WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Worm (Savage Land Mutates) — first appearance, villain
Dates
- Cover date
- Late October 1989
- On sale
- June 20, 1989
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #250 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 07148602461312 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Mark Jewelers insert edition
Mark Jewelers
Barcode 07148602461312 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Marc Silvestriinks: Dan Green, Steve Leialohaletters: Joe Rosenscript: Chris Claremont, Stan Lee, Renee Witterstaettercolors: Glynis Oliver
Stories
- The Shattered Star · 22 pages
Zaladane steals Polaris' powers and frees her from Malice. Polaris gains size and super-strength in the transfer. The X-Men and Ka-Zar have an all out brawl with the Mutates.
Characters
Piotr RasputinColossusBetsy BraddockAlex SummersHavokPsylockeLorna DanePolarisAlison BlaireDazzlerKevin PlunderKa-ZarShanna the She-DevilGatewayAmphibiusBarbarusBrainchildGazaZaladaneLupoMatthew PlunderNereelWormPeter
Reprinted in
Essential X-Men (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus (2011), X-Men Epic Collection (2014)