The Uncanny X-Men #188 [Direct]
(December 1984)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.60 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1984-08-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Peter Sanderson (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #54, with newsstand on-sale date of 1984-09-11.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita Jr.
Inks
Dan Green
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
Rachel Summers (Days of Future Past - Earth-811)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Legacy of the Lost (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Dan Green (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
How quickly sometimes the tables can be turned.
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants: Magik [Illyana Rasputina] (guest); Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa] (guest)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
The Adversary (villain, first appearance, impersonates Naze); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (cameo flashback); Forge (guest); Lee Forrester (guest); Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (guest); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (cameo flashback, death); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (flashback) (death); Kate Pryde-Rasputin (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (cameo flashback, death); Jaime Rodriguez (guest, first appearance); Amanda Sefton (guest); Amanda Sefton-Wagner (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (cameo flashback, death); Rachel Summers (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (guest, also in flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (cameo flashback, death); Paolo (guest); Duke (guest); Dire Wraiths (villains); Illyana Rasputin of 2013 (cameo flashback, death)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The X-Men beat back the Dire Wraiths with magical help. The Adversary totally takes over Naze. Lee pulls Magneto out of the ocean. Rachel joins the team and recaps her history (from Uncanny #141 and 142).
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credit details confirmed 2006 by Dan Green.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; 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 Kurt Wagner)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
X-Mail
Characters
Nightcrawler
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: David M. Peabody, Conrad P. Felber, Jeff Till, and Alison Weisner. Includes a small illustration of Nightcrawler as the replies are written as if by him.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Legacy of the Lost
    X-Men
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
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