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Issue: X-Force 51 Date: Feb-96 Story: Reflections in the Night (20 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Boomer (Meltdown henceforth), Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Bishop, Storm, Beast, Gambit, Cannonball; Mirage, Warlock (in a picture) Villains: Risque (Gloria Dolores MuÒoz) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Luciano Lima Inks: Hunt, Jones, Quijano, Russell Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Tom Vincent Editor: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sabretooth has escaped, badly injuring Psylocke. Bishop thinks Boomer is lying, that she burst his bonds to free him. Cable is very defensive, not wanting to believe Boomer would lie. Boomer is in her room, exploding everything sentimental, dissing her boyfriend, and cutting her hair. Beast is still testing Shatterstar, questioning his origins. He is suspicious, for one thing because his DNA exactly matches Longshot's, which isn't possible. Siryn screams in her sleep; Gambit investigates, she had a nightmare about being a captive with Deadpool (iss. 47). Warpath runs (93 mph) into the city, to meet someone from the National Council of Indian Affairs. Risque ambushes him, then kisses him and runs away. Sunspot has absorbed much of Cable's culture, speaking and humming and yoga-ing like an Askani. Next morning Cable confronts Tabitha, who emerges from her room with a new look (did you see the movie Hackers?) and a new name: Meltdown. Issue: X-Force 52 Date: Mar-96 Story: Bad Girls (20 pages) Feature Characters: Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Blob (Fred J. Dukes), Mimic (Calvin Rankin), Gideon (deceased) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Adam Pollina Inks: Bud LaRosa Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Enhancement: Electric Crayon Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Domino, Siryn, and Meltdown break into Camp Hayden to make sure the Nimrod program has been stopped (iss. 36) and find none, just the word "Onslaught" graffitied on the wall. The Blob drops in, looking for Nimrod technology. Finding only X-chicks, he fights them with his new, jacked-up powers (mass-shifting, which lets his catch bullets and stretch like rubber). Warpath bests Shatterstar in the Danger Room (James has newfound strength and speed, last iss.; 'Star is becoming less of a killer). Meltdown confronts Blob; he laughs at her; she shoves a time bomb down his throat and starts counting. Blob surrenders, but Boomer keeps counting, until Domino asks her nicely not to kill the lard. She reabsorbs the bomb (new power), pops both Blob's eardrums, and struts away. As the women are deciding what to do with him, Mimic flies in (with newfound control) and takes him back to their employer. Gideon has asked Sunspot to meet him; he and Caliban go into Manhattan just in time to see him to drop dead to the ground. Issue: X-Force 53 Date: Apr-96 Story: Even an X-Ternal Can Die! (19 pages) Feature Characters: Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Gideon, Saul (deceased); Absalom, Crule, Selene Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Adam Pollina Inks: Mark Morales Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Separations: Malibu's Hues Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Sunspot attempts to revive Gideon, but he is dead, though an External. Absalom and Crule jump on him and Caliban, assuming they killed Gideon. Roberto calls for back-up, and X-Force races to the rescue. Shatterstar attacks Crule with relish, having recently doubted his abilities as a warrior. James climbs up the side of the building to Gideon's penthouse, sensing a presence. He finds Saul, dead, and Selene, who fells him with one blow. Domino stops Shatterstar from killing Crule, and realizes that someone has weakened the Externals. Issue: X-Force 54 Date: May-96 Story: Q&A (19 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Meltdown, Sunspot, Shatterstar, Siryn, Domino Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Det. Charlotte Jones; Blaquesmith (in flashback) Villains: Selene, Absalom, Crule (in flashback), Bastion Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Adam Pollina Inks: Bud LaRosa Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins, Bellman Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: The NYPD interrogates X-Force about the recent killings (iss. 52). Sunspot tells how Selene drained the life-force out of Absalom, and X-Force was unable to stop her. Siryn tells that Gideon's penthouse imploded, James is missing, and Caliban is hospitalized. An uncooperative Shatterstar is called "Benjamin" by the police, who have a record on him (see iss. 46), to his great surprise. Domino refuses to speak. Meltdown tells how Crule attacked Selene, only to be drained by her, as well. Then Cable arrived with a TK bolt, but Selene manipulated his energies and knocked him down. She said there is a war coming, the Externals outlived their purpose, and Sam is not an External. She disappeared into mist, Blaquesmith pops in to remove the fallen Cable, and the police show up and arrest them all. Det. Jones releases the team, but says she can't continue to protect them. In the parking deck, she is accosted by Bastion, who believes in zero-tolerance. Issue: X-Force 55 Date: Jun-96 Story: Without a Net (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino Regular Characters: Guest Stars: SHIELD including Contessa Valentina de la Fontaine, Timothy Aloysuis "Dum-Dum" Dugan, George Washington Bridge; Cyclops (Scott Summers), Phoenix (Jean Grey-Summers) Villains: Risque Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Adam Pollina Inks: Mark Morales Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: X-Force breaks into the SHIELD heli-carrier. Shatterstar is losing his killer instinct; Meltdown is getting one; Caliban is scared of dying; Cable is weak; Siryn is suddenly concerned about the missing James. Bridge orders Dugan not to interfere, and X-Force makes its way to where Cyclops is being held for the murder of Sen. Kelly (Uncanny 333). Together, they break through the heavy metal doors and find themselves surrounded by SHIELD. Cable feigns surrender, then telekinetically frees Cyclops's vision and takes down all of SHIELD, saving a right cross for Bridge. Phoenix flies them home in the Blackbird. James is in Florida, romancing Risque, who got him out of New York (last iss.). Issue: X-Force 56 Date: Jul-96 Story: Crazy for You (22 pages) Feature Characters: Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Deadpool (Wade Wilson) Villains: Dr. Weissman (Weisman henceforth), Jeremy Stevens, Gamesmaster, Risque, the Friends of Humanity Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Adam Pollina Inks: Bud LaRosa, Mark Morales Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Siryn and Shatterstar play tag in an abandoned cathedral. Siryn is missing Warpath, and Shatterstar Rictor. The suggestion is that Shatterstar is gay: he has always responded negatively to women, especially Feral, and is very fond of Rictor (see iss. 43). Siryn suddenly remembers Deadpool in the Weisman Institute (iss. 48). Since Xavier and Cable may be compromised, she goes just with Shatterstar, who is overwhelmed with dÈjý vu and is immediately captured by Weisman. Siryn finds a room full of Wades, handsome like before the Weapon X program, then turning gruesome. She finds the real Wade, is confronted by Jeremy and Weisman, realizes Gamesmaster is in Weisman now, and puts Deadpool's sword to her throat. He leaves; Siryn has won. James motorbikes with Risque, and they interrupt an FOH beating. Risque displays her mutant ability to implode things. Turns out the victim was just a guy with a burnt face, who blames mutants for anti-mutant prejudice. Shatterstar has been told that he is really a human, and that his life as an alien was invented by the Gamesmaster. Issue: X-Force 57 Date: Aug-96 Story: In the Company of Strangers Part 2: The Best Laid Plans... (23 pages) Feature Characters: Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino Regular Characters: Guest Stars: X-Man (Nate Grey), Blaquesmith Villains: Mr. Sinister (Nathaniel Essex), Risque Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Anthony Castrillo Inks: Mark Morales Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is part 1 of Onslaught: Impact. In Westchester, Sinister has come for Nate (X-Man 18) and defeated all but Domino, who points a gun at him, and Caliban, who attacks him, enraged. Seems Apocalypse programmed him to hate Sinister (X-Factor 28), and they battle while Domino blows up the mansion. Meltdown comforts Caliban, who is frightened at having lost control. Sinister claims Nate as his weapon against Apocalypse; he has shut down Nate's power so Onslaught can't use him. Domino has Nate take Cable's Askani teachings from Roberto's mind, so he can defend himself psychically. The team takes on Sinister, who notes that Shatterstar has untapped power. Warpath arrives with Risque, but worried about Siryn. Risque knows Sinister, but Sinister doesn't know her. Nate attacks, Sinister recognizes that he could kill him and convinces Nate to read his mind. But then he uses the psionic energy against them, knocking them all out. He walks away with Nate draped over his shoulder. Issue: X-Force 58 Date: Sep-96 Story: ...Before the Dawn (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Villains: Sabretooth (Victor Creed) (in flashback) Other Characters: Emmanuel and Nina da Costa, Juliana Sandoval, Thunderbird I (John Proudstar) (in flashback) Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Anthony Castrillo Inks: Bud LaRosa Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Note: this is part 2 of Onslaught: Impact. In Roberto's mind: he wins his school's soccer game (an alternate history from New Mutants 1982 special). "Charlie" calls to him, and he chooses to go with him. Siryn finds herself the only survivor of Sinister's attack (last iss.), and telepathically calls Cable for help, but he's busy fighting Onslaught. She tries to revive each member of the team, but they die on her. In Meltdown's mind: she repeatedly kills Sabretooth, who betrayed her trust. Roberto asks her to join him, and she does. In Caliban's mind: he crashes to earth Superman-like, with Cable and Domino as the Kents. Roberto collects him. In James's mind: he runs with his brother John to stop a stampeding buffalo herd. He then joins Roberto. In Shatterstar's mind: he relaxes, and only reluctantly joins Roberto. In Domino's mind: she is alone in the dark. Roberto makes her join up. The team follows Roberto toward the light. Charlie reveals himself to be Onslaught, trying to trick them into accepting death, and the team immediately turns against him. As Siryn says the Paternoster over their dead bodies, they revive. Risque is missing. Charlie appears, saying he is the goodness within Xavier that Onslaught cannot control. He saved Siryn, and X-Force's rejection of Onslaught has freed him. Issue: X-Force and Cable '96 Annual Date: 1996 Story 1: Transmission (44 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Kree including Pulse, Shi'ar including Yahnos Tr'morr, Deathbird, the Silver Surfer; Machine Man (Aaron Stack), Deathlok (Col. Luther Manning), Warlock (as templates for Pulse) Villains: Ultron (as a template for Pulse) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: John Francis Moore Pencils: Luke Ross Inks: Rob Hunter, Matt Ryan Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Shannon Blanchard Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: The Shi'ar chase the Kree construct Pulse through the stargate near earth. Pulse provokes the Shi'ar to destroy his ship just as he transmits himself to earth. X-Force train in a Danger Room simulation of New Orleans in Cable's time, with a giant squid from Jules Verne. Pulse downloads into the Shi'ar matrix, going through a few iterations and fighting X-Force until reassembling in the correct form. Cable realizes there is an alien cybernetic intelligence in the computer, but can't open the doors, so they call the Shi'ar and get an order from Deathbird to hold Pulse till she gets there. They finally capture and interrogate him, learning that he was created by the Kree resistance to be a spy. The Shi'ar show up, but X-Force refuses to extradite Pulse until they know what his crime was. Siryn and Warpath, meanwhile, help Pulse transmit himself to Chandilar, so the Shi'ar leave, blaming Cable for helping a spy. Siryn thanks Warpath for his support; Pulse continues to try to get his message to the Silver Surfer. Note: a pin-up of the team follows. Story 2: Denouement (10 pages) Feature Characters: Cable Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Cyclops (Scott Summers); Aliya (Jenskot), Tyler Dayspring (as memories) Villains: Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Terry Kavanagh (plot), Ben Raab (script) Pencils: Ed Benes Inks: Joe Pimentel Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Mike Thomas Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor: Jaye Gardner Editor-in-Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Cyclops takes his son to Apocalypse's citadel, wanting to learn as much as possible about their foe. They find his regeneration sarcophagus and talk about family and loss. It starts to rain (in the Egyptian desert), and Cyclops reassures Cable that he doesn't have to suffer the loss of Tyler alone (Wolverine 100). Issue: X-Force 59 Date: Oct-96 Story: Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been? (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino, Rictor Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Det. Charlotte Jones, Longshot Villains: Sentinels (as junk), Gog and Magog Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Anthony Castrillo Inks: Bud LaRosa Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: In one of Cable's safe-houses upstate, X-Force interrogates Shatterstar, trying to tell if he is really Benjamin Russell. He believes he is both. Rictor returns to help his friend, and the team convinces Cable to help Shatterstar, rather than punishing him. Cable tells James he has feelers out, trying to locate Risque. He meets with Jones, who tells him all police files on X-Force are missing. X-Force goes to the Weisman Institute, which has been made to look abandoned. They search the place but find nothing. Gog and Magog attack them in the PACRAT and port away with Shatterstar and Cable. Longshot shows up in time to land the out-of-control PACRAT. Issue: X-Force 60 Date: Nov-96 Story: I Know You Are But What Am I? (22 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino, Rictor Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Longshot, Dazzler (Alison Blaire), Quark, Dr. Stephen Strange Villains: Gog and Magog, Mojo, Spiral (Ricochet Rita), Risque, Mimic (Calvin Rankin), Blob (Fred J. Dukes) Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Anthony Castrillo Inks: Bud LaRosa Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Color Enhancements: Malibu Editor & Chief: Bob Harras In Memory of: Mark Gruenwald Synopsis: Mojo tries to mindwipe Shatterstar and Cable. He knows Shatterstar will kill him in the future. Longshot leads X-Force to Strange's house, and they are immediately captured, then freed and welcomed. Longshot wants help getting back to Mojoworld. Risque goes home to Florida, where Blob and Mimic call her Gloria and accuse her of reneging on their deal. Strange and Longshot's powers get X-Force into Mojoworld, where they meet up with Dazzler and the rebel army. They take down Gog and Magog and enter Mojo's palace, which is empty but for a TV set. Turning it on, they see that Cable and Shatterstar have been digitized and trapped in a show. Mojo is on earth, where the show has mesmerized the natives. Issue: X-Force 61 Date: Dec-96 Story: Ask Me No More Questions and I'll Tell You No More Lies! (23 pages) Feature Characters: Cable, Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino, Rictor Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Longshot, Dazzler, Quark Villains: Mojo, Spiral, Gog and Magog, Gamesmaster Other Characters: Credits: Writer: Jeph Loeb Pencils: Kevin Lau Inks: Andrew Pepoy Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Marie Javins Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: With Cable, Shatterstar is in a simulated future, where he fights and is stabbed by Mojo. Mojo is siphoning energy from human couch potatoes and beaming it back to Mojoworld. Spiral shows up, willing to help X-Force stop him, and takes Longshot and Siryn into the TV, while the rest fight Gog and Magog. Mojo is furious at the traitor Spiral, and the TV signal goes out. Spiral returns to the Weisman Institute, and they go to Benjamin Russell's bed, who has been in a coma ever since his mutant powers manifested. Longshot transfers Shatterstar's soul into Benjamin's body, and he awakens. Spiral claims a connection to both men, and ports them all back to Mojoworld just as Mojo shows up. Caliban smashes the TV before Mojo can trace the signal back, and he is lost in transmission. The Gamesmaster observes and laughs. Issue: X-Force 62 Date: Jan-97 Story: Human Nature (22 pages) Feature Characters: Meltdown, Sunspot, Warpath, Shatterstar, Siryn, Caliban, Domino, Rictor Regular Characters: Guest Stars: Leong Xui and Nga Manh (Karma's brother and sister) Villains: Shinobi Shaw, Clearcut, Mindmeld, Dr. Graves, Spiral Other Characters: Credits: Writer: John Dokes Pencils: Kevin Lau, Adam Pollina Inks: Andrew Pepoy, Norman Lee Letters: Richard Starkings & Comicraft Colors: Lee Ann Clark Editor & Chief: Bob Harras Synopsis: Shinobi has Graves experiment on Nga, trying to remove her mutancy. Intruder alert: Clearcut and Mindmeld go to confront X-Force. (Compare the cover Domino with p. 5! Anime schmanime.) Mindmeld puts Domino's mind into Caliban and Meltdown into Sunspot. Sunspot-Meltdown confuse each other, and Clearcut threatens to kill Domino's body (and slips a key into her belt), so all surrender. Shinobi offers to take Sunspot as an ally; he refuses; Shinobi gives the Manhs to Spiral, then reveals that Clearcut is a traitor. Mindmeld puts her own mind into him to subdue him, and this releases Domino and Meltdown. Domino frees them both using Clearcut's key. Clearcut somehow forces Mindmeld to stay in his body; Shinobi puts them both in the lab, to let Graves remove Clearcut's mutancy. X-Force attacks and destroys the lab. Mindmeld gets back to her own body, only to find an inhibitor collar on her. Graves shows no mutant factor in Clearcut, but he is still able to manifest blades at will (he never was a mutant). They leave the exploding lab, and Clearcut says his debt to Cable is paid in full.
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