Dates
- Cover date
- September 1989
- On sale
- 1989
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #248 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 07148602461309
This edition’s page - 2nd printing
Gold 2nd Print
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- The Cradle Will Fall! · 22 pages
Longshot disappears in his own illusion. Nanny decides the X-Men need her help and a battle ensues as she tries to capture them for their own good. Havok blasts Nanny's ship and Storm is caught in the crossfire.
Publisher’s description
Donald Pierce has assembled a group of mutant-hating baddies known as The Reavers. With his dangerous crew, Pierce has devised new strategies to terrorize mutants...and he's putting those methods in practice. Meanwhile, Longshot is having some strange dreams that lead him on a spirit journey.
Characters
Reprinted in
Essential X-Men (1996), X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus (2011), X-Men Epic Collection (2014)