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The Uncanny X-Men #256

Marvel · Series began 1981 · Late December 1989

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Lady Mandarin (Betsy Braddock) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date
Late December 1989
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #256 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition

    Direct

    No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 07148602461318 · shared with another edition

    Source ↗
  • Mark Jewelers insert edition

    Mark Jewelers

    Barcode 07148602461318 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Reprinted in

Marvel Limited: X-Men Famous Firsts (1995), X-Men: Mutations (1996), Essential X-Men (1996), X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee (2002), X-Men: Psylocke (2010), Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus (2011), X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus (2011), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men XXL by Jim Lee (2019), Acts of Vengeance: Spider-Man and X-Men (2021)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

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