December 1987 • Volume 1 • USA • NEWSSTAND EDITION • 219 Collected UNCANNY X-MEN #224 Basic Information Published December 1987 Comic Age Copper Cover Price .75 UPC 07148602461312 Creators Writer Chris Claremont Interior Artist Marc Silvestri Cover Artist Marc Silvestri , Bob Wiacek Inker Bob Wiacek Letterer Tom Orzechowski Colorist Glynis Oliver Editor Terry Kavanagh , Ann Nocenti Stories Stories may contain spoilers "The Dark Before the Dawn" Synopsis for "The Dark Before the Dawn" Notes This issue leads directly into the Fall of the Mutants event. Continued from last issue... In the unseasonal cold weather near Yellowstone, Wyoming, Storm has been given some traditional Cheyenne clothing to combat the cold. When Storm asks how there could be snow in the middle of the summer, Naze points out that it's the doing of the Adversary. When she asks why the Adversary seeks to cause utter chaos, Naze can only say that the creature thrives on causing the entire universe to fall apart all at once, causing universal entropy so that it can recreate all existence and start his game all over again. When Ororo asks why, Naze cannot answer for the gods, and admits he admires the Adversary's "brass", much like he does that of Storm. When he tries to liken the Adversary to a weaver who pulls apart it's threading, Storm considers this abominable due to the fact that the "strands" that the Adversary is playing with are people's lives. They finally reach the point where they must part as they approach the summit of the mountain that Forge is at the top of. Naze says Storm has to go alone, as Forge has undoubtedly set up traps for him, and she could slip by undetected and take him off guard due to Forge's feelings for her. Storm thanks Naze for his help and hugs him and he gives her a kiss in return, one that Storm warmly accepts. She tells him that she will cherish that kiss until she returns. When Storm is out of earshot, Naze doubts she will and remarks that no matter what Ororo's fate, he will win one way or the other.
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