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Cover of The Uncanny X-Men #268
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CATALOG RECORD

The Uncanny X-Men #268

Marvel · Series began 1981 · Late September 1990

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

  • Seraph (from Wolverine) — first appearance, flashback
  • Geoffrey Sydenham (Marvel) — first appearance, flashback, antagonist

Dates

Cover date
Late September 1990
Pages
36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #268 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
Facsimile reprints exist

Uncanny X-Men No. 268 Facsimile Edition (2024). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.

Creators

pencils: Jim Leeinks: Scott Williamsletters: Tom Orzechowskiscript: Chris Claremont, Stan Leecolors: Glynis Oliver

Stories

  • Madripoor Knights · 23 pages

    Story cuts between a 1941 battle between Wolverine and Captain America trying to save a young Natasha Romanoff from the clutches of Baron Strucker and Present Day where Wolverine, Black Widow and Psylocke face off against Strucker's children.

Characters

LoganWolverineSteve RogersCaptain AmericaNatasha RomanoffBlack WidowBetsy BraddockPsylockeJubilation LeeJubileeWolfgang von StruckerAndreas von StruckerIvan PetrovichAndrea von StruckerJoninMatsu'o TsurayabaSeraphGeoffrey Sydenham

Reprinted in

Marvel Limited: The X-Men Chris Claremont Collection (1994), X-Men: Marvel Power Game (1996), X-Men Annual (1996), Essential X-Men (1996), X-Men Visionaries: Jim Lee (2002), Wizard Wolverine Masterpiece Edition (2004), Marvel Visionaries: Chris Claremont (2005), Wolverine: Origins (2006), X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus (2011), Wolverine: The Adamantium Collection (2013), X-Men XXL by Jim Lee (2019), Marvel Visionaries: Chris Claremont (2019), X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction (2019), Uncanny X-Men No. 268 Facsimile Edition (2024)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Identifiers and aliases from Wikidata (CC0).

Summaries from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); each links to its article.