The Uncanny X-Men #197 [Direct]
(September 1985)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.65 USD; 0.30 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Pat Blevins (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Romita Jr. (signed as J.R. JR.)
Inks
Dan Green (signed as D. Green)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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To Save Arcade?!? (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Dan Green (finished art); John Romita Jr. (credited) (breakdowns)
Inks
Dan Green (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Get away from her, monster!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (featured, also in dream); Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (robot); Rogue [Anna Marie] (robot); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (featured, also in dream); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (featured, also as robot); Wolverine [Logan] (robot)
Arcade (villain); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (guest, also as robot); Doctor Doom [Victor Von Doom] (villain, robot); Miss Locke (villain); Nimrod (Days of Future Past - Earth-811) (villain); Madelyne Pryor-Summers (guest); Illyana Rasputina (dream); Jaime Rodriguez (guest); Zsaji (dream); various other robots (villains); Brood (dream)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Kitty and Colossus navigate one of Arcade's deadly traps.
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Indexer Notes

Art credit details confirmed 2006 by Dan Green.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Feature Logo
X-Mail
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Indexer Notes

Letters from: Tom Thomas, Jason Ashley, Darin Sims, Dave Groves II, Mike Reed, and C. Chen.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. To Save Arcade?!?
    X-Men
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Hype Box; Mighty Marvel Checklist
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
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