The Uncanny X-Men #179 [Direct]
(March 1984)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1983-11-15
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Louise Simonson (credited as Louise Jones) (editor); Ann Nocenti (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #36, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-12-06.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita Jr. (signed as J.R. JR.)
Inks
Dan Green (signed as D. Green)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Ariel [Kitty Pryde]; Caliban
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What Happened To Kitty? (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Dan Green (credited) (finished art); John Romita Jr. (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
There is a city beneath the city...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Rogue; Nightcrawler; Ariel [Kitty Pryde]] (feature); Amanda Sefton (guest); Illyana Rasputin [Magik] (guest); Morlocks [Callisto; Caliban; Sunder; Masque; Leech (first appearance); Healer (first appearance)] (villains); Jo (villain); other unnamed Morlocks (villains)
Synopsis
Callisto and the Morlocks try to hold Kitty to an old promise to stay with Caliban forever by marrying the two.
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Indexer Notes

Art credit details confirmed 2006 by Dan Green.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
? (as Rogue)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
X-Mail
Characters
Rogue
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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Thom Long, Roxanne D. Caldwell, Chuck Sottosanti, D.J. Autenrieth, and Delroy Llewellyn. Includes a small illustration (headshot) of Rogue as the replies are written as if by her.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. What Happened To Kitty?
    X-Men
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
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