The Uncanny X-Men #239 [Direct]
(December 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 except fortnightly June, July, and August
On-sale Date
1988-08-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #147.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Sinister Schemes--Ignite Inferno (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marc Silvestri (signed as Silvestri)
Inks
Dan Green (signed as Green)
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Genre
superhero
Characters
Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Mister Sinister [Nathaniel Essex]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Vanities (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
"Hot time... ....summer inna city...
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers] (also in flashback); Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie] (also controlled by Carol Danvers); Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Cyclops [Scott Summers] (on monitor); Carol Danvers (controls Rogue); Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor] (villain); Malice [Alice MacAllister] (villain, possesses Polaris); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (on monitor); Mister Sinister [Nathaniel Essex] (villain); N'astirh (villain); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (possessed by Malice); Nathan Christopher Charles Summers; Trish Tilby (on monitor); Dive Bomber (cameo flashback); Brood (cameo flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Mr. Sinister muses on the death of the X-Men as he begins the plot that will release Inferno. Storm learns that Jean Grey is still alive and Wolverine admits that he already knows. With Scott off with X-Factor and Polaris possessed by Malice, Havok and Madelyne grow closer.
Reprints
Keywords
Inferno

Indexer Notes

Inferno prologue.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Sinister Schemes--Ignite Inferno
    X-Men
  2. 1. Vanities
    X-Men
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