Follow

    X-Men Annual #5

    X-Men Annual » X-Men Annual #5 - Ou, La La- Badoon released by Marvel on October 1, 1981.

    Short summary describing this issue.

    No recent wiki edits to this page.

    The X-Men versus the hordes of the Badoon! When a galactic threat looms over the merry mutants, the team calls in the aid of experts- the Fantastic Four! Meanwhile, Storm can’t shake her feelings for Arkon, and her need to end the battles in his home world. Can the X-Men and the Fantastic Four usher in an age of peace between two warring alien races?

    The story begins with the Fantastic Four working on a device in the lab of Dexter Building, when Franklin shows up and tells Susan that a red light had turned up, informing that NYPD has a problem. They go investigate and find a Shi'ar soldier, D'Syndri, apparently shooting people in the street. She was actually shooting at some Badoon warriors, but they are invisible, and the Fantastic Four attack her instead. Suddenly the Badoon warriors shoot D'Syndri and the Fantastic Four, only Sue manages to stay conscious because her force field, and she could see the warriors though D'Syndri's gun radar. Then Susan takes Franklin and goes to the X-Mansion ask for help from the X-Men. The Invisible Woman tells everyone what happened with his team members and about D'Syndri's last words: "Arkon... Badoon... Help... Lilandra... must find.... talk... Xavier". Storm thinks about the strange dreams she had about Arkon last night, and Cyclops decides they must find Arkon and look for answers. Then Colossus, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Cyclops, and Invisible Woman, with Sprite for the first time in a mission, go to Arkon's kingdom with the help of lightnings left with the X-Men on their last encounter with Arkon ( X-Men Annual #3).

    Part II - The seven heroes arrive at Arkon's palace and find it destroyed. Sashia is there awaiting for them and tells that the Badoon had attacked the place and take Arkon hostage. Through a dimensional gate the Badoon are sending troops to conquer the citatel. Cyclops and the X-Men decide to help them. Cyclops sends Storm and Sue to search for Fantastic Four and Arkon in the Citatel because only females can enter there, while Colossus, Kitty and himself stay covering them. Wolverine, Sashia and Nightcrawler are sent to destroy the gate and stop Badoon backup team. Wolverine and Nightcrawler say they will all get killed.

    Part III - Brother Royal, the Badoon leader, is torturing Mr. Fantastic asking for informations on all Earth's superheroes. When Sue watch Reed being torturated, she looses her mind and attack the guards sooner than Cyclops wanted. Cyclops sees lightnings at the castle and decides it's time to attack and make a way in. Brother Royal sends the Badoon Monster towards them. Meanwhile at the gate Nightcrawler teleports himself above the guards and knocks them out, opening the way to Wolverine and Sashia. Then they are attacked by a huge army of Badoon coming from the gate. Inside the castle Invisible Woman manages to release her friends and Arkon and they all defeat Badoon warriors together, only Arkon has damaged legs and can't fight. In another part of the castle, Badoon Monster attacks Colossus, Cyclops and Kitty, but Colossus defeats him falling from one kilometer high into the ground in bersek. Elsewhere Nightcrawler manages to destroy the Badoon gate and then Arkon's army can attack the Badoon.

    Mr. Fantastic discovers that Badoon's guns are feeded by energy, probably from a central generator. Then, Mr. Fantastic makes a plan and destroy the generator with the help of everyone. Arkon's army defeat the Badoon and only Nightcrawler gets hurt.

    Epilogue - Everyone are in a party celebrating the victory, including Nightcrawler, only Storm isn't at the palace. Arkon goes find her, and then they kiss and decide that both have their own lifes to live and can't change it. Then she thinks about Tchalla...

    sizepositionchange
    sizepositionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    positionchange
    bordersheaderpositiontable
    positionchange

    User reviews Add new review

    This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for:

    Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live.

    Comment and Save

    Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved.