The Uncanny X-Men #251 [Direct]
(Early November 1989)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
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]
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has 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 DG)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Keywords
rain; skulls
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Fever Dream (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
Heat means sun. Sun means day. I've survived to see another dawn.
Genre
superhero
Characters
Reavers: Bonebreaker (villain); Wade Cole (villain); Lady Deathstrike [Yuriko Oyama] (villain); Angelo Macon (villain); Donald Pierce (villain); Pretty Boy (villain); Murray Reese (villain); Skullbuster (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (also in flashback and as hallucination); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (also in flashback and as a hallucination); Havok [Alex Summers] (also in flashback and as a hallucination); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (also in flashback and as a hallucination); Wolverine [Logan] (also in flashback and as a hallucination)
Carol Danvers (hallucination); Gateway (hallucination); Jubilee [Jubilation Lee]; Longshot (Mojoverse) (hallucination); Ogun (hallucination); Phoenix [Jean Grey] (hallucination); Rogue [Anna Marie] (hallucination); Sabretooth [Victor Creed] (hallucination); Shadowcat [Kitty Pryde] (hallucination); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (hallucination as a woman and as a teenager); Mariko Yashida (hallucination); Brood (hallucination)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Wolverine is crucified by the Reavers and has a wild pain-induced hallucination. The remaining X-Men travel through the Siege Perilous to unknown futures. Wolverine pulls himself off the cross.
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Indexer Notes

This is the last issue with Havok as an X-Man; he is next a member of X-Factor in X-Factor #71. Psylocke's next appearance is in Uncanny #256 and Colossus and Dazzler's are in Uncanny #259.

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

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

Script
Bob Harras
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Gregory B. Hecht, Troy Greenwait and Ron Phillips.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Fever Dream
    X-Men
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
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