X-Men #106
X-Men (Vol. 2) #106 is a transitional chapter in Chris Claremont's highly scrutinized 2000 return to the title he defined, bringing the months-long Neo/Warclan conflict toward a partial resolution while simultaneously planting the next major threat: Mystique's reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants gunning for Senator Kelly. The issue marks the first appearances of two Neo Warclan members — Junction and Jaunt — and introduces new versions of Sabre and Crimson Commando as Brotherhood recruits. Structurally, it illustrates Claremont's method of running parallel plotlines that converge across issues, a storytelling engine that would drive the final chapters of his 'Revolution' run.
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This issue falls in the seventh chapter of Chris Claremont's second tenure on the X-Men titles, which began with X-Men #100 in March 2000 after Marvel announced his return at the end of 1999. Claremont was writing both X-Men and Uncanny X-Men simultaneously, using the former to focus on Domina's Warclan and the latter for a globe-trotting Neo conflict. Interior art duties on #106 were split across three pencilers — Leinil Francis Yu, Tom Derenick, and Anthony Williams — with the cover by Tom Raney, reflecting the production pressure of a double-shipping Claremont run that editorial and scheduling tensions would eventually curtail after roughly eighteen issues.
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- Published November 2000 (Vol. 2, #106); written by Chris Claremont; interior pencils by Leinil Francis Yu, Tom Derenick, and Anthony Williams; cover by Tom Raney.
- First appearances of Neo Warclan members Junction and Jaunt.
- First appearances of a new Sabre and a new Crimson Commando as members of Mystique's reformed Brotherhood of Evil Mutants — both characters make no further appearances after this issue.
- The closing pages depict Mystique assembling the Brotherhood (Avalanche, Blob, Toad, Sabre, Crimson Commando) in Pennsylvania with Senator Robert Kelly as their target, directly setting up the 'Dream's End' crossover arc.
- Resolves the Rufus Delgado/Charlotte Jones body-merge subplot: Wolverine is forced to kill Delgado to free Jones, one of the grimmer character moments of Claremont's 'Revolution' run.
- Features Cecilia Reyes' ongoing Rave drug-dependency arc as a key subplot, with her forcefield powers artificially sustained by the mutant-enhancing drug.
- Part of the 'X-Men: Revolution by Chris Claremont' omnibus (2018, ISBN 978-1302912147), which collects X-Men #100–109 alongside related issues from Uncanny X-Men, X-Men Unlimited, X-Men: Black Sun, Bishop, and Cable.
- Editor-in-Chief was Bob Harras; series editor was Mark Powers.
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The X-Men rescue Cecilia and Charlotte from the Neo.
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