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Essential X-Men Vol 1 16

Appearing in "Early Frost"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Uncanny X-Men #314

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Synopsis for "Early Frost"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Uncanny X-Men #314
Emma Frost uses Iceman's abilities better than even he ever had, to escape the X-Men and find out what happened to the Hellions. Fighting her way through the building that houses her answers, she arrives at her destination, only to discover that the X-Men had been telling the truth: The Hellions were deceased.

Appearing in "The Hearts of Thieves"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Men (Vol. 2) #33

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Synopsis for "The Hearts of Thieves"

Reprint of the 1st story from
X-Men (Vol. 2) #33
Rogue gets Sabretooth to tell her about Gambit's time in Paris. Sabretooth tells of a woman named Genevieve, who had stolen a pendant from a man, and Sabretooth was hired to take it back. When Sabretooth attacked her, Gambit appeared and defended her. After Sabretooth retreats, he decides to tail Remy to figure out if he is a threat. When Gambit meets up with his brother, Sabretooth learns that Gambit's mission is to steal the pendant as well. While he tails Remy for the next few days, he watches as Remy slowly steals the heart of Genevieve. After fully capturing her heart and spending the night together, he steals the pendant and leaves with a skip in his step. After watching this enjoyable performance, Sabretooth abducts both Genevieve and Gambit's brother and tells him to meet him at Notre Dame. When Gambit arrives, Sabretooth makes Gambit choose between Genevieve and Henri: save one, and the other dies in order to obtain the pendant. Gambit throws the pendant to Sabretooth, and he drops the ropes. Gambit chooses his brother and catches him, but it comes at the expense of Genevieve's life. Rogue leaves after Sabretooth finishes his story and runs into Gambit, who tries to tell her he's a different man then back then.

Appearing in "Sacrifice"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4

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Synopsis for "Sacrifice"

Reprint of the 1st story from
Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix #4
It has now been twelve years since Cyclops and Jean Grey were whisked away to this alternate reality by their daughter, Rachel. The techno-organic virus in Nathan's body has begun to take over and he is dying from it, since he appears to be in some kind of coma. Prior Turrin has made peace with the thought that Nathan is going to die while Cyclops [Slym] and Jean Grey [Redd] feel otherwise.

In Apocalypse's citadel, the time has come to transfer En Sabah Nur's [Apocalypse]'s consciousness to his new host, Stryfe. He has created a psi-bond with Stryfe and Ch'Vayre contests this action while being held down by other servants of Apocalypse. Apocalypse tells Ch'Vayre to quit his pleading and begins the ritual of transferring his spirit to the new host.

Meanwhile, Nathan seems to have found the state between death and life on the astral plane. Here he finds his half-sister, Rachel, who is also dealing with being at death's door herself. She explains to him who he is to become, Cable. She also explains that he has overwhelming powers and has to keep the virus in check at all times to keep him alive. Slym thinks he has lost his son and then suddenly, Nathan bounces back and puts the virus at bay and says that Redd is in trouble.

Redd, in the meantime, has left with Prior Turrin and they have gone to stop Apocalypse's "Legacy Virus" that he has created in this timeline but will be unleashed in the current timeline. Prior is attacked by Ch'Vayre and he says that Turrin will live. He and Redd decide to join up against Apocalypse to stop the transfer of Apocalypse's spirit to Stryfe from happening. Apocalypse blasts them both and continues the ritual when he suddenly stops and realizes this is not a true mutant but a clone of whom he sought for so long. Then, Slym and Nathan join Redd and together the three battle Apocalypse. Redd and Slym realize that they suddenly are being "pulled" back to our timeline and they quickly determine they need to break the bond between Stryfe and Apocalypse. Nathan does this and Apocalypse's body finally withers away since it has found no host. Nathan runs to Redd and he goes right through her body as she is whisked away to the astral plane. Rachel tells her she is losing her control on anchoring them to this timeline since her body has just died and her mind is soon to follow. She does ask one favor of Jean, to call herself Phoenix again in Rachel's honor. Cyclops also says goodbye to Nathan and says he will never be alone again and he too is sent back to the current time. Ch'Vayre takes Stryfe and says he will try to protect Stryfe and himself but he cannot guarantee Nate's safety. Nathan then packs his things and begins his journey on his own.

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This is a UK title that features reprints of American X-Men titles.

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