S1E14 - Inferno Part 1 - Splash Pages Comic Book Club

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This episode of Splash Pages we kick off our discussion of the massive storyline Inferno.

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We kick off Inferno with Uncanny X-Men 239,240 & 241 Along with X-Factor #36. You can also catch up with Web of Spider-Man 47 and Spectacular Spiderman 146 on the Spectacular Spider Man Sal Bucema Era Podcast.

The demon-sorcerer N'astirh not only wished to rule Limbo, but Earth as well. He conceived of a plot to kidnap 13 human babies in order to sacrifice them in a ritual known as Inferno. Using the babies' energy, he opened a portal between Limbo and Earth, which grew unnaturally hot and people began to succumb to their evil desires. Inferno had begun.

Sinister and N'astirh independently manipulate Madelyne Pryor, both for their own ends. Madelyne makes a deal with N'astirh to get her son back from Sinister, and becomes the Goblin Queen. The transformation, combined with Sinister's revelations about her origins, and the events in her life (notably her abandonment by Scott Summers) all contrive to force her further into N'astirh's arms as she vows to sacrifice her son for the demon's plan. The X-Men and X-Factor clash over Madelyne - X-Factor mostly concerned for the child and the X-Men mostly concerned for Madelyne, whom they see as wronged by Scott. Into the confusion Sinister throws the Marauders. Everything comes to a head when Jean Grey fights and defeats Madelyne Pryor, rescuing Nathan. At the end, the combined teams fight Sinister and the mansion is destroyed.

Inferno is an X-teams' event that impacted every other comic whose hero was in or around New York City. There are two separate primary storylines: The New Mutants struggle against S'ym for the soul of Illyana Rasputin, now the Darkchilde, and the X-Men and X-Factor struggle against N'astirh and Madelyne Pryor to regain Nathan Christopher Summers. Inferno is the first X-book storyline to truly be a crossover, in that the story actually continued from one title to another from month to month (X-Men and X-Factor).

The Inferno Event lasted from October 1988 thru August 1989. Channelling my inner Sofia... Picture it Sicily 1988/89

George Bush was president, the Niners won the Superbowl, and we said goodbye to Lucille Ball.

At the box office, Batman and Good Morning Vietnam along with a slew Sequels ruled the box office, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Ghost Busters 2 and Back to the Future 2 were top movies.

The boob tube saw The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Cheers, Alf, Murder She Wrote, Empty Nest and Growing Pains at the top of the charts.

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