Uncanny X-Men #30: Warlock. No Not That Warlock. Or That One.

Ok, this has got to be the dumbest comic storyline they've pulled. And that says something because we aren't that far from the El Tigre incident. Our villain today is Warlock (not the later, cool, enjoyable Warlock of the New Mutants, this one is an ancient dude who thinks he was a mutant and has lived since ancient times and calls himself Merlin as well). His powers are pretty much just "whatever I want to do". He kidnaps Jean and Xavier. Jean cause he wants her to be his "Queen", so he takes control of her mind (ew), and Xavier because he wants to gloat in front of him. Angel manages to make it as well because he was close by when Jean was taken. Xavier is without his powers as Warlock is blocking them. We learn Warlock's plan is to use some device to turn the world back technology wise to the middle ages, then use the modern weapons he has equipped his gang with to rule the world. Also his gang are all dressed like knights. Because. Anyway, Xavier manages to wrestle enough of his powers free to pull the rest of the X-Men from the weird void Warlock had put them in. A bunch of different fighting happens, Jean breaks free of the control to save everyone, and then they win, putting him back to sleep like he was before.

X-tra Notes: Everything about this one was just bad. There is nothing good to say. It is the worst kind of monster of the week storytelling. No good character moments. Nothing witty. Just a throwaway story.