The Uncanny X-Men #273 [Direct]
(February 1991)

Marvel, 1981 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Editing
Bob Harras (editor); Suzanne Gaffney (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jim Lee (signed)
Inks
Kevin Nowlan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Follow me, X-Men-- or Professor X dies!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Lila Cheney; Storm; Wolverine; Psylocke; Cannonball; Jubilee; Jean Grey; Cable; Cyclops; Archangel; Banshee; Gambit; Sunspot
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Indexer Notes

Source for letters credit is The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994).

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Too Many Mutants (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Whilce Portacio (pages 1-3); Klaus Janson (pages 4-6); John Byrne (pages 7-9); Rick Leonardi (pages 10-12); Marc Silvestri (pages 13-15); Michael Golden (pages 16-18); Larry Stroman (pages 23-24); Jim Lee (pages 19-22)
Inks
Scott Williams
Colors
Joe Rosas
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Forge; Gambit; Banshee; Psylocke; Jubilee]; Moira MacTaggert (guest); Lila Cheney (guest); Guido (guest); X-Factor [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman; Beast; Archangel] (guests); New Mutants [Cable; Cannonball; Sunspot; Rictor; Boom Boom [Tabitha Smith]] (guests); Shadow King (villain); Magneto (cameo); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo); Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair] (cameo); Captain Britain (cameo); Lady Deathstrike (cameo); Professor X (cameo)
Synopsis
Forge, Jubilee, and Gambit officially join the X-Men. All the X-Folk wander around the mansion wondering what pattern the next phase of their lives should take.
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Indexer Notes

1st John Byrne art in Uncanny X-Men in ten years.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Follow me, X-Men-- or Professor X dies!"]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Too Many Mutants
    X-Men
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