CATALOG RECORD
The Uncanny X-Men #229
first appearance of Gateway, Jessán Hoan, Bonebreaker and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Gateway (Marvel, mutant) — first appearance
- Jessán Hoan (Tyger Tiger) — first appearance, become Tyger Tiger later
- Bonebreaker (Marvel, Reavers) — villain, first appearance
- Pretty Boy (Marvel, Reavers) — villain, first appearance
- Skullbuster (Reavers, male, 1st Skullbuster) — villain, first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1988
- On sale
- January 21, 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #229 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.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602461305
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Marc Silvestriinks: Dan Greenscript: Chris Claremontcolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski
Stories
- Down Under · 22 pages
The Reavers bust up a bank in Singapore and try to make one of its officers one of their own. The X-Men come to the rescue in the Australian outback and take over the Reaver's base as their new home. Roma shows up and makes the Reavers pass through the Siege Perilous.
Characters
LoganWolverineOroro MunroeStormPiotr RasputinColossusRogueAnna MarieBetsy BraddockAlex SummersHavokPsylockeAlison BlaireDazzlerLongshotMadelyne PryorRomaGatewayJessán HoanBonebreakerPretty BoySkullbuster
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), X-Men: Inferno Prologue (2014), X-Men: Inferno Prologue Omnibus (2021)