The Uncanny X-Men #243 [Direct]
(April 1989)

Marvel, 1981 Series
< Previous Issue |
| Next Issue >
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
1988-12-22
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 #155.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Inferno: Sinister Triumphant! (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
X-Factor: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Longshot (Mojoverse); Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Mister Sinister [Nathaniel Essex]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #243 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for The Uncanny X-Men (1981 series) #243 [Newsstand]
Edit cover
Cover gallery

Inferno, Part the Fourth: Ashes (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Hilary Barta (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Jean Grey. Madelyne Pryor. Flip sides of the same coin,
Genre
superhero
Characters
Marauders: Blockbuster (villain, death); Malice [Alice MacAllister] (possesses Polaris); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (possessed by Malice); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (villain)
X-Factor: Archangel [Warren Worthington III] (guest); Beast [Hank McCoy] (guest); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (guest, also in flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (guest); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (guest)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Goblin Queen [Madelyne Pryor] (villain, corpse, flashback as Madelyne Pryor); Elaine Grey (guest); John Grey (guest); Juggernaut [Cain Marko]; Mister Sinister [Nathaniel Essex] (villain); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Ship; Nathan Christopher Charles Summers (guest); Mariko Yashida (photograph)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The X-Men battle Mr. Sinister on the psychic plane. Maddie's mind merges with Jean Grey's and fights for dominance. The X-Men hunt Sinister and the Marauders to his base of operations, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. The X-Men attempt to separate Malice and Polaris but Sinister teleports them out and knocks them unconscious with only Longshot standing in the way of his victory.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Continued from X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #38; Concluded in X-Factor (Marvel, 1986 series) #39.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Inferno: Sinister Triumphant!
    X-Men
  2. 1. Inferno, Part the Fourth: Ashes
    X-Men
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David B
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Eric Rom
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.