Gli Incredibili X-Men #99

In "La lunga notte," the X-Men wake to find themselves trapped in a vast underground cave, far from the stargate they just crossed. With Gambit taken by mysterious bounty hunters who seem to know his secrets, and missing teammates Deathbird and Bishop unaccounted for, tensions rise among the group. As they regroup, the arrival of Magneto’s Nanny robot—overjoyed to see Joseph—only deepens the mystery of where they truly are and what fate has in store.

In the frozen depths of Magneto’s abandoned Antarctic base, the X-Men are imprisoned and stripped of their powers—except for Beast and Trish Tilby, who must navigate a web of deception as Nanny fixates on Joseph, believing him to be the mastermind. With Rogue finally free to touch Gambit without fear, their fragile intimacy becomes a quiet rebellion, while Joseph watches the world burn on Nanny’s monitors, torn between his identity and the weight of her delusion.

In a storm-lashed New York, Psylocke clashes with Archangel in a fight that spills into the city’s underbelly, while deep beneath the Arctic ice, Joseph breaks free from Nanny’s clutches, his resolve hardening into something colder and more dangerous. As the X-Men—Rogue, Gambit, Bestia, and others—struggle against her control, it’s the unassuming Trish Tilby who finds her moment, stepping into the fray with quiet courage to turn the tide. Meanwhile, Gambit makes a choice that echoes his past, surrendering to bounty hunters Spat and Grovel in a moment of hard-won reckoning.