Why it's Hot:
- Cover Art by Terry Austin and Dave Cockrum
- Writer: Chris Claremont
- White Pages
Synopsis:
With Havok in danger, the Beast seeks out his old allies, the X-Men, to rescue him. Polaris had called Beast at the Avengers Mansion to inform that Havok has been missing and she couldn't call the X-Men. When Beast arrives at the X-Mansion, nobody is at home. Following a lead by Cerebro, Beast is led to a carnival sideshow where he is horrified to discover the acts are none other than the X-Men! He goes backstage and tries to talk to Jean, but she doesn't remember him, neither Cyclops. Cyclops calls the carnival workers to find Beast and Colossus finally finds him and knocks him out with a punch. Wolverine watches the fight and that starts a reaction in his mind. Beast is taken to the master behind these plans — Mesmero — who had captured all the X-Men and made them slaves. Wolverine escapes from his chains and from the mental control of Mesmero and tries to convince Jean and Cyclops that they are being controlled. After slapping Jean's face several times, she turns into Phoenix and punches Wolverine. With that, she remembers everything and with her powers turns off Mesmero’s control on the others. Released, the X-Men easily defeat the carnival men and confront Mesmero, but he falls in front of them, knocked down by Magneto.
