Uncanny X-Men #174-175: Madelyne Pryor With The Right Hook

The Dark Phoenix is back... no really... ok, not really. Technically 174 is a bunch of vignettes that lead up to the story in 175, so let's work through all of those:

Scott & Madelyne are hanging out on the Starjammer before it leaves to head back to space to do their normal getting up to shenanigans. Corsair asks if Scott wants to join, but he isn't sure. Carol Danvers has decided to join the Starjammers though cause she doesn't really have anything left on Earth.

Uncanny X-Men #172-173: Engaged Couple Should Just Communicate

The X-Men have all travelled to Japan to attend Logan's wedding (minus Scott, who is still in Anchorage). Unfortunately, things don't go swimmingly. Unfortunately Silver Samurai is apparently Mariko's half-brother, and claims he should become family head and not her. He and Viper poison the X-Men (except for Storm, as Wolverine stops her before drinking it and before he himself is knocked out).

New Mutants #5-6: And Now For Our Corporate Mandated Toy Based Crossover

We open with Xavier dealing with his psychosomatic pain and getting all flustered because his attempt to work out his legs disrupted his psychic connection with the New Mutants, who are attending a local fair. Lilandra tells him to chill.

Anyway, Roberto is excited because "Team America" a motorcycle stunt group is going to be performing. During the show, a group of armed people attack, trying to draw out a mysterious Dark Rider, who appears whenever they are in trouble. Anyway, the New Mutants and the attackers tussle, then Silver Samurai shows up, beats the shit out of them, then the Dark Rider appears and SS beats them too, and unmasked the Dark Rider is... Dani? He escapes with the captured New Mutant.

Marvel Team-Up Annual #6, Marvel Team-Up #135, Vision & Scarlet Witch #4: Kitty is a Terrible Babysitter

Marvel Team-Up Annual #6: Cloak and Dagger, the New Mutants, and Spider-Man all team up when Sunspot and Wolfsbane are kidnapped by people who want to use them to go after Cloak and Dagger. They get shot up with a variation of the same experimental drug that created the vigilante duo. They lose control, and in the end Cloak is able to absorb them into his cloak and "pull the darkness" out of them to cure them. I'm sure this will never come up again...

Wolverine #1-4: 1980s American Interpretations of Japan

Wolverine is taking a vacation in the Canadian Rockies when Mariko starts dodging his calls. So he heads to Japan to find out that Mariko is now married to an abusive asshole because her father (Shingen) showed back up and is now in charge of the family because "tradition and honor". Cause you know. Japan. Wolverine then gets into it with her dad in a duel, but her dad is a cheating asshole and beats him. Then Wolvy gets attacked some more, cause her dad is in league with the Hand. He is saved by Yukio, who is secretly an assassin working for Shingen, it is unnecessarily complicated.

Uncanny X-Men #171: X-Mansion Roof Destroyed By Rogue Projectile

The X-Men head back to the mansion after dealing with the Morlocks, and have a new surprise to deal with.

Rogue has arrive cause she is having problems dealing with her powers, and the memories of Carol Danvers. And she wants to get help from Xavier. Which makes sense if you don't know how questionable Xavier is I suppose.

New Mutants #4: Rahne Shows Up To School Dance Inappropriately Dressed

And now time for a very special episode. Stevie Hunter is getting creepy phone calls, and the New Mutants are determined they are going to figure out who it is. Xavier makes them submit a report a plan of action to him to approve.