Technically this comic is started in media res, but I'm going to summarize in chronological order. With Angel hurt, and immediately apologizing to Cyclops saying he was just delirious and that injuring him was clearly an accident (yep, that was really how they resolved it), Xavier decides he needs to bolster the strength of the X-Men in anticipation of some unknown power that he suspects is coming, and of course doesn't bother to communicate with the team, because of course not. He tries a few different people (Wanda/Quicksilver/Human Torch) but none are available. Then when picking up Jean from college, they run into the Mimic, who due to an accident in the college lab, has regained his powers and memory. So he decides he's going to join the X-Men. And because Cyclops wants to step down as team leader after accidentally blasting Angel, Xavier decides, why not just give it to Mimic? Anyway. Puppet Master returns, attempting to take over Xavier, failing, and then taking over Mimic instead. The X-Men pretend to lose to Mimic, they hunt down Puppet Master, fight a robot, beat it, Puppet Master is about to use Mimic to beat the X-Men, but an injured Angel jumps in takes the puppet, and breaks Mimic free.
X-tra Notes: This one is better than the last few Uncanny X-Men comics. Probably cause I'm a sucker for continuity, and this one draws on multiple things, from the FF comic I recently read (which as stated should have been back about a year or two in reading order), to Cal Rankin returning as the Mimic. That said, Mimic joining the team after just being a giant asshat is weird. Also Mimic being the new field leader makes zero sense.
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