X-Men: The Movie #[nn]
The X-Men: The Movie #1 adapts the 2000 film with a thrilling, action-packed retelling that captures the essence of the mutant saga. Written by John Byrne and Chris Claremont, and illustrated by Byrne with inks by Terry Austin, the issue brings the team’s desperate escape from Magneto’s Antarctic fortress to life, culminating in a fiery showdown that leaves the fate of the X-Men hanging in the molten ruins. Cover by John Byrne.
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The X-Men escape their prison chairs and face down Magneto himself. During the fight, the controls of Magneto's base are destroyed filling the whole place with lava. Phoenix saves Beast, but the rest of the team are apparently trapped in the molten fire deep beneath the snows of Antarctica.
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