The sentinels are failing! The most advanced sentinels ever created... and the X-Men are destroying them! 
Appearing in "Payback"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- White Queen (Emma Frost) (Possessed by Jean Grey)
- Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert) (Death)
- X.S.E. (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Upstarts
- Sentinels (Earth-1191)
- Bantam (First appearance)
- Sentinels Mk VI
- Burke (First appearance; dies)
- Kroeger (First appearance; dies)
- Stylles (First appearance)
- Several unnamed mutant criminals from Earth-1191
Other Characters:
- Hellfire Club (Mentioned)
- Gateway (Mentioned)
- Donald Pierce (Corpse, skeleton or other remains)
- Unnamed guards for Trevor Fitzroy
- Unnamed Upstart assassin
- Several unnamed Hellions (Death)
Races and Species:
Locations:
- Earth-616
- Earth
- North America
- Arctic Ocean
- Trevor Fitzroy's iceberg base
- Earth
- Earth-1191 (Behind the scenes)
Items:
- X-Uniforms
- Trevor Fitzroy's Bio-Armor
- Cerebro
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Payback"
The X-Men return to the mansion with the body of Jean Grey, who was killed by the Sentinels while the X-Men attended a party at the Hellfire Club. Xavier scans Jean and discovers that the woman is not dead, but has somehow transferred her psyche into the body of Emma Frost, who supposedly died, though Xavier does not believe so. Jean wakes up inside Emma’s body and witnesses Fitzroy forcibly take control of the Upstarts from Shinobi Shaw. Later on, Fitzroy displays his powers and opens a portal to the future to bring some of his allies. When he tries to absorb Emma, Jean retaliates and surprises everyone with her telekinesis. The X-Men find Jean, thanks to data from a Sentinel, and they bring her back to the Blackbird to return her back to her body. The other X-Men stay behind to battle Fitzroy, who kills all the Hellions in his possession and opens a giant portal, which unleashes an army of denizens from the future. The X-Men defeat the army and turn their attention to Fitzroy, who is attacked by new arrivals from the portal, including a man named Bishop, who wears a uniform similar to those of the X-Men!
Solicit Synopsis
Trivia
- The Hellion, Tarot, is killed in this issue, however she was also killed in the last issue. This discrepancy was never explained.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Uncanny X-Men #281 - Fitzroy attacks the Hellions and X-Men.
Links and References
- The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 11/29/2009
- Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Vol. 2) #5 - See for further referencing