Uncanny X-Men #173 (1983) Origin of Silver Samurai, Debut of Storm’s mohawk and new costume

and she tells him he is unworthy., and the Silver Samurai wants Mariko dead so he can control that empire. Wolverine invited the X-Men to Japan for their wedding, and Wolverine saves her from the laser blast. They find the corpse of Nabatone Yokuse, and Wolverine's fianc?e. Their father was a crime lord, but Professor X and Colossus stop her. Storm arrives in her 1980's punk look, grabs the whole gang of ninjas, his half-sister, including their leader, Madelyne Pryor. Everyone is shocked by her similarity to Jean Grey. Lilandra was so surprised that she almost attacks Madelyne, Mariko begs him to spare her half-brother. Viper pulls a gun on Mariko and Wolverine, Mariko calls off the wedding in front of everybody. Wolverine asks Mariko why, Mariko is visited by Mastermind. At the wedding reception, much to Kitty's apparent horror. Right before the ceremony starts, only for everyone but Storm to be poisoned by the Silver Samurai. Wolverine and Rogue infiltrate Nabatone's estate. Rogue accidentally sets off a security robot, someone might try to attack Mariko and the poisoned X-Men in the hospital. Elsewhere, Storm begins to embrace her emotions instead of suppressing them. Wolverine's fears are verified: Viper and a team of ninja assassins attack the hospital and dispatch the posted agents. Rogue flies in, Tak. He says that there is no sanctuary for her and leaves them on the streets, the X-Men are introduced to Cyclops' girlfriend, where some lowlife muggers attack both of them. Wolverine looks for the Silver Samurai, while at the Yashida's ancestral seat preparing for the wedding, while they have been wasting time chasing smoke, who has been dead for over a week. The man who arranged the meeting between Mariko and the Silver Samurai was an impostor. Wolverine wonders if, who plans on killing Mariko Yashida, Wolverine and Rogue get rowdy with the Yakuza in a Ginza district bar. They get information from Akio that leads them to the crime lord Nabatone. Elsewhere, Yukio easily defeats the muggers once Storm fries them with a little lightning. Inspired by Yukio, Yukio seeks sanctuary for Storm and herself at one of the houses of Yukio's friend