X-Men
#5
[Direct]
(February 1992)
Marvel,
1991 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics
- Editing
- Suzanne Gaffney (assistant editor); Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
At the Hands of Omega Red
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Wolverine; Omega Red
- Reprints
-
in X-Men (SatellitFörlaget, 1990 series) #9/1993 -
in X-Men: Mutant Genesis (Marvel, 1995 series) [First Printing] (1995) -
in X-Men (TM-Semic, 1992 series) #3/1995 ([marzec] 1995) - in X-Men: Mutant Genesis (Marvel, 2010 series) (2010)
- in X-Men: Mutant Genesis 2.0 (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012) [remastered and recolored] which is reprinted
-
in X-Men - La Collection Mutante (Hachette, 2020 series) #1 - Genèse Mutante (octobre 2020) - in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Bishop's Crossing (2022)
-
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Blowback
X-Men / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Jim Lee (plot); John Byrne
- Pencils
- Jim Lee
- Inks
- Scott Williams; Art Thibert; Bob Wiacek; Joe Rubinstein
- Colors
- Joe Rosas
- Letters
- Lois Buhalis; Tom Orzechowski
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Storm; Wolverine; Rogue; Gambit; Colossus; Banshee; Forge; Beast; Archangel; Iceman; Psylocke; Jubilee]; Maverick [David North] (introduction); Fenris [Andrea Strucker; Andreas Strucker] (villains); Matsuo Tsurahaba (villain); Omega Red (villain); The Hand (villain); Dr. Cornelius (villain); Sabretooth (villain, flashback); Dazzler (cameo); Lila Cheney (cameo); Longshot (cameo); Spiral (cameo); Mojo (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Wolverine is captured by Omega Red and Fenris so they can probe his memories to find a Carbonadium Synthesizer that has been lost for 30 years. Wolverine escapes with the help of an old friend. The X-Men come after him as well.
- Reprints
- in X-Men (Semic S.A., 1992 series) #3 (avril 1993)
-
in Gli Incredibili X-Men (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #51 (Settembre 1994) - in X-Men: Mutant Genesis (Marvel, 1995 series) [First Printing] (1995)
- in X-Men (TM-Semic, 1992 series) #3/1995 ([marzec] 1995)
- in X-Men: Mutant Genesis (Marvel, 2010 series) (2010)
- in X-Men: Mutant Genesis 2.0 (Marvel, 2012 series) (2012) [remastered and recolored] which is reprinted
- in X-Men - La Collection Mutante (Hachette, 2020 series) #1 - Genèse Mutante (octobre 2020)
- in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #20 - Bishop's Crossing (2022)
-
Indexer Notes
Story takes place before and leads into Uncanny X-Men #281
[no title indexed]
X-Pressions / letters page / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers: Paul Beavers, Chris Rafferty, Uncle Elvis, Jan C. Childress, Michael Burns, Joshua Faulkenberry, Danny Solomon, Mike Leonard, Dennis Winningham, Ryan Churd, Mike St. Marie
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