The Uncanny X-Men #229 [Direct]
(May 1988)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-01-21
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

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #135.
This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

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

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Skullbuster; The Reavers
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Down Under (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Singapore A country that's an island --
Genre
superhero
Characters
Reavers: Bonebreaker (villain, first appearance); Pretty Boy (villain, first appearance); Skullbuster (villain, first appearance)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Gateway (first appearance); Jessán Hoan (first appearance, become Tyger Tiger later); Madelyne Pryor-Summers; Roma (Otherworld); Mrs. Pei; Mei Ling
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The Reavers bust up a bank in Singapore and try to make one of its officers one of their own. The X-Men come to the rescue in the Australian outback and take over the Reaver's base as their new home. Roma shows up and makes the Reavers pass through the Siege Perilous.
Reprints

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

X-Mail / letters page / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Mark Cagle, Russell Bennett, Terry Dickerson, Keith Barrick, and Jerry Grant.

U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation (Table of Contents: 3)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Statement of October 1, 1987
Average number of copies sold during the preceding 12 months (total paid circulation): 430,158
Actual number sold for issue nearest to filing date (total paid circulation): 461,011
Owner: New World Entertainment, Ltd., 1440 South Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 9002

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Down Under
    X-Men
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
  4. 3. U.S. Postal Service Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation
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  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
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  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jonathan Sari
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