FIRST STORY: "Shattershot, part 2: The Masters of Inevitability" (35 pages)
The rebel leader on Mojoworld sends the Death Sponsors to Earth to capture Arize, who has taken refuge with the X-Men.  Not surprisingly, they don't succeed.

What you need to know:
Absolutely nothing, really.  It's the first and only appearance of the Death Sponsors, if obscure TV-themed novelty villains are your thing.

Comments:
The ever-reliable Fabian Nicieza and Jae Lee do their best to jazz it up, but the crossover storyline gives them nothing to work with.  Since absolutely nothing of significance happens in this issue (Arize leaves the X-Men's mansion at the end of the story, and that's about all that needs to be achieved), the story is filled out with a thoroughly pointless fight between the X-Men and some awful novelty villains.  When the Mojoverse was first introduced by Ann Nocenti, the media theme was only a part of it; the point was that it was a universe run by a madman.  Over time, and mainly through the stories of Chris Claremont, the place got turned into a warped media parody.  The effect was to reduce the Mojoworld and its characters so that they just didn't work any more except in slapstick comedy stories, and this is what you get as a result.  There's a flash of interest with Nicieza giving a Bishop a chance to be worryingly extreme, but other than that, forget it.

Incidentally, the Shattershot crossover as a whole is dreadful.  It goes badly wrong in the last part, when all the narrative tension built up is completely junked in favour of a story set in an alternate future.  But that's another story.

FEATURE CHARACTERS
Professor X (last in Uncanny X-Men #287; next in X-Factor vol 1 #78, then in X-Men vol 2 #8, then in Excalibur vol 1 #52, then in Uncanny X-Men #288), Bishop, Storm (both between the third story in this issue and Uncanny X-Men #288), Archangel, Colossus, Jean Grey and Iceman (the latter four all between Uncanny X-Men #287-288)

GUEST STAR
Arize (between X-Men Annual vol 2 #1 and X-Factor Annual #7)

VILLAINS
Mojo and Major Domo (both behind the scenes between X-Men Annual vol 2 #1 and X-Factor Annual #7)
Mojo II - The Sequel (between X-Men Annual vol 2 #1 and X-Men vol 2 #10)
The Death Sponsors: Sweepzweak, Deadair, Lead-In, Airtime and Cancellator (real names unrevealed; henchmen of Mojo II; first and only appearance for all)

OTHER CHARACTERS
Jean Grey of Bishop's timeline (on video; first and only appearance)
Shackle (real name unrevealed; first appearance; in flashback only; last in flashback in XSE #4; no further appearances)

SECOND STORY: "Angel of Death" (8 pages)
Archangel remembers how, when he was pinned to the wall during the Morlock Massacre, he met a strange woman called Amalgam.

What you need to know:
Again, not much - other than that there's this really weird character who's supposedly an amalgam of the ghosts of various people, some of whom haven't even died yet, and who's never been mentioned anywhere else anyway.

Comments:
A very odd one, this.  Amalgam is a truly bizarre concept for a character, and there's got to be at least one decent sequel to be done here.  Nobody's done it, though, and this story really just shoves her out as an idea and leaves you to wonder.  Best thing in the issue, though.

FEATURE CHARACTERS
Archangel (between Uncanny X-Men #288-289; also in flashback between pages of X-Factor #10)
Jean Grey (between Uncanny X-Men #288-289)
Cyclops (last in Ghost Rider vol 3 #27; next in flashback in X-Men vol 2 #10, then in X-Men vol 2 #10-11, then in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #367 and Infinity War #2, then again in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Infinity War #2, then again concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again concurrently in Fantastic Four #367 and Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368 and Infinity War #3, then in Quasar #38, then again in Infinity War #3, then in New Warriors vol 1 #27, then again in Infinity War #3, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #110, then concurrently in Quasar #38 and Infinity War #3, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Infinity War #3, then concurrently in Infinity War #3, Quasar #38 and Warlock & The Infinity Watch #8, then again in Quasar #38, then in Fantastic Four #369, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #111, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Wonder Man #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then in Infinity War #5, then in Quasar #39, then again in Infinity War #5, then in Quasar #40, then again in Infinity War #5, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #5, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #15, then concurrently in Infinity War #5 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Fantastic Four #370, then concurrently in Infinity War #6 and Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6, then in Avengers vol 1 #350-351, then in X-Men vol 2 #12-13, then in Excalibur vol 1 #57-58, then in Uncanny X-Men #294)
The Beast (last in Wonder Man vol 2 #6; next in flashback in X-Men vol 2 #10, then in X-Men vol 2 #10-11, then in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Infinity War #2, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368, Infinity War #3 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368, Infinity War #3, Moon Knight vol 3 #41 and behind the scenes in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Fantastic Four #368, then in Infinity War #3, then in New Warriors vol 1 #27, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Infinity War #3, then in Infinity War #4, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #111, then again in Infinity War #4, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #43, then again in Infinity War #4, then in Moon Knight vol 3 #44, then in Infinity War #6, then in X-Men vol 2 #12-13, then in Excalibur vol 1 #57-58, then in X-Factor #84, then in X-Men vol 2 #14, then in X-Force vol 1 #16, then in Uncanny X-Men #295)
Wolverine (last in Dr Strange vol 3 #41; next in flashback in X-Men vol 2 #10, then in X-Men vol 2 #10-11, then in Infinity War #1, then in Fantastic Four #367, then in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Infinity War #2, Fantastic Four #367 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Infinity War #2, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Fantastic Four #367, then again in Infinity War #2, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Infinity War #2, then again in Fantastic Four #367, then again in Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then concurrently in Infinity War #2 and Fantastic Four #367, then concurrently in Fantastic Four #368 and Infinity War #3, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then again in Infinity War #3, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in New Warriors vol 1 #27, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #110, then concurrently in Quasar #38 and Infinity War #3, then again in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #13, then in Fantastic Four #368, then again in Quasar #38, then again in Infinity War #3, then concurrently in Infinity War #3 and Moon Knight vol 3 #41, then concurrently in Infinity War #3, Quasar #38 and Warlock & The Infinity Watch #8, then again in Quasar #38, then in Infinity War #4, then in Fantastic Four #369, then in Alpha Flight vol 1 #111, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then concurrently in Infinity War #4 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #4, then again in Wonder Man vol 2 #14, then again in Infinity War #4, then concurrently in Quasar #39 and Infinity War #4, then in Infinity War #5, then again in Quasar #39, then again in Infinity War #5, then again in Fantastic Four #369, then again in Infinity War #5, then concurrently in Infinity War #5 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Wonder Man vol 2 #15, then again concurrently in Infinity War #5 and Fantastic Four #369, then in Infinity War #6, then in Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6, then again in Fantastic Four #370, then concurrently in Infinity War #6 and Fantastic Four #370, then again in Fantastic Four #370, then again in Infinity War #6, then in Avengers West Coast #87-88, then in Marvel Comics Presents #117-118, then in X-Men vol 2 #12-13, then in Excalibur vol 1 #57-58, then in X-Factor #84, then in X-Men vol 2 #14, then in X-Force vol 1 #16, then in Uncanny X-Men #295)

VILLAINS
A group of terrorists

OTHER CHARACTER
Amalgam (real name unrevealed; first and only appearance; in flashback only)

THIRD STORY: "Roots of the Past" (6 pages)
After Bishop and Storm have a heart to heart, she plants a tree which he remembers from his time.

What you need to know:
Zilch.

Comments:
Aw.  Isn't it sweet?  Obvious filler, and nothing very special.

FEATURE CHARACTERS
Bishop and Storm (both last in X-Men vol 2 #8; both next in the first story in this issue)

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