Exiles, Volume 1 #1 - Down the Rabbit Hole
Importance Rating: 1.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Mike McKone Writer(s): Judd Winick Release Date: August 2001 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Six heroes from different timelines find themselves stranded nowhen and nowhere. They are Blink from “AoA“, Nocturne from “Professor W’s X-Men“, a future son of Rogue and Magneto named Magnus, and alternate versions of Morph, Mimic and Thunderbird. They are welcomed by a Time Broker who explains to them that each their home dimensions have been altered for the worse by a ripple in time, but that they are given the chance to change them back. Therefore they have to jump around various alternate scenarios, guided by a device called Tallus. Even though the realities they will find themselves in have apparently no connection to their own times, they are supposed to repair breaks in time, which otherwise are responsible for their own current condition through a domino effect. The mission is very dangerous as the Exiles can be injured or die along the way. If the are succesful their times go back to normal, and the members will return to the instant they left, if they fail, the altered timelines will become permanent. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 1: Down The Rabbit Hole and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 1 - Fun Facts: Title Logic: 'Down the Rabbit Hole' is a reference to the novel 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' commonly known as Alice in Wonderland. Down the Rabbit Hole is the title of Chapter 1 in the book. The chapter tells the story of Alice falling into a rabbit hole to an alternate universe known as Wonderland.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #14 - I Cover the Waterfront Part 1
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Mike McKone Writer(s): Judd Winick Release Date: Auguast 2002 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: The Exiles have arrived in the next reality where Namor the Sub-Mariner has declared war on the surface of Earth and already forms a beachhead in Latveria. Despite their negative feelings towards Latveria’s Emperor, the team has to assist Dr. Doom to stop Namor from gaining a foothold on the surface. Namor's troops have captured the Latverian army in a force field, and also taken over Doom's castle, where they are currently working on a technology that will allow the Atlanteans to breathe on the surface, but impossible for humans to do so. Mimic goes to attack the castle while the rest of the team go to the aid of the army. On the way, Mimic flashes back to his native reality. Calvin grew up with the wrong crowd. He came into contact with the X-Men, and followed them because his manifesting mutant power was copying all of their powers. He joined the Brotherhood but they abandoned him when he was defeated by the X-Men. While in jail, Mimic was contacted by Xavier, and agreed to join the school simply because it was better than being in jail. Over time Calvin began to fit in with the X-Men and eventually became their leader. Calvin misses his homeworld, and the only thing that keeps him sane in his current situation of being stuck with the reality hopping Exiles is Blink. Calvin is unsure if he really loves her or just sees her as a safe place. Mimic arrives at the castle and is attacked by a pair of doombots, but easily takes them down. Continuing deeper into the castle, he stumbles on a room filled with doombots. They switch into battle mode and attack. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 3: Out of Time and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 1 - Fun Facts: Title Logic: "I Cover the Waterfront" is the title of a book that became a classic movie released in 1933. A song of the same title was written for the movie and became a jazz standard.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #23 - With An Iron Fist, Part 1
Importance Rating: 3.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Kev Walker Writer(s): Kudd Winick Release Date: May 2003 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: In an alternate reality, all of Earth is ruled by President Tony Stark, Iron Man, from his Oval Office in New York City. Little does the world know that it was Iron man who formed a secret alliance with Magneto to cause the Mutant Wars. After a huge amount of Earth’s super-beings perished in the conflict, Iron man betrayed his ally and killed him, which the public perceived a heroic act. The last true opponent was Dr. Doom, but Iron man killed him in battle. What the public doesn’t know is a radiation blast from Doom permanently disfigured Stark and that the handsome face is just a holographic projection. Also, he is forced to wear his armor all the time. Right now, the Inhumans are among the last free people, as they turned their city into a giant submarine, hidden well behind a cloaking field. Unfortunately, necessary repairs force them to the surface, where they are discovered. Black Bolt and his wife have only one option: to protect their city by activating the G Barrier. It was a parting gift from Sue’s deceased first husband, Reed Richards. Originally designed to keep Galactus at bay, the shield disintegrates everything that it comes in contact with. Stark’s armed forces learn this the hard way. While Iron Man ponders his next move, after all he needs the Inhumans alive to breed a superhuman army to conquer the stars, a new group of players arrive on the scene – Weapon X, a reality-hopping team of time-displaced operatives. Their mission is to set things right. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 4: Legacy and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 2 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #24 - With An Iron Fist, Part 2
Importance Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Kev Walker Writer(s): Kudd Winick Release Date: May 2003 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Weapon X explains to President Stark, aka Iron Man, that their mission is to help him breach the force field around Attilan, enabling him to capture the Inhumans. It takes a little effort but, with secret information provided by the Tallus, they finally convince him of them really being reality-hoppers with a mission. They even know about a special key that Reed Richards left in someone’s care, just in case that his force field technology fell into the wrong hands. The problem is that this person is Wonder Man, who, after being close to this reality’s Hulk when he was killed by a gamma radiation bomb, absorbed some of the rays and the Hulk’s genetic material, turning him into an amalgam of himself and the green goliath, more powerful than ever. Weapon X secretly enter the home of him, the Scarlet Witch and Dr. Strange, unnoticed thanks to magical talismans created by Storm. However, the Spider gets careless and gives Dr. Strange an opening to rip off his magic necklace, thus setting off the fortification spell cast by Wanda. Now alerted to the team’s presence, Wonder Man immediately shows up to fight them. While Angel and Vision search the house for the strange key, the rest of the group fights Wonder Man. When the Spider threatens his lover, he gets mad and transforms into his Hulk state. The team has no other option than to use a portable gate to the Negative Zone, given to them by President Stark. “Wonder Hulk” is sucked in, but so is the Jen Walters, the Weapon X’s Hulk, because Spider refuses to save her with a webline. Instantly, the team gains a new member in some alternate reality version of Colossus. Weapon X returns to Iron Man with the key. Meanwhile, in Attilan, Black Bolt senses that things are coming to an end and decides that he’ll make sure his race will never be hunted again. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 4: Legacy and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 2 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #25 - With An Iron Fist, Conclusion
Importance Rating: 5.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Kev Walker Writer(s): Judd Winick Release Date: June 2003 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Dr. Strange and the Scarlet Witch alert the Inhumans that the disruptor is now in the hands of President Stark. The Inhumans wonder what to do. Black Bolt studies several books on races that have been hunted down and, after reading a tale entitled “Masada,” he formulates a plan. Sue Richards, his wife, doesn’t agree with it, but it’s now use, his decision is made. The strongest warriors of the Inhumans await the attacking forces outside the barrier, while inside Black Bolt carries out his plan. Led by Weapon X, Stark’s troops attack Attilan. Vision is maimed by Karnak, but Colossus and Gambit manage to get the disruptor to the G-Barrier. The device works and the force field fades. Weapon X and Stark’s army storm inside, but they find only dead bodies. The Inhumans have robbed Stark of a true victory, as he needed the Inhumans as slaves. With their mission at an end, Weapon X is teleported to the next reality, although they are not aware of the events they really set in motion. Black Bolt, hovering above Attilan, shouts a single word a full force “Masada,” killing himself and vaporizing everything in a certain range, so that Stark can’t even use the bodies’ genetic material. Later, President Stark ponders the situation, when he is suddenly sought out by Sue Richards, who kills him with an invisible force dagger right before being shot by his security. During the battle, Black Bolt made Sue cloak 300 Inhumans, who will secretly rebuild their society in hiding, while, in the following years, all of Stark’s machinations will be uncovered. Thus, the timeline restores itself to what it should be. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 4: Legacy and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 2 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #38 - King Hyperion, Part 1
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jim Calafiore Writer(s): Chuck Austen Release Date: February 2004 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Storm is killed and replaced by Hyperion on a mission which required Weapon X to possibly kill Bruce Banner. Gambit is distraught by the death of “his woman” and how they can be forced to work for Timebroker but not be made indestructible. The Weapon X team discuss what they are all going back to in their respective realities and decide that they are working for no reason because their respective realities are all bad ones. Hyperion suggests that they all not go through with the mission and instead stay on this planet and rule it with him as king. Meanwhile, in their current reality most of the mutants have been killed by Sentinels. Magneto and his team of mutants went off into space and plan to send a asteroid to crash into the Earth to ensure that all the humans die. Hyperion and Ms. Marvel have a romp in bed then discover a young Kitty Pryde hiding in a closet. The others plans to kill her but Hyperion blasts Vision and informs them of his new plans. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 7: A Blink in Time and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 3 - Fun Facts: Did You Know: Hyperion was one of the twelve Titan gods of Ancient Greece, which were later supplanted by the Olympians. He was the brother of Cronus. He was also the lord of light, and the titan of the east. He was the son of Gaia (the physical incarnation of Earth) and Uranus (literally meaning 'the Sky'), and was referred to in early mythological writings as Helios Hyperion, 'Sun High-one'.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #39 - King Hyperion, Part 2
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jim Calafiore Writer(s): Chuck Austen Release Date: March 2004 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Hyperion destroys the Mastermold core of the Sentinels and then kills President Kelly and proclaims himself King. As he holds up the dead body of Kelly, Ms. Marvel questions what other countries they’ll need to destroy in order to rule Earth. Magneto appears informing them that they will need to deal with Genosha. Magneto had gone back to Earth to make Weapon X their slaves aboard Asteroid M after Quicksilver informed him of the destruction of the Sentinels and the appearance of more super beings for betraying their race. As they face off, Hyperion kills Wolverine. Hyperion, then flies off into space with Magneto and kills him for refusing to help his destroy the asteroid. Gambit and team meet up with Vanisher outside of Storm’s city as Kitty and Colossus bond then kiss. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 7: A Blink in Time and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 3 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #40 - King Hyperion, Part 3
Importance Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jim Calafiore Writer(s): Chuck Austen Release Date: April 2004 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Gambit finally meets this reality’s Storm and is greeted by her with a kiss; she too lost the one she loved, her Gambit. They discover that Storm is keeping a bunch of humans safe in her Storm field. Storm rejects the idea of escaping Earth’s destruction aboard Asteroid M, she tells them that she can’t leave behind they people who followed her. Hyperion appears with the remaining Brotherhood mutants, they inform the others of their plan to stop the asteroid by having Rogue absorb some of Hyperion’s power and help him blast the rock. Gambit manages to persuade Storm that he need her to come with them because he doesn’t want to go through losing her again. The group teleports to the asteroid with the exception of Rogue and Hyperion. Rogue absorbs some of Hyperion’s power and they try to blast apart the bigger pieces of the asteroid. While doing so, Hyperion’s power begins to wear off Rogue, as she reaches for him to get a boost, he flies away from her and leaves her to die, deciding that it is hopeless. Above the asteroid they watch the Earth blow up and Kitty takes initiative and tries to get her and Colossus away. However Hyperion catches them and does what Kitty was expecting him to do, he blows a hole in the ship and Kitty and Colossus get blown out and die. The team begins to kill the rest of the mutants so they may move on to the next reality and try to take over the world again. Gambit kills Storm at her plea, she does not want Hyperion doing it. The Weapon X team receives Bruce Banner and Firestar to replace Colossus and Vision. They tell Hyperion that the Timebroker is not happy with them. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 7: A Blink in Time and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 3 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #43 - A Blink in Time, Part 1
Importance Rating: 5.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jim Calafiore Writer(s): Chuck Austen Release Date: April 2004 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Blink teleports in to join her teammates as they mourn Sunfire’s death. They are teleported to another reality, the Morlock tunnels, Morph verbally assaults Mimic for being stupid and becoming a murderer. Clarice attempts to soothe over the tension but both Morph and Mimic end up storming away. Weapon X’s Gambit makes his presence known at this time as he introduces himself to the remaining members of the group. Gambit fills them in on what has been happening with Weapon X. Deciding that Gambit could no longer be trusted with the Tallus Hyperion blasted off his arm and took the Tallus. Hulk, deciding that he had enough attacked Hyperion which lead to a full fight within the team. Gambit managed to get away and hide in the Morlock tunnels figuring that sticking around would be suicide. He had been waiting in the tunnels for a while now waiting for something to happen since the Tallus hadn’t given him a mission. At that moment the Tallus gives them their missions, annoucing that of the two teams only six people can move on. Illyana goes after Morph and she shares her past with him and they are able to slightly bond. Clarice and Calvin reconnect and they notice that the Tallus has returned to Clarice. Spider alerts Hyperion to the arrival of the Exiles. He’s grateful as he claims it has gotten boring. Hulk and Firestar are strung up with webbing. All the rest of the super heroes of the area are dead and hanging either hanging by webbing or dumped on the ground. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 7: A Blink in Time and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 3 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #44 - A Blink in Time, Part 2
Importance Rating: 3.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jim Calafiore Writer(s): Chuck Austen Release Date: May 2004 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Manhattan remains under siege by the defunct Weapon X team with Hyperion demanding President Osborn hand over control of the United States or face the destruction of Manhattan. Meanwhile, the Exiles, along with Gambit, discuss a plan to take down Hyperion. Mimic refuses to kill anymore and Morph agrees with him as the team turns their attention to the problem of moving on to their next reality. But the Tallus is unwavering in its proclamation that only six members of the two teams may live before they may move on. Magik lets her desire to go home take advantage of her and she discusses taking out Mimic and Gambit, to which Morph tells her that they are still heroes and there will be no killing. The group splits up to go take on Hyperion as Hyperion toys with his captives. While on the roof, Illyana tries to get Sasquatch and Nocturne to see the reasoning behind her plan but they ignore her and Illyana ends up cutting Heather across the back in an attempt to kill her. A brief scuffle ensues but Illyana teleports down to Hyperion intending to bargain with him so that they may move on and eventually go home; underestimating Hyperion, Illyana finds that Hyperion is distrustful and not willing to listen as he crushes her neck and kills her to test the truth of her words. Morph and the others watch on in horror and Blink and Gambit go to check on Heather and T.J. Seeing that Illyana is telling the truth about no more replacements being sent, Hyperion begins to kill Hulk and Firestar, she escapes from the webbing and kills Spider in a fiery blast. Morph and Mimic fly in to join the fight ready to take Hyperion out. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 7: A Blink in Time and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 3 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #45 - A Blink in Time, Conclusion
Importance Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jim Calafiore Writer(s): Chuck Austen Release Date: June 2004 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: Gambit and Blink teleport up to the roof to find Heather bleeding to death in T.J.’s arms. Nocturne decides to forgo prior plans to possess Hyperion and possesses Heather and forces her to trigger her Sasquatch transformation to help her heal. Mimic and Morph fly in to fight with Ms. Marvel and Hyperion. They take turns fighting with Hyperion until Carol attacks Morph and Morph decides to take her out by slamming with her into a building. As it looks like Calvin is losing to Hyperion, Nocturne while in Sasquatch’s body, gets teleported in above Hyperion and smashes him to the ground. The fight continues as Nocturne steps out of Sasquatch. Everyone takes their shot at Hyperion only to be tossed aside. Hyperion goes in to finish off Blink, she opens a portal in front of her and one behind Hyperion. Hyperion’s blast ends up hitting himself in the back which ends up crippling him. Gambit takes care of the rest and kills Hyperion and sacrifices himself in the process by charging up Illyana’s sword and stabbing Hyperion with it. As the rest of the group regroups and shares information, Morph is approached elsewhere and a family thanks Morph. The Timebroker appears to Morph and tells him that it is time for him to go home and tries to explain how the events of late have caused him to appear a bit insane. The Timebroker also notes the need to have members expunged in order to have a harmonious team. As Morph sees his teammates, he tells Timebroker that he doesn’t want to go home and wants to stay with his new family. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 7: A Blink in Time and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 3 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #61 - Son of the Apocalypse
Importance Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Jim Calafiore Writer(s): Tony Bedard Release Date: May 2005 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: The Exiles are shocked to hear Holocaust’s plan but, after learning that they can use the M’Kraan crystal, the nexus of realities, to teleport to the home base of the Timebroker, they agree to work with him for now. First, they arrive at the Yucatan to secure the notes of the Beast, who studied the crystal and used it a year ago to teleport to a parallel dimension. Namora travels underwater to secure the journal, but is confronted by the Timebroker, who wants her to kill Magneto and the X-Men, who are on their way. Namora returns to the surface, as Magneto, Sunfire, Gambit and Quicksilver arrive. Magneto believes that Sabretooth and Blink are in league with Holocaust and tries to kill them. The Exiles defeat the X-Men with ease and Holocaust is about to kill Magneto, when Namora interferes and reminds him that they cannot do what the Timebroker wants them to do. Holocaust reluctantly agrees and Blink teleports them to the M’Kraan crystal, where a scientist with Beast’s notes calibrates the crystal to send them to the source of the Tallus’ receiving signal, once Blink teleports them into the crystal. Blink does so and the Exiles find themselves in a crystal palace, where Sabretooth picks up the scent of something inhuman. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 10: Age of Apocalypse and Exiles Ultimate Collection Volume 3 - Fun Facts: None.
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Exiles, Volume 1 #83 - It’s Your Funeral
Importance Rating: 2.5 out of 10
Penciler(s): Casey Jones Writer(s): Tony Bedard Release Date: August 2006 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: The Exiles begin to send home the bodies of the deceased Exiles and Weapon X members, as well as the living Angel and Daredevil. After sending the body of Kane home, Heather pulls Power Princess aside and lectures her on constantly referring to Morph in the past tense. They cannot give Proteus any reason to doubt himself. Spider-Man and Morph walk past the Stasis Gallery and Spider-Man takes note of one body skipped – that of Thunderbird. Morph explains that Thunderbird is an original Exile member, and that they will reawaken him and fix him up themselves. They reach the infirmary where a living Iron Man reasons with Sabretooth to let him stay, but Sabretooth refuses to allow him, so a fight breaks out. Blink buries Mimic in the desert chamber and she and Longshot return as the fight occurs. Longshot and Morph quickly defeat Iron Man, leaving him with a stabbed eye. The team sends Tony Stark home, sans armor, and Heather explain that Iron Man caused a world war on his planet and is a wanted man. The Exiles finish sending the rest of the fallen home, but Power Princess urges Blink to reconsider keeping Mimic there, as the girl doesn’t even know what his funeral wishes were. Realizing that she cannot be that selfish, Blink takes Mimic back to his reality herself, and confronts the X-Men, telling them that, if she tells them everything they need to know about Calvin’s disappearance, they will tell her everything Mimic didn’t have the time to tell her about himself. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: Exiles Vol. 13: Wolrd Tour 2 - Fun Facts: This issue features Gambit's send back to his planet for his funeral.
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Exiles: Days of Then and Now #1 - Exiles: Days of Then and Now
Importance Rating: 2.0 out of 10
Penciler(s): Mario Gully, Arnold Pander, Carlos Ferreira, Wayne Nichols Writer(s): Mike Raicht Release Date: March 2008 Marvel Digital: Yes Comic Summary: There exists a reality very similar to 616 where recently the Hulk was sent into outer space. Unfortunately this is where things diverged drastically. Annihilus captured the Hulk whereupon Hulk killed him, took control of the Annihilation Wave and attacked Earth. Almost all of Earth’s heroes were killed. The only ones that remain are a group of youngsters led by Quentin Quire. Following a dream by Sophie, former Cuckoo member, that tells of a group of individuals that help troubled realities Quentin and his friends set about sending him into the dimensional timestream to find them. After repairing Cerebra, and despite the likelihood of a bug attack, the telepaths and Wiccan send Quentin away. He first ends up in the reality once ruled by Hyperion. After Nighthawk helps him battle his other-self and some cronies, Nighty hands over the Tallus he found when he was a boy, which earlier told him to meet Quentin. Quentin teleports away and ends up in the Vi-Lock reality. He meets Mary Watson and Luke Cage after placing flowers on Mariko Yashida’s grave (as per the Tallus). After learning a little bit of their history he teleports away again. He reappears in a world similar to the New Universe. He befriends Jenny Swenson who was attempting to destroy the Spitfire armor her father helped create after learning of the government’s plans to use it to hunt down paranormals. Quentin convinces her to use it to help people and then disappears yet again. This time he finds himself in the Age of Apocalypse timeline. He helps rescue Wild Child from a Friends of Humanity attack. After completing his final mission the Timebroker appears and finally offers Quentin the Exiles he’s been searching for. Quentin steps through the Timebroker generated portal and ends up in the Crystal Palace where he learns that the people he’s been meeting are the Exiles he will lead. Back on Quentin’s world his friends are doing their best to hold back the bugs. Quentin and the Exiles appear in the nick of time and destroy the immediate threat. Back at the Crystal Palace it is revealed that Blink and Sabretooth were behind the whole thing with Quentin. Their intention was to replace the heroes that shouldn’t have been killed if only they hadn’t been so busy chasing around the Mimic-possessed Proteus. (Brief description courtesy of uncannyxmen.net) - Trade Availability: New Exiles #0 - Fun Facts: None.
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