Dates
- Cover date
- March 1992
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #286 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition$1.25 cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition$1.25 cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 00928102461303
This edition’s page - Australian edition1.80 AUD cover
Australian
Printed cover price 1.80 AUD.
Barcode 07148602461306
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio, Scott Clarkinks: Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Joe Rubinstein, Bill Sienkiewiczscript: Jim Lee, Scott Lobdell, Whilce Portacio, Suzanne Gaffneycolors: Joe Rosasletters: Tom Orzechowski, Lois Buhalis
Stories
- Close Call · 21 pages
Mikhail closes the portal and he and the X-Men return to Earth.
Characters
Reed RichardsOroro MunroeStormMister FantasticJean GreyPiotr RasputinColossusBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierHank PymProfessor XMarvel GirlNick FuryArchangelForgeShiro YoshidaSunfireMikhail Rasputin
Reprinted in
X-Men: Bishop's Crossing (2012), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Bishop's Crossing (2016), X-Men: Blue & Gold - Mutant Genesis Omnibus (2025)