The Uncanny X-Men #248 [Direct]
(September 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
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 (editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jim Lee (signed as Lee)
Inks
Dan Green (signed as DG)
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why, Havok? Why did you kill Storm!?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

The Cradle Will Fall! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
His name is Wolverine. He's the best there is at what he does.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Reavers: Bonebreaker (villain); Wade Cole (villain); Lady Deathstrike [Yuriko Oyama] (villain); Angelo Macon (villain); Donald Pierce (villain); Pretty Boy (villain); Murray Reese (villain); Skullbuster (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (also in dream); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (also in dream); Havok [Alex Summers] (also in dream); Longshot (Mojoverse) (also in dream); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (also in dream); Rogue [Anna Marie] (dream); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (also in dream)
Gateway (guest); Jubilee [Jubilation Lee] (guest); Mojo (Mojoverse) (dream); Nanny [Eleanor Murch] (villain); Orphan-Maker (villain); Ricochet Rita [Rita Wayword] (dream); Spiral [Rita Wayword] (Mojoverse) (villain) (dream); Wolverine [Logan] (dream and also as robot)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Longshot disappears in his own illusion. Nanny decides the X-Men need her help and a battle ensues as she tries to capture them for their own good. Havok blasts Nanny's ship and Storm is caught in the crossfire.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First Jim Lee work on the Uncanny X-Men.

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

X-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Feature Logo
X-Mail
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Why, Havok? Why did you kill Storm!?"]
    X-Men
  2. 1. The Cradle Will Fall!
    X-Men
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
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