X-Men Unlimited # 5 - Follow the Leader/Bar Stools

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Plot Summary

In celebration of his 30th Anniversary, this issue of X-MEN UNLIMITED features two Wolverine stories! In "Follow the Leader," Wolverine is taught a lesson by…William Shakespeare? In "Bar Stools," a night out turns strange when Wolverine crosses paths with some colorful barflies.

Follow the Leader:

After waiting four days, Logan heads down to the Danger Room to see if Cyclops is close to finishing reprogramming it. As he arrives, Cyclops finishes entering in a new program, but is not sure if it would suit Logan. Not wanting to back down from a challenge, Logan tells Cyclops to just let him try it out. Logan enters the Danger Room and is placed into a scenario based on the play Henry V with Logan playing the king. He arrives on a battlefield with his English troops as the French attack. Alone, he pulverizes a part of the French army rather quickly with his claws and sends the others running. Logan’s troops, however, are disappointed, as if Logan told them that he would fight alone they could have repositioned themselves to cut off the retreating French. Now, they must fight them again along with a French army five times their size. That night, Logan sneaks out of his camp after refusing to give a pep talk to the troops. He tries to find the French army, but instead finds some English troops around a fire. Not knowing that they are talking to Logan since he is wearing a cloak, the men talk about how they could still be with their families had Logan told them he wanted to fight alone. They will only fight with him tomorrow if he will allow them. The next day, Logan leads the British and, with his sword, he and his men defeat the French. The men cheer their king, but the program ends. Cyclops tells Logan that the point of the exercise was to test Logan’s leadership skills. Logan tells Cyclops that he never wants to lead anyone else, but Cyclops is not sure Logan can avoid leadership forever.

Bar Stools:

Logan heads to a bar and immediately takes notice of a man at a pool table. However, Shamus, the bartender, informs Logan that a usual guest named Polly is checking him out. After being urged to talk to Logan by her friends, Polly drinks some more and talks to Logan, who isn’t really interested. Polly tries really hard to get Logan’s attention, but notices that he is more interested in the man at the pool table. Logan informs her that he is not someone she wants to get mixed up with and then tells her that he is a mutant and an X-Man. Annoyed since men often claim to be mutants to get rid of women, Polly leaves with her girlfriends. However, the man at the pool table approaches Polly and she decides to leave with him. After Polly’s friends leave, Logan follow Polly and the other man out, where he tells Polly to go home. Angered by Logan, the man reveals that he is a mutant and tries to kill Polly. Logan injures him and tells Polly to get home, informing her that she is in NYC and no one is who they seem to be. He then chases after the killer, leaving Polly to wonder if any of the other X-Men are single.