A great Christmas issue, and one where creators Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum have a blast with buried treasure–starting on the splash page. Dr. Doom is iceskating! And Kurt goes “undercover” where he hits on Amanda Sefton, in her first appearance.
Then there’s an appearance by D.C.’s Lois and Clark, and D.C.’s editor Julie Schwartz!
Then, they kinda rub it in that Stan and Jack couldn’t make the mutant thing work
And not only that…
The Sentinels return! And artist Dave Cockrum pays tribute to Neal Adams (from X-Men #57)…
And they deliver the first-ever X-Men boat crash.
And the fight moves to space, where it will pick up next issue. The mutants can’t ride in anything without it getting destroyed.
Great stuff.