The Uncanny X-Men #258 [Newsstand]
(February 1990)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
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 Comics
Barcode
?
Editing
Bob Harras (editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

A reprint of this comic was packaged with the Marvel Legends Psylocke action figure in 2006.
This issue is a variant of The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #258 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jim Lee (signed as Jim Lee)
Inks
Scott Williams (signed as Williams [short a and m, wide s])
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Mandarin [Gene Kahn]; Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Broken Chains (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Jim Lee (credited)
Inks
Scott Williams (credited); Joe Rubinstein
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My body is at rest. In harmony with nature, within and without.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Muir Island X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Forge; Sharon Friedlander; Moira MacTaggert; Polaris [Lorna Dane]
Carol Danvers (illusion); Li Fong (villain); Nick Fury (illusion); Jean Grey (illusion); Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; Lady Mandarin [Betsy Braddock]; Legion [David Haller] (villain); Mandarin [Gene Kahn] (villain); Matsu'o Tsurayaba (villain); Wolverine [Logan]; Mariko Yashida (illusion); Yukio (illusion); The Hand (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Psylocke tries to condition Wolverine to serve The Hand and ends up breaking her own programming. The heroes head for home. Forge joins the Muir Island X-Men.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wolverine asks Mandarin, "Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?" (Line from Tim Burton's Batman movie); Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight (Marvel, 1989 series) #26.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Broken Chains
    X-Men
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