Issue(s): Uncanny X-Men #110
Published Date: Apr 78
Title: "The "X"-sanction!"
Credits:
Chris Claremont - Writer
Dave Cockrum & Tony DeZuniga - Penciler
Tony DeZuniga - Inker

Review/plot:
Cockrum gets thanked for a "welcome art assist". This issue was a fill-in that was intended to get the series back on schedule. It was planned before Byrne took over. Because it's a fill-in, it's one of the few early Claremont issues not reprinted in Classic X-Men.

The issue starts with the X-Men tradition of playing baseball during their downtime issues. This one gets a little violent, though.

Then Warhawk attacks, trapping most of the team in the Danger Room. Once they actually make it to Warhawk, they beat him relatively easily (he's described as a second-rate Colossus).

Warhawk was being ordered about by a faceless voice. It will turn out to be Sebastian Shaw.

Quality Rating: C

Historical Significance Rating: 1

Chronological Placement Considerations: N/A

References:

• Xavier comments on Jean's growing power, specifically how she fought Firelord in Uncanny X-Men #105.
  
• Nightcrawler attempts teleporting with another person (Wolverine) like he did with Lilandra in Uncanny X-Men #107.
  
• At one point Storm is captured in an enclosed space. Banshee makes Cyclops aware that she is claustrophobic, which Banshee learned during the fight with Black Tom and the Juggernaut in Uncanny X-Men #102-103.
  
• In the Danger Room, the X-Men have to fight the latest version of Colosso, the robot from Uncanny X-Men #22. Cyclops almost makes a joke about the similarity of the robot's name to Colossus.
  
• Wolverine says that Warhawk's fighting style is a lot like Iron Fist's, who he met in Iron Fist #15.

Cross-over: N/A

Continuity Implant? N

Reprinted In: N/A

In FOOM#18, Claremont stated that he'd do a story with the X-Men vs. Hurricane(from Captain Britain) if the fill-in wasn't used. Future potential stories he mentioned involved Dr. Synne(also from Captain Britain) and a Deathbird origin by Dave Cockrum.