Shadow and Flame with Magik

by Link Yaco and Karen Haber

Published June 2000

This is a great scientific look at the X-Men.  It is broken into five parts –

Psionics

Jean Grey
Professor X
Mastermind
Storm
Scarlet Witch

Exotic Powers

Magneto
Cyclops
Havok
Unus the Untouchable
Shadowcat
Nightcrawler

Physical Attributes

Wolverine
Quicksilver
Blob
Angel
Beast
Colossus
Iceman
Rogue

Technology

Cerebro
Sentinels
Xavier Mansion
Blackbird

Alien Races

Shi’ar
Brood

Here are the Shadowcat pages –

If you can find a copy, I would highly recommend it.  The science is explain pretty well and it is taken rather seriously.  There is also a Science of Superman book out there which I recall being pretty good too.