Uncanny X-Men #510 - Marvel

Ok, I was wrong last time. It wasn't Logan they were after, but rather something that he had in his possession. What?, you may ask. Well . . we'll get to that a little later. Right now Madelyne's sisterhood consists of Spiral, Lady Deathstrike, the Mastermind sisters and Chimera. Well, them and of course Psylocke. It's not really her . . she is dead afterall. But . . it is her body. Madelyne is striking at the X-Men through magic and powers. By combining the 2 she was able to take the team completely by surprise. There's only 1 small problem. It's been quite a while since she's seen this team. So . . there's quite a few gifted children running around here that she knows nothing about. Most noticeably, Pixie. After all, you have to fight fire with fire, or . . . magic with magic. Right? Anyways, it seems that the kids are enough of a distraction to cause a crimp in their plans, and then Pixie sends it over the edge. Well, that and Emma takes out Lady Mastermind. Once she falls, it's only a matter of time before she frees the rest of the X-Men. But, as I said earlier, it turns out that they weren't really after anybody here. I think that the damage they cause was really just to show that they could do it. Once they see that things are starting to degrade, Madelyne makes her way in to Logan's room and retrieves the piece that she came for. The only real loss that they endure is that Logan hangs on to Psylocke as they disappear. Well, that and Pixie figures out that it was Empath, down in the holding cells, that drew the women here. So she . . messes him up a little bit. Also, luckily, because of Elixir and the Cuckoos, the X-Men also don't suffer any real damage. Well, other than their egos are bruised a bit. Hank has some ideas for improving the restraining quarters that they currently have on grounds. And the science-squad sat this one out in the vault. "Logan, the science team is quarantined to the vault in case of security breach. My orders. I won't allow for those assets to be endangered by combat. We need the big thinkers thinking their big thoughts down there." This was a fantastic issue by Matt Fraction and Greg Land. I give Greg grief for not sticking around long, but . . when he is here . . he's fantastic. Great looking stuff. Oh yeah! And what they took from Logan's room? "A lock of hair slim. A kept a lock of Jeanie's hair. Now it's gone."
I think even Peter David would have a hard time beating that ending.