The Uncanny X-Men #253 [Direct]
(Late November 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
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

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (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 (sourced)
Genre
superhero
Characters
Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Forge; Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; Moira MacTaggert; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Storm Warnings! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Steve Leialoha (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The local TV anchor led of the evening news with a joke...
Genre
superhero
Characters
New Mutants: Cannonball [Sam Guthrie] (picture); Cypher [Doug Ramsey] (picture); Magik [Illyana Rasputina] (picture); Mirage [Dani Moonstar] (picture); Sunspot [Roberto Da Costa] (picture); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (picture)
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)
Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Callisto; Forge; Gateway (in Forge's vision); Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; Moira MacTaggert; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Professor X [Charles Xavier] (picture); Jacob Reisz (villain, possessed by Shadow King); Amanda Sefton; Shadow King [Amahl Farouk] (villain, in Forge's vision); Doctor Lian Shen (first appearance); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (comes back as a pre-teen girl, also in forge's vision); Brigadier Alysande Stuart; Wolverine [Logan]; Zeb; Joe; Roxanne; Dr. Stuart Haydn
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Storm resurfaces, alive and a young girl. Wolverine and Jubilee escape the Reavers and leave Australia. Magneto breaks his association with the X-Folk. Polaris is on a ship whose crew has gone crazy and Banshee comes to the rescue. Forge battles the Shadow King on the psychic plane. The Shadow King takes a new body. The Reavers decide to invade Muir Isle.
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Indexer Notes

Bridge issue tying up old plots and moving on to the next phase.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Storm Warnings!
    X-Men
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