Black Sun: X-Men #1
In "First Spell: Skin the Cat!", Chris Claremont and Thomas Derenick launch a high-stakes battle in the twisted realm of Limbo, where Belasco kidnaps Shadowcat and seizes her soul to forge N’garai duplicates of the X-Men. With Magik racing to stop him and N’garai forces spreading through the dimension, the fate of Earth hangs in the balance. The cover by Vince Evans captures the eerie tension of this dark, pivotal moment.
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Belasco brings Shadowcat to Limbo; he steals her soul, using it to create N'garai versions of the "new" X-Men, who will take bloodstones from five "original" X-Men, thus destroying earth. Magik arrives and challenges him. N'garai start appearing in Limbo.
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