X-Men: Shadows of the Past by Friedman, Michael Jan - 2000

New York, New York, U.S.A.: BP Books Inc / Simon & Schuster, 2000. Book. Illus. by Ladronn, Jose. Near-Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near-fine condition. Remainder mark on bottom. NO price clippings. Price inside dustcover: $24.95. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Dustcover shows slight wear (NO tears). NO writing or marks inside book. 328 pages. Tight spine, clean pages. Synopsis Long ago, the alien Quistillian leadership ordered its agent, Lucifer, to conquer Earth. The X-Men stopped him, but the victory cost Professor X the use of his legs. Now Professor X claims he has evidence of a massive secret Quistillian invasion plan. To stop it he splits the X-Men into three groups and sends them on urgent missions to hidden Quistillian facilities he discovered one in the Andes, one in the central Africa, and one in Antarctica. The purpose is to seize key pieces of alien technology from the scattered sites and assemble that technology into a defense weapon to stop the Quistillian invasion. But is the invasion a lie? Does Professor X have a different, hidden agenda? Normal human Jeffrey Saudners seems to have the answers to the troubling questions of Professor X's bizarre behavior. But his answers don't make things easier if anything, they make things worse for the X-Men. Meanwhile, the countdown for the invasion continues..