The Uncanny X-Men #256

Dates

Cover date

Late December 1989

On sale

1989

Pages

40

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

  This edition’s page
• Mark Jewelers insert edition

  Mark Jewelers

  Barcode 07148602461318 · shared with another edition

  Source ↗

Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 16 of 37. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Quasar (1989) #5
2. The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988) #9
3. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #326
4. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #327
5. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #159
6. Alpha Flight (1983) #79
7. Avengers West Coast (1989) #53
8. Damage Control (1989) #1
9. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #11
10. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #12
11. Fantastic Four (1961) #334
12. The Avengers (1963) #311
13. The Avengers (1963) #312
14. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #363
15. The New Mutants (1983) #84
16. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #256
17. Thor (1966) #411
18. Thor (1966) #412
19. Captain America (1968) #366
20. Quasar (1989) #6
21. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #328
22. The Punisher (1987) #29
23. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #160
24. Alpha Flight (1983) #80
25. Avengers West Coast (1989) #54
26. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #13
27. Power Pack (1984) #53
28. The Avengers (1963) #313
29. The New Mutants (1983) #85
30. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #257
31. Avengers Spotlight (1989) #29
32. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #329
33. Avengers West Coast (1989) #55
34. The New Mutants (1983) #86
35. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #258
36. The Avengers Annual (1967) #19
37. X-Men: Psylocke (2010) #nn

Publisher’s description

Brain-washed X-Man Psylocke has been hired out as an assassin for The Mandarin. What follows is a nightmarish Mojoverse transformation for Psylocke. Witness the strange origin of Betsey Braddock's transformation into Japanese ninja.

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)