Cover: Salvador Larroca
X-Men #173
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writer Peter Milligan · artist Salvador Larroca · inker Danny Miki · inker Allen Martinez · colorist Liquid! · letterer Virtual Calligraphy · letterer Cory Petit · cover Salvador Larroca
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- Published September 2005 (on sale July 27, 2005) as X-Men (vol. 2) #173; part 3 of the four-part 'Bizarre Love Triangle' arc (issues #171–174).
- Written by Peter Milligan with art by Salvador Larroca (pencils), Danny Miki and Allen Martinez (inks), Liquid! (colors), and Cory Petit (letters); edited by Mike Marts under editor-in-chief Joe Quesada.
- Story title: 'Bizarre Love Triangle – Part 3: The Foxx in the Attic.'
- Central plot pivot: Mystique, having posed as student Foxx to infiltrate Gambit's Chevaliers squad and destabilize his relationship with Rogue, explicitly requests membership in the X-Men — a demand the team must now collectively weigh.
- Emma Frost reveals she was unable to fully probe Mystique's mind, underscoring the shapeshifter's threat and raising questions about what Mystique's true agenda actually is.
- A parallel subplot has Havok confessing to Polaris that he still loves her and regrets leaving her for Annie, adding a second destabilizing love triangle to the issue alongside the Gambit–Rogue–Mystique dynamic.
- Rain Boy (Carl Aalston) appears in this issue as a continuing member of Gambit's student squad, the Chevaliers; his first appearance was in X-Men (vol. 2) #171, not this issue.
- The issue was reprinted in the X-Men: Bizarre Love Triangle trade paperback (October 2005) and in the UK's Essential X-Men series.
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writer Peter Milligan
artist Salvador Larroca
inker Danny Miki
inker Allen Martinez
colorist Liquid!
letterer Virtual Calligraphy
letterer Cory Petit
cover pencils, inks Salvador Larroca
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Reprinted in X-Men: Bizarre Love Triangle #[nn] (2005), X-Men by Peter Milligan #1 (2019), De X-Mannen #283
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