The Uncanny X-Men #242

Dates

Cover date

March 1989

On sale

December 6, 1988

Pages

52

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #242 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 07148602461303

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Inferno

This is part 27 of 29. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. X-Terminators (1988) #1
2. X-Terminators (1988) #2
3. Power Pack (1984) #42
4. The Avengers (1963) #298
5. X-Terminators (1988) #3
6. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #311
7. The New Mutants (1983) #71
8. The Avengers (1963) #299
9. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #240
10. X-Factor (1986) #36
11. Fantastic Four (1961) #322
12. Power Pack (1984) #43
13. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #146
14. X-Terminators (1988) #4
15. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #312
16. The New Mutants (1983) #72
17. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #241
18. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #147
19. X-Factor (1986) #37
20. Fantastic Four (1961) #323
21. The Avengers (1963) #300
22. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #313
23. Power Pack (1984) #44
24. The New Mutants (1983) #73
25. X-Factor (1986) #38
26. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #148
27. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #242
28. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #243
29. X-Factor (1986) #39

Creators

Stories

• Inferno Part the Third: Burn! · 40 pages

  The Goblin Queen has dropped into her Madelyne Pryor form and, thinking that she is being attacked by X-Factor, the X-Men battle their old friends. The X-Men continue to grow more irrational and violent. Havok joins Maddie and N'astirh as they retire to the top of the Empire State Building and prepare to sacrifice Nathan Christopher to open Limbo. The X-Men and X-Factor finally get their act together and combine forces to battle and destroy N'astirh. Unfortunately, the Goblin Queen stands revealed as the real power of Inferno as she captures Jean Grey and continues her sinister plot.

Characters

Reprinted in

X-Men: Inferno (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Men: Inferno (2009), X-Men: Inferno (2016), X-Factor Epic Collection (2017), X-Men Milestones: Inferno (2019), Phoenix Omnibus (2021), X-Men: Inferno Omnibus (2021), X-Factor: The Original X-Men Omnibus (2024)