Night of Masques

• Writer - Chris Claremont
• Penciler - Adam Kubert
• Inker - Tim Townsend
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Lettering - Wes Abbott
• Colorist - Richard Isanove
• Editor - Mark Powers
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  Note: Claremont returns as writer, and six months have passed since last iss.

  Jean shows Nathan a secret cavern full of treasures, which she found with Xavier before the X-Men were founded. She encourages him to embrace his life after Apocalypse, and they go outside to Venice, during Carnival, and waltz. Jean has a vision: her memories of Scott interrupted with joker cards. She realizes it's a warning from Remy.

  Just then, Hank swoops down on a rope and grabs her; he was also summoned to Venice. They see Neo Shockwave Riders closing in, and battle ensues, with Ororo joining in. Nathan gets hit with a psychic whip, and his T-O virus goes wild. Jean gets hit with a psi-shark, which starts eating her memories, and she must use the Phoenix force to get rid of it.

  Remy shows up just as the Neo port away, defeated. Nathan is worried that Jean may become Dark Phoenix again and considers psi-blading her, but Hank guesses his thoughts and tells him to have more faith.

  One Neo is captured; Jean demands her memories back, but he takes poison rather than answer questions. Jean enters his mind, risking her own life.