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Uncanny X-Men #194 pg.22 by John Romita Jr. and Steve Leialoha!

Artists: John Romita Jr (Penciller) , Steve Leialoha (Inker) , Chris Claremont (Writer)

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Title:	Uncanny X-Men #194 pg.22 by John Romita Jr. and Steve Leialoha!
Artist:	John Romita Jr (Penciller)
Artist:	Steve Leialoha (Inker)
Artist:	Chris Claremont (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	264
Likes on CAF:	9 10
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	3/8/2025
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I LOVE John Romita Jr art! John's run of X-Men #176 to #200 is some of my favorite art of his, and this page is a stunning example as to why. No battle, no X-Men, but two people talking, and it's just awesome!

"You know, my mother told me there'd be days like this." �Nightcrawler

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Synopsis for "Juggernaut's Back in Town"
New York City is in a state of panic with news that the Juggernaut is back in town. When the news reaches Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters early in the morning, the X-Men are less than receptive of the news. Nightcrawler cowers, while Kitty fries her clock radio to sleep in. Colossus, awake and aching from the X-Men's previous battle at Cheyenne Mountain, hears the news and is ready for action as he wants to prove that he is better than the Juggernaut in battle since their last clash [1]. Rachel is awake in her room mourning the loss of everyone special in the future she comes from and feels even more alone in this reality because her mother Jean Grey is dead and her father is married to another woman. When Wolverine enters the mansion from his morning jog, he rouses Nightcrawler and suggests that they deal with the Juggernaut before he causes any serious damage. Nightcrawler reluctantly and begrudgingly agrees.

Meanwhile, Storm has arrived in her native Kenya after a long journey. She stops at a local diner and comes across Andreas von Strucker trying to force the woman working the bar to have sex with him. When Storm attempts to intervene, a fight breaks out, and Storm easily defeats Andreas, his twin sister Andrea and their hired men and orders them to go at gunpoint. After they leave, the woman working the bar realizes that it is Ororo, and begins to bow at her feet thanking her "weather goddess" for her return. Storm accepts this wearily, knowing that she was never a goddess but a mutant, but is now stripped of her powers.

Back in New York, the X-Men are staking out the First United National Bank where the Juggernaut has been spotted. Kitty and Rachel scope things out inside and find that the Juggernaut is actually conducting a legitimate business transaction. They report back to Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Rogue who are standing watch outside. The X-Men are not the only ones seeking out the Juggernaut. Nimrod has arrived to eliminate the villain as per its programming. It smashes into the bank and its scanners immediately pick up Juggernaut, Rachel, and Kitty and attacks. Its initial blast strips away the Juggernaut's street clothes, while Rachel shields herself and Kitty with a telekinetic shield. As the Juggernaut and Nimrod duke it out in the bank, Rachel and Kitty help the people in the bank escape and try to keep their panic down.

When conventional weapons fail against the Juggernaut, Nimrod blasts him out of the bank and sends him smashing through a construction site nearby. As the two continue to fight there, the X-Men join the battle, and Wolverine orders the X-Men to take down Nimrod as he attacked their own. Wolverine does a fastball special and is easily repulsed by Nimrod. As the battle rages, Nimrod knocks off the Juggernaut's initial helmet and bombards him with an ultra-high frequency sonic blast. When Kitty tries to phase through Nimrod, she too is repulsed. With most of the X-Men down but Rogue, she purportedly touches Kitty to absorb some of her powers. Realizing that Nimrod might not be able to handle someone who has all the X-Men's powers, she also absorbs Wolverine, Colossus, and Nightcrawler�s powers and tries to attack Nimrod head-on. Sure enough, she is able to keep the robot off guard and attacks it with enough power and ferocity that she smashes the robot to bits. However, much to her surprise, Nimrod rebuilds itself and teleports away as it expended too much energy. With the battle over, Rogue allows the Juggernaut to leave peacefully. The X-Men realize too late that a news crew filmed the whole battle and the public will only see that the wanted X-Men helped a criminal like the Juggernaut and allowed him to escape.

While at Dzerzhinsky Plaza in Moscow, news of the X-Men's clash with Nimrod reaches Russian agent Alexi Vazhin. Vazhin realizes that the arrival of yet another super-human in America would tip the power scale between the two countries and that balance must be maintained between the two super-powers or these two nations could end up in a war that will bring about Armageddon.

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Steven Dilworth
Member Since 2012

Posted on 3/8/2025

I love the creative way he handled the panel borders on the left-hand side.

Lloyd White
Member Since 2007

Posted on 3/8/2025

Great page from a great story!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/9/2025

This page calls for a dramatic reading with a fully committed Nick Boris-Rucci Russian accent!

Miki Annamanthadoo
Member Since 2003

Posted on 3/9/2025

Nice dramatic end page!

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

Posted on 3/9/2025

nice page!

Alberto Gonzalez
Member Since 2005

Posted on 3/9/2025

Awesome page!!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 3/10/2025

Nice art, man. I also love John's run on X-Men #176 to #200!

Chris K.
Member Since 2008

Posted on 3/10/2025

I remember this run so well! Great addition!

Jordan Joanou
Member Since 2008

Posted on 3/15/2025

Any Xmen page by JRjr is a great page. Congrats Nick.

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