The Uncanny X-Men
#242
[Direct]
(March 1989)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 1.50 USD; 2.00 CAD; 0.50 GBP
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly except fortnightly June, July, and August
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics, A New World Company
- Brand:
- Marvel
- Editing:
- Bob Harras (Editor); Daryl Edelman (Assistant Editor); Tom DeFalco (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern US; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; ongoing series
Issue Notes
This issue has variants.
Double-Sized Issue
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Gli Incredibili X-Men (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #38 (Settembre 1993)
Inferno: The Originals Are Back--X-Factor!
X-Men / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Marc Silvestri (signed)
- Inks:
- Dan Green (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Storm; Wolverine; Havok; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman; Beast; Archangel
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Gli Incredibili X-Men (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #38 (Settembre 1993)
- in X-Men: Inferno (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn] (1996) [cover]
Inferno Part the Third: Burn!
X-Men / comic story / 40 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Chris Claremont
- Pencils:
- Marc Silvestri
- Inks:
- Dan Green
- Colors:
- Glynis Oliver
- Letters:
- Tom Orzechowski
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- FEATURE: X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Psylocke; Dazzler; Longshot; Havok]; GUESTS: Nathan Christopher Summers; X-Factor [Cyclops; Jean Grey; Iceman; Beast; Archangel]; VILLAINS: Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor]; N'astirh; John Grey (as a Demon); Elaine Grey (as a Demon); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Forge; Magus
- Synopsis:
- The Goblin Queen has dropped into her Madelyne Pryor form and, thinking that she is being attacked by X-Factor, the X-Men battle their old friends; Under control of the effects of Inferno, the X-Men continue to grow more irrational and violent; Havok joins Maddie and N'astirh as they retire to the top of the Empire State Building and prepare to sacrifice Nathan Christopher in order to open a doorway to Limbo; The X-Men and X-Factor finally get their act together and combine forces to battle and destroy N'astirh; Unfortunately, the Goblin Queen stands revealed as the real power of Inferno as she captures Jean Grey and continues her sinister plot.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Gli Incredibili X-Men (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #38 (Settembre 1993)
- in X-Men: Inferno (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn] (1996)
Indexer Notes
Cont. from X-Factor #37; Cont. in X-Factor #38
Editing
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Derek Reinhard
- Mike Nielsen
- Kelly Langston-Smith
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Lou Mougin
- Maurizio Villotta
- Kelly Langston-Smith
- Jeremy Goldstein
- Lou Mazzella
- Mark Gordon
- Henry Andrews
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