X-Men #94 (August) The Doomsmith Scenario.
Len Wein, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Bob McLeod.
What the hell am I going to do with all these fuckin' X-Men, Professor X asks himself now that there are thirteen of them hanging around the school, knocking things over and failing to flush the bog after they've been for a shit; and I'd put money on Wolverine being the worst offender on the last score. Anyway, Sunfire announces that he has no interest in sticking around - even though the X-Men are at last back in their own regular book - which is fine because it turns out that he's a massive dick. Marvel Girl, the Angel, Iceman, Havok, and Polaris also declare that they all liked it better in the old days when everything was better than it is now, and duly have their bags already packed so they too hit the road leaving just Cyclops to lead the new bunch, which is tidy. Cyclops puts them through their paces in the danger room, and just in time because Count Nefaria is up to his old tricks. This time the Count has captured a mountain full of missiles with the help of his Ani-men. The Ani-men are people with animal characteristics, but are probably marginally more convincing than the Porcupine and the gang Nefaria had helping him last time. Last time, according to Count Nefaria, was those many months ago even though it was actually 1966, not because time works differently in the Marvel universe or because Count Nefaria is a bad guy and therefore dishonest, but because X-Men is a comic book and the issues to which the Count refers were published in 1966.
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