The Uncanny X-Men #240 [Direct]
(January 1989)

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
1988-09-22
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 #149.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

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
Joe Rosen

Genre
superhero
Characters
Marauders: Arclight [Philippa Sontag]; Harpoon [Kodiak Noatak]; Malice [Alice MacAllister] (possesses Polaris); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (possessed by Malice); Sabretooth [Victor Creed]; Scalphunter [John Greycrow]; Scrambler [Kim Il Sung]; Vertigo
Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor]; Mister Sinister [Nathaniel Essex]; N'astirh
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Inferno, Part the First: Strike the Match (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
The Rainbow Room -- -- a more romantic setting and more magical evening...
Genre
superhero
Characters
M Squad: Dr. Martin (first appearance); Dr. Milan (first appearance); Dr. Shiner (first appearance); Dr. Snodgrass (first appearance)
Marauders: Arclight [Philippa Sontag] (villain); Blockbuster (villain, is back from the dead); Harpoon [Kodiak Noatak] (villain); Malice [Alice MacAllister] (villain, possesses Polaris); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (possessed by Malice); Prism (villain, is back from the dead); Riptide (villain, is back from the dead); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (villain); Scalphunter [John Greycrow] (villain); Scrambler [Kim Il Sung] (villain); Vertigo (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Cyclops [Scott Summers] (flashback as Scott Summers); Gateway; Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor] (villain) (also in flashback as Madelyne Pryor); Elaine Grey (turns into demon); John Grey (turns into demon); Mister Sinister [Nathaniel Essex] (villain); N'astirh (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Maddie and Havok go on a date. Maddie contacts N'astirh and they arrive at Mr. Sinister's orphanage looking for Nathan Christopher. New York starts to demon out. The X-Men track down the Marauders in the Morlock tunnels and pay them back for the Mutant Massacre.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Inferno
    X-Men
  2. 1. Inferno, Part the First: Strike the Match
    X-Men
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Adam Knights
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore