Uncanny X-Men #175

Issue: The Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 #175

Publishing Date: November 1983

Highlights: Rogue begins to settle as one of the team in the X-Men when Mastermind attacks the X-Men. Cyclops uses Rogue to tell the X-Men that everything they are seeing is not real.

Synopsis: While doing some landscaping at the mansion, the X-Men witness a flash in the sky that is strikingly similar to the Phoenix. Scott then falls from the sky and Professor Xavier goes into critical condition when cerebro almost electrocutes him. The phoenix then emerges from Scott’s body and attacks the X-Men. As theX-Men try to call for aid, it seems the Phoenix is incinerating the world as they know it. Cyclops wakes and figures out that Mastermind is behind the return of the Phoenix, creating an illusion only the X-Men can see. Cyclops makes Rogue absorb Xavier’s powers in order to tell the rest of the X-Men of Mastermind’s plot. Storm disarms Mastermind and the X-Men find Madelyne half drown in the middle of the chaos. Finally safe, Cyclops and Madelyne marry.

Extra Info: “Wizard of Oz” poppies apparently affect her mutant physiology, causing her to pass out as soon as she inhales the spores from the plants. 

Contradictions: None 

Powers Taken: Xavier 

Key Issue: Yes