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The Uncanny X-Men #253

Marvel · Series began 1981 · Late November 1989

first appearance of Lian Shen

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Lian Shen (Shadow Queen) — first appearance

Dates

Cover date: Late November 1989
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #253 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.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148602461315 · shared with another edition
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Mark Jewelers insert edition

Mark Jewelers

Barcode 07148602461315 · shared with another edition
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Creators

pencils: Marc Silvestri, Dan Chichesterinks: Dan Green, Steve Leialoha, Dan Chichesterletters: Tom Orzechowskiscript: Chris Claremont, Stan Lee, Dan Chichestercolors: Glynis Oliver

Stories

Storm Warnings! · 22 pages
Storm resurfaces, alive and a young girl. Wolverine and Jubilee escape the Reavers and leave Australia. Magneto breaks his association with the X-Folk. Polaris is on a ship whose crew has gone crazy and Banshee comes to the rescue. Forge battles the Shadow King on the psychic plane. The Shadow King takes a new body. The Reavers decide to invade Muir Isle.

Characters

LoganWolverineOroro MunroeStormCharles XavierProfessor XErik LehnsherrMagnetoIllyana RasputinaCannonballSam GuthrieMagikLorna DaneJubilation LeeRoberto Da CostaJubileeRahne SinclairWolfsbaneSunspotPolarisDani MoonstarSean CassidyBansheeForgeMirageMoira MacTaggertDoug RamseyCypherYuriko OyamaLady Deathstrike

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), X-Men: Legion - Shadow King Rising (2018)