Classic X-Men #27 [Direct]
(November 1988)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-07-28
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 (credited) (assistant editor); Roger Stern (credited) (original material)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #146.
This issue has variants:

Along Came... Alpha Flight (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Kieron Dwyer (signed as KMD [shapes])
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Snowbird; Shaman; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Northstar; Aurora]; X-Men [Cyclops; Colossus; Storm; Nightcrawler; Wolverine]
Reprints

Frontispiece (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils
Kieron Dwyer (credited)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine; James MacDonald Hudson

Shoot-Out at the Stampede (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited) (plot, script); John Byrne (credited) (plot)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited); Kieron Dwyer (credited) (supplemental pages)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Diana Albers (credited); Tom Orzechowski (credited) (supplemental pages)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Calgary -- one of the premier cities of western Canada -- gateway to the Northern Rockies, arch-rival of Alberta's provincial capital, Edmonton (183 miles further up RTE.2) -- a big, brash, booming frontier metropolis, and proud of it.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar]; John Byrne (cameo)
Synopsis
Alpha Flight and the X-Men fight over Wolverine. Wolvie surrenders to save his teammates, but escapes to return home with his pals.
Reprints

Backlash (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Ann Nocenti (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils
John Bolton (credited)
Inks
John Bolton (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver ?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My mama dun tole me... when I was in knee pants... that women are two-faced... 'an... huh?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyclops; Jean Grey; Wolverine

[Cover to X-Men #121] (Table of Contents: 4)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed as COCKRUM)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Colossus]; Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Snowbird; Sasquatch [Walter Langkowski]]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils
John Bolton (credited) (signed as Bolton)
Inks
John Bolton (credited) (signed as Bolton)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine; Jean Grey

Indexer Notes

Back cover

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Along Came... Alpha Flight
    X-Men
  2. 1. Frontispiece
    X-Men
  3. 2. Shoot-Out at the Stampede
    X-Men
  4. 3. Backlash
    X-Men
  5. 4. [Cover to X-Men #121]
    X-Men
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
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  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Glenn MacKay
  • Stéphane PETIT
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Jim Van Dore