The Uncanny X-Men #250 [Direct]
(Late October 1989)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly except fortnightly June, July, and August
On-sale Date
1989-06-20
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 #167.
This issue has variants:

Polaris No More! (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 (sourced)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Zaladane
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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The Shattered Star (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited) (finisher)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Vostok 3 research station, manned year-round by a team...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Savage Land Mutates: Amphibius (villain); Barbarus (villain); Brainchild (villain); Gaza (villain); Lupo (villain); Worm (first appearance, villain); Zaladane (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]
Gateway; Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Nereel (guest); Peter (guest); Matthew Plunder; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Shanna the She-Devil; Fall People (guests); Semyon Eduardovitch; Vassily Illykch; Lasha; Dimitri
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Zaladane steals Polaris' powers and frees her from Malice. Polaris gains size and super-strength in the transfer. The X-Men and Ka-Zar have an all out brawl with the Mutates.
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Keywords
Savage Land
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Polaris No More!
    X-Men
  2. 1. The Shattered Star
    X-Men
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