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WILDC.A.T.S/X-MEN (1997-1998)

Jim Lee made his name as one of the most popular X-Men artists of all time. In fact, Marvel launched a new series featuring Lee's art that sold over 8 million copies and broke records.

Then he left.

Jim Lee founded Image Comics with six fellow Marvel creators, each launching their own new characters. The shared Image Universe didn't last long, and Jim Lee's WildCATs and other spin-off characters formed their own WildStorm Universe (still under Image Comics).

Not long before DC Comics bought WildStorm and brought that talent pool over to the DC Universe, we got a chance to see Jim Lee back with the X-Men in the inter-company WILDC.A.T.S/X-MEN four-issue crossover. Set on Marvel's alternate universe where their characters share a world with other companies (Earth-7642, aka Earth-Crossover), we learn that these WildCATs sporadically share a history with the Marvel's mutants.

Jim Lee only drew the Silver Age issue, but it was fun to see his take on the original X-Men. Or a version of them, anyway...
  • WildCATs/X-Men: The Golden Age #1
  • WildCATs/X-Men: The Silver Age #1
  • WildCATs/X-Men: The Modern Age #1
  • X-Men/WildCATs: The Dark Age #1
WildCATs/X-Men: The Golden Age #1
It's World War II, and Colonel Eikert Oberst has come to reclaim the Lazarus Scroll stolen from his fellow Nazis by Logan, who puts up a fight but still loses the scroll to Oberst. Aided by a stranger calling herself Lady Zannah who's also after the scroll, Logan gives chase and learns of Oberst's true nature as an alien Daemonite. Oberst is killed, but Kenyan obtains the Lazarus Scroll and uses it to resurrect Queen Ebron. Zannah (dubbed Zealot) kills Ebron and gets away before Logan can learn more about her...

WildCATs/X-Men: The Silver Age #1
Nick Fury brings Cole Cash into SHIELD, giving him the codename Deadeye and a mission to rescue a missing agent from the Daemonites and the Brood. Jean Grey is taking some time away from the X-Men to focus on modelling in Australia and tries to save the missing agent from a Brood/Daemonite attack, only to end up being rescued by Deadeye. Jean turns down Cash Cole's advances, but the two of them continue Agent Tom Maslow's mission and intercept a boat filled with Daemonites hoping to turn the famous passengers into Brood hosts. The two of them discover Mister Sinister acting behind the scenes and free the kidnapped Zealot. Jean (as Marvel Girl) defeats Pike, but Sinister escapes before the other X-Men arrive. 

WildCATs/X-Men: The Modern Age #1
Lord Emp is invited to join the London chapter of the Hellfire Club. He takes fellow WildCATs Spartan and Voodoo with him in case it's a trap. Despite this, they soon find themselves prisoner of Cameron Blair who plans to sacrifice them to the Lord Of All That Is Not. The X-Men - who were investigating the Hellfire Club's activities - arrive with the WildCATs and free Lord Emp and the others while Phoenix destroys the demon.

X-Men/WildCATs: The Dark Age #1
In a dark alternate future (an undesignated divergent Earth from Earth-7642), the remaining X-Men and WildCATs live as prisoners of the Daemonites with inhibitor collar blocking access to their powers. Warblade sacrifices himself to break the inhibitors' control, freeing his friends. Together, they combine their powers to go back in time and prevent the first Daemonite assault on Earth before it happened. 

MCG Note: While there's not real fallout from this mini, I've decided to list all of the other Marvel/WildStorm crossovers so you can see how they all fit together.

Team X/Team 7 (1996)
After meeting Zealot during World War II, Logan joins Team X and joins forces with Team 7 to stop the Numidian army from creating super soldiers; Logan meets Cole Cash for the first time.

Deathblow and Wolverine #1-2 (1996-1997)
Following the Hellfire Club's destruction, Wolverine teams up with Deathblow.

Backlash/Spider-Man #1-2 (1996)
Pike goes on to team up with Taboo and Venom against Backlash and Spider-Man (Ben Reilly).

Spider-Man/Gen¹³ #1 (1996)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) and Gen¹³ battle Glider, Cone and the SDPD.

Gen¹³/Generation X #1 (1997)
Gen¹³ and Generation X team up against Carlos Ramirez, Emplate and the Freaks.

Fantastic Four #13 (1997)
The WildStorm Universe merges with the Avengers and Fantastic Four (of Earth-616) on Counter-Earth; this creates the divergent reality Earth-13031 during WORLD WAR 3.

Generation X/Gen¹³ #1 (1998)
Gen¹³ and Generation X join forces again, this time against Mr Pretorious, Nook and Cranny.

Gen¹³/Fantastic Four #1 (2001)
Gen¹³ get help from the Fantastic Four when Queelocke finds an uncontrollable mate.

WildCATs/X-Men (Image/Marvel)
Collects WildCATs/X-Men: The Golden Age #1, WildCATs/X-Men: The Modern Age #1, WildCATs/X-Men: The Silver Age #1 and X-Men/WildCATs: The Dark Age #1.

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