X-Men, #23 Direct Edition

Published: August 1993

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X-Men #23

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Issue Contents:
Comes the Time of Testing...
1 page superhero
Characters
  • Cyclops
  • Gauntlet
  • Tusk
  • Foxbat
  • Barrage
Credits
Leaning Towards Oneself
Story 1 22 pages superhero
Storyline

Sinister discusses the virus (Legacy) that Stryfe unleashed. Cyclops faces off with the Dark Riders. Kwannon and Betsy Braddock try to sort out their minds. Professor X and Wolverine discuss rumors of Magneto.

Characters
  • X-Men [Professor X
  • Cyclops
  • Wolverine
  • Gambit
  • Rogue
  • Psylocke
  • Beast
  • Jubilee]
  • Revanche [Betsy Braddock]
  • Silver Samurai (villain)
  • Nyoirin Henecha (villain)
  • Shinobi Shaw (villain)
  • Matsuo Tsurayaba (villain)
  • Mr. Sinister (villain)
  • Dark Riders [Gauntlet
  • Tusk
  • Foxbat
  • Barrage
  • Hardrive] (villains)
Story Notes

Sinister refers to Cyclops' brothers plural when Havok is the only known sibling, thus beginning the heated fanboy debate over the other Summer's boy, with Gambit being the favorite.

Story 2 1 page
Story Notes

Letters from readers: Dev Persaud, Sean Burke & Nick Schlosser, Matt Baldwin, Nick Barnes