Uncanny X-Men #352
- Publisher
- Marvel
- Year
- 1998
- Month
- 2
- LastChanged
- 1/26/2024 9:34:51 PM
In Sin Air
- Writer - Steve Seagle
- Penciler - Edwards
- Penciler - Terry Dodson
- Penciler - Williams
- Penciler - Cassaday
- Inker - Martin
- Inker - Edwards
- Inker - Jon Holdredge
- Inker - Rachel Dodson
- Inker - Mick Gray
- Inker - Cassaday
- Lettering - Richard Starkings
- Lettering - Comicraft
- Lettering - Albert Deschesne
- Colorist - Steve Oliff
- Editor - Mark Powers
- Editor in Chief - Bob Harras
- Penciler - Banks
Summary
Jean sends her psyche out in the form of various birds, searching for Xavier, when she is startled by turbulence on the jet. Scott is still hurting from his emergency surgery; Jean detects nothing but static on the psi-plane. A passenger starts freaking out, and Jean tells Scott to act like a civilian and let the flight attendant handle it.
Warren flies to the mansion, too late to say goodbye to Scott and Jean, and too late to help with repairs. He gets the cold shoulder and leaves.
A cloaked AIM ship has docked with the jet, causing turbulence. Scott keels over in pain, the anxious passenger says "they" want him back, and AIM bursts in. They demand Sibelius give them the entity, but he says it's rigged to explode if they take it. They zap him; Jean realizes she and Scott aren't the targets.
Scott remembers the death of Dark Phoenix; Staci remembers having a lump in her breast; Chris remembers his mother's death; Planck remembers getting a face full of chemicals; then the psychological attack passes.
Sam gets a letter from his girlfriend Meltdown, who invites him to the Colossal Man festival in Texas (see X-Force 73, 75-76).
Jean sneaks her way to the cargo hold, finds the entity, and links minds: it is an other-dimensional entity with empathic powers, captured and tortured with tests.
AIM orders the jet to land; the entity emits another wave of anguish, and the pilot hits AIM's craft. Scott, too weak to use his optic beam, takes out the AIM agents with the flight crew's help. The passengers panic; Jean gets the entity to help her calm them; the pilot lands in Winnipeg; the Canadian Dept. H takes the crate with the entity.