Uncanny X-Men 97

"You turned on us, brother -- you tried to kill us -- why!?"

- Cyclops

"My Brother, My Enemy" is the title to the ninety-seventh issue of the first X-Men ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The story was written by Chris Claremont with artwork by Dave Cockrum and inks by Sam Grainger. It was colored by Don Warfield and lettered by Annette Kaye. The story was edited by Marv Wolfman. This issue shipped with a February, 1978 cover date and carries a cover price of .25 cents per copy.

Appearances

 * X-Men
 * Colossus, Peter Rasputin
 * Cyclops, Scott Summers
 * Marvel Girl, Jean Grey
 * Nightcrawler, Kurt Wagner
 * Professor X, Charles Xavier
 * Storm, Ororo Munroe


 * Banshee, Sean Cassidy
 * Moira MacTaggert
 * Wolverine, Logan


 * D'Ken
 * Eric the Red, Davan Shakari
 * Havok, Alex Summers
 * Polaris, Lorna Dane
 * Steven Lang


 * Clancy
 * Lilandra Neramani undefined
 * Reese
 * Tony Stark


 * X-Men


 * Humans
 * Mutants
 * Shi'ar
 * Sharks


 * New York
 * Westchester County
 * Salem Center
 * 1407 Graymalkin Lane
 * Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
 * New York City
 * Kennedy International Airport


 * New Mexico
 * Rio Diablo


 * Outer space


 * Adamantium claws
 * Cyclops' visor
 * Image inducer
 * Rifle
 * Wheelchair


 * Starcore aircraft
 * Shi'ar space ships


 * Electrokinesis
 * Electromagnetism
 * Energy projection
 * Flight
 * Mind control
 * Optic blast
 * Psychokinesis
 * Superhuman strength
 * Teleportation
 * Transformation
 * Weather control


 * Exploding vehicle
 * Illusion generation
 * Laser weapons
 * Nightmares
 * Space vessels

Notes & Trivia

 * The tagline for this issue is "Cyclops vs. Havok -- in a duel to the death! My brother -- my enemy!"


 * X-Men 97 and UXM 97 both redirect to this page.


 * Letterer Annette Kawecki is credited as Annette Kaye in this issue.


 * Lorna Dane becomes Polaris for the first time in this issue.


 * This is the first appearance of Davan Shakari, aka Eric the Red.


 * This is the first appearance of the image inducer used by Nightcrawler. It was developed by Tony Stark.


 * This is the first appearance of the Shi'ar.


 * Reference is made to Krakoa in this issue. The X-Men had to deal with Krakoa in Giant-Size X-Men #1.