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The Uncanny X-Men #196

Marvel · Series began 1981 · August 1985

Dates

Cover date
August 1985
On sale
April 16, 1985
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #196 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

  • Direct edition65¢ cover

    Direct

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

    Source ↗
  • Canadian price edition0.75 CAD cover

    Canadian

    Printed cover price 0.75 CAD.

    Barcode 0714860246108 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page
  • Newsstand edition65¢ cover

    Newsstand

    A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

    Barcode 0714860246108 · shared with another edition

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Romita Jr., Dan Green, Archie Goodwininks: Terry Austin, Dan Green, Archie Goodwinscript: Chris Claremont, Archie Goodwin, Ed Shukincolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski

Stories

  • What Was That?!! · 22 pages

    A group of campus mutant haters take on the X-Men. The X-Men try to adjust to having Magneto around. Kitty smokes one of Wolverine’s cigars.

Characters

LoganWolverineOroro MunroeStormPiotr RasputinColossusKurt WagnerNightcrawlerRogueCharles XavierAnna MarieProfessor XKitty PrydeErik LehnsherrMagnetoShadowcatRachel SummersBeyonderAndreas von StruckerAndrea von StruckerLee ForresterMichael Bowen

Reprinted in

X-Men Classic (1990), Essential X-Men (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006), Secret Wars II Omnibus (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars: Battleworld (2015)

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

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.