Dates
- Cover date
- September 1991
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #280 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.00 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.00 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602461309
This edition’s page - Australian edition1.50 AUD cover
Australian
Printed cover price 1.50 AUD.
Barcode 07148602461312
This edition’s page
Story arc: The Muir Island Saga
This is part 5 of 5. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #278
- X-Factor (1986) #69
- The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #279
- X-Factor (1986) #70
- The Uncanny X-Men (1981) #280
Creators
Stories
- One Step Back--Two Steps Forward · 23 pages
It is a final battle royale between the X-Men and the Shadow King. Legion slips into a coma after he is freed from the Shadow King's influence. Xavier loses the use of his legs (again).
Characters
Reprinted in
Essential X-Men (1996), Essential X-Factor (2005), X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus (2011), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Legion - Shadow King Rising (2018)