Auld Lang Syne

• Plot - Scott Lobdell
• Writer - Mark Waid
• Penciler - Ron Garney
• Inker - Tim Townsend
• Inker - Dan Green
• Inker - Joe Rubinstein
• Colorist - Steve Buccellato
• Lettering - Chris Claremont
• Editor - Bob Harras
• Editor in Chief - Tom Defalco

Summary

  Note: this is part 3 of the Legion Quest crossover and takes place after Cable 20.

  Past: in a bar in Israel, Xavier theorizes about the existence of mutants and tries to convince Magnus they can live in harmony with humans, but he thinks homo superior will need to fight to survive. A legless veteran rolls in on a cart and begs; the patrons toss small change and insults. Xavier stands; Magnus gives the bartender some money for the damages; Xavier twists the arm of a fat boorish drunk, then takes a bill from him and hands it to the veteran. A brawl breaks out. Magnus: "And you dreamed of a world without violence." Xavier: "Any dream worth having, Erik, is a dream worth fighting for." Together then beat up 14 sailors, then leave.

  Present: the Shi'ar have cobbled together a psi-boosting machine, letting Jean hold Cable's body together while his latent time travel power (?) is jump-started by Xavier, sending his mind to the past.

  Past: Bobby and Bishop are dockworkers, while Betsy probes Ororo's mind, trying to overcome her amnesia. They are all frustrated. Meanwhile, Xavier admits he feels guilty about falling in love with a patient; Magnus tells him life is too short for such worries. At the hospital, Legion telepathically masks himself as Xavier and accosts Gabrielle (possibly fathering himself). Xavier senses the attack. Cable appears to Bishop; Ororo flashes lightning at him, assuming he's an enemy; he catches Bishop and makes him remember to stop Legion. Xavier and Magnus find Gabrielle on the ground and Legion powered up, planning to kill Magnus before he can become Magneto.

  Note: continued in X-Men II:41.

  Note: the Age of Apocalypse intervenes, see the Astonishing X-Men 1-4.