The Uncanny X-Men #256

Dates

Cover date

Late December 1989

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #256 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 07148602461318 · shared with another edition

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• Mark Jewelers insert edition

  Mark Jewelers

  Barcode 07148602461318 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page

Story arc: Acts of Vengeance

This is part 28 of 64. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.

1. Quasar (1989) #5
2. The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger (1988) #9
3. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #326
4. The Punisher War Journal #12
5. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #327
6. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #159
7. The Punisher War Journal #13
8. Alpha Flight (1983) #79
9. Avengers Spotlight #26
10. Avengers Spotlight #27
11. Avengers West Coast (1989) #53
12. Damage Control (1989) #1
13. Daredevil #275
14. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #11
15. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #12
16. Fantastic Four (1961) #334
17. Fantastic Four #335
18. Iron Man #250
19. Iron Man #251
20. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #8
21. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #9
22. Quasar #4
23. The Avengers (1963) #311
24. The Avengers (1963) #312
25. The Incredible Hulk (1968) #363
26. The New Mutants (1983) #84
27. The Spectacular Spider-Man #158
28. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #256
29. Thor (1966) #411
30. Thor (1966) #412
31. Web of Spider-Man #59
32. Wolverine #19
33. X-Factor #49
34. Captain America (1968) #366
35. Quasar (1989) #6
36. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #328
37. The Punisher (1987) #29
38. The Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #160
39. Alpha Flight (1983) #80
40. Avengers Spotlight #28
41. Avengers West Coast (1989) #54
42. Daredevil #276
43. Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme (1988) #13
44. Fantastic Four #336
45. Iron Man #252
46. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #10
47. Power Pack (1984) #53
48. The Avengers (1963) #313
49. The New Mutants (1983) #85
50. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #257
51. Web of Spider-Man #60
52. Wolverine #20
53. X-Factor #50
54. Avengers Spotlight (1989) #29
55. The Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #329
56. Avengers West Coast (1989) #55
57. Captain America #367
58. Quasar #7
59. The New Mutants (1983) #86
60. The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #258
61. Web of Spider-Man #64
62. Web of Spider-Man #65
63. The Avengers Annual (1967) #19
64. X-Men: Psylocke (2010) #nn

Creators

Stories

• The Key That Breaks the Locke · 23 pages

  The Mandarin conditions Psylocke to be his assassin. Psylocke takes a mind trip courtesy of Mojo where she kills her fellow X-Men and is re-made into an Asian ninja with cybernetic eyes.

Publisher’s description

Brain-washed X-Man Psylocke has been hired out as an assassin for The Mandarin. What follows is a nightmarish Mojoverse transformation for Psylocke. Witness the strange origin of Betsey Braddock's transformation into Japanese ninja.

Characters

Reprinted in

Marvel Limited: X-Men Famous Firsts (1995), X-Men: Mutations (1996), Essential X-Men (1996), X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee (2002), X-Men: Psylocke (2010), Acts of Vengeance Crossovers Omnibus (2011), X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus (2011), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men XXL by Jim Lee (2019), Acts of Vengeance: Spider-Man and X-Men (2021)