant named Rave. The chase leads to a large apartment block near Kurt's church which has been coopted as a Neo base. The young Neo Antaeus provides Archangel with an image of his fantasy, while Tartarus manifests Reyes and Delgado's fears mutating both. Nightcrawler and Cecelia meanwhile run in to a large group of Neo and with Nightcrawler unconcious, Cecelia uses the Rave she collected to maximise her powers.

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