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Issue: The Uncanny X-Men #256

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Publication Date: December 1989

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Issues: #256 of 406 Issues (871 Printings)

Title:

Variant: Direct

Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Publisher: Flag

Marvel

Brand: Marvel

Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics

On Sale Date: (not set)

Volume: 1

Pages: 36

ISBN:

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.60 GBP
$1.00 USD

Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

Content Items: 2 (1 story, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Bob Harras (editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US

Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was ongoing

Format Notes:

Variants2

The Uncanny X-Men #256 [Direct]

The Uncanny X-Men #256 [Newsstand]

Reprinted In9

1 Content Item
- The Key That Breaks the Locke [Story on Interior Page(s)]0

reprinted as/ in another Issue.

2 Content Items
- Mandarin Has A New Assassin-- and Psylocke is Her Name! [Illustration on Cover, Front]4
- The Key That Breaks the Locke [Story on Interior Page(s)]4

reprinted 8 times as Content Items in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

Original Artwork

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Title Page

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Content Items (2 total)

Mandarin Has A New Assassin-- and Psylocke is Her Name!

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): X-Men

Character(s): Mandarin; Psylocke

Reprinting

In Content Item: Flag

Gli Incredibili X-Men #42 published January 1994
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

X-Men: Mutations #[nn] published January 1996
as Cover to Uncanny X-Men #256 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee #[nn] published January 2002
as Uncanny X-Men #256 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus #1 published October 2011
as Mandarin Has a New Assassin-- and Psylocke Is Her Name! [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Key That Breaks the Locke

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Psylocke

Character(s): The X-Men [Psylocke; Storm; Colossus; Rogue; Dazzler; Havok]; Brian Braddock [Captain Britain]; Jamie Braddock; Doug Ramsey [Cypher]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; Mandarin (villain); Li Fong (villain); Matsuo Tsurayaba (villain); The Hand (villain); Mojo (villain); Spiral (villain); Slaymaster (villain); Punchout (villain); Genoshan Magistrates (villains)

Synopsis: The Mandarin conditions Psylocke to be his assassin. Psylocke takes a mind trip courtesy of Mojo where she kills her fellow X-Men and is re-made into an Asian ninja with cybernetic eyes.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Acts of Vengeance Crossovers #[nn] [unnamed variant] published January 2011

In Content Item: Flag

Gli Incredibili X-Men #42 published January 1994
as Psylocke dentro e fuori [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

X-Men: Mutations #[nn] published January 1996
as The Key That Breaks the Locke [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee #[nn] published January 2002
as The Key That Breaks the Locke [Story on Interior Page(s)]

In Content Item: Flag

X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus #1 published October 2011
as The Key That Breaks the Locke [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 23

Notes: 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 #26.