The Uncanny X-Men #227 [Direct]
(March 1988)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD; 0.95 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

The Fall of the Mutants (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (signed as Silvestri)
Inks
Dan Green (signed as G)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

The Belly of the Beast! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Bill Wray (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Dallas, Texas: Eagle Plaza. The night of the end of the world.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Freedom Force: Blob [Fred Dukes] (villain); Crimson Commando [Frank Bohannan] (villain); Mystique [Raven Darkhölme] (villain); Pyro [St. John Allerdyce] (villain); Stonewall [Louis Hamilton] (villain); Super Sabre [Martin Fletcher] (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (death, resurrection); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (death, resurrection); Havok [Alex Summers] (death, resurrection); Longshot (Mojoverse) (death, resurrection); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (death, resurrection); Rogue [Anna Marie] (death, resurrection); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (death, resurrection); Wolverine [Logan] (death, resurrection)
The Adversary (villain); Neal Conan (guest); Forge (guest); Lockheed; Moira MacTaggert (guest); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (guest); Madelyne Pryor-Summers (guest) (death, resurrection); Roma (Otherworld) (guest); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (guest); Manoli Wetherell (guest)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Forge must use the life force of the X-Men to banish the Adversary from Earth. Thus the X-Men die, but Roma brings them back.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Fall of the Mutants, Part 3; Story is published after Excalibur Special Edition, but the events precede it.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Fall of the Mutants
    X-Men
  2. 1. The Belly of the Beast!
    X-Men
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  • Hunter Johnson
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
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