The Uncanny X-Men #249 [Newsstand]
(Early October 1989)

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 [standalone or inside vertical box]
Barcode
071486024613 11
Editing
Bob Harras (editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series) #249 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

[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
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Savage Land Mutates: Amphibius; Barbarus; Gaza
Havok [Alex Summers]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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The Dane Curse (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Marc Silvestri (credited)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Three down, true believers -- -- five to go.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Reavers: Bonebreaker (villain); Wade Cole (villain); Lady Deathstrike [Yuriko Oyama] (villain); Angelo Macon (villain); Donald Pierce (villain); Murray Reese (villain)
Savage Land Mutates: Amphibius (villain); Barbarus (villain); Gaza (villain); Whiteout (first appearance, villain); Zaladane (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (also in flashback); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (also in flashback); Havok [Alex Summers] (also in flashback); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (also in flashback)
Gateway (guest); Longshot (Mojoverse) (drawing); Malice [Alice MacAllister] (possesses Polaris); Polaris [Lorna Dane] (guest, also possessed by Malice); Rogue [Anna Marie] (drawing); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (drawing); Wolverine [Logan] (on video screen); Reavers (villains); Ramon; Luis
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The X-Men bury Storm. Polaris contacts Havok and asks him for help. The X-Men and Savage Land Mutates both arrive in Punta Arenas, Chile looking for Polaris. Mayhem ensues.
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. The Dane Curse
    X-Men
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