STORY: "Thresholds" (39 pages)  Mad scientist Bradley Beynon, believing that Mr Fantastic has plagiarised his work, attacks the Fantastic Four and the X-Men using a stolen Psycho-Man costume, only to be defeated by the real Psycho-Man.

What you need to know:
Nothing whatsoever.

Comments:
In 1998, all of the Marvel annuals were team-up stories, and this issue covers both Uncanny X-Men and Fantastic Four.  Actually, Fantastic Four also got its own separate annual, a team-up with a parallel universe version of themselves which was solemnly published as Fantastic Four / Fantastic Four '98.  Nonetheless, this is just a throwaway Fantastic Four story with a couple of the X-Men putting in an appearance.

It has minor - very minor - historical interest as the first X-Men story written by Joe Casey, later the regular writer on Uncanny X-Men in 2001 and 2002.  But it's not a real X-Men story, so who cares?

FEATURE CHARACTERS
The X-Men:
Cannonball II, Cecilia Reyes (both last in X-Men vol 2 #78) and the Beast (last in Uncanny X-Men #358; all three appear next in X-Men vol 2 #79, and then leave the X-Men)
Storm (last in X-Men vol 2 #78; next in X-Men vol 2 #79, then in Uncanny X-Men #360)
Wolverine (between Uncanny X-Men #359-360)

The Fantastic Four:
Mr Fantastic, the Invisible Woman (both next in Fantastic Four vol 3 #10), the Thing and the Human Torch II (both next in Thor vol 2 #5; all four last in Fantastic Four vol 3 #9)

SUPPORTING CHARACTER
Franklin Richards (between Fantastic Four vol 3 #9-10)

VILLAINS
Bradley Beynon and Hadley (first and only appearance of both)
The Psycho-Man (between Silver Surfer vol 3 #145 and Warlock vol 3 #5)

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