Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 169

Alternate Covers: Original Art by Paul Smith Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #169 May, 1983 Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter Cover Artists Paul Smith Danny Crespi Publisher Marvel Comics "Catacombs" Writers Chris Claremont Pencilers Paul Smith Inkers Bob Wiacek Colourists Bob Sharen Letterers Tom Orzechowski Editors Louise Jones Danny Fingeroth Previous Issue Next Issue Uncanny X-Men #168 Uncanny X-Men #170

Appearing in "Catacombs"

Featured Characters:

• The X-Men
  •  Ariel (Kitty Pryde)  (First appearance as Ariel)
  •  Colossus (Peter Rasputin) 
  •  Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) 
  •  Professor X (Charles Xavier) 
  •  Storm (Ororo Munroe) 

Supporting Characters:

• Amanda Sefton
•  Angel (Warren Worthington III) 
•  Caliban 
• Candy Southern
• Lockheed

Adversaries:

• The Hellfire Club
  •  Black King (Sebastian Shaw) 
  • Tessa
  •  White Queen (Emma Frost) 

• The Morlocks (First appearance)
  • Callisto  (First appearance)
  • Masque (First appearance)
  • Plague (First appearance)
  • Sunder (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• unnamed Morlocks

Locations:

• New York
  • Westchester County
    • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
  • New York City
    • Manhattan
      • Warren's apartment
    • Central Park South
      • Amanda Sefton's apartment
      • Hellfire Club Mansion
      • The Alley (First appearance)

Items:

• Mini-Cerebro
  
  

Synopsis for "Catacombs"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.
  

Trivia

• The original cover idea (right) was rejected because it wasn't clear enough that Angel was being held in a subway.
• This is the issue in which Kitty Pryde took on the code-name of Ariel
• Professor X answers the phone while reading a book ironically called, Marvel Universe.

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Recommended Reading

• This starts off a two-part story that concludes in Uncanny X-Men #170.
• Caliban first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #148, and is the first Morlock to make an appearance.

  Links and References

• See Also: Morlocks
• Uncanny X-Men at Wikipedia.org
• Uncanny X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• Uncanny X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• Uncanny X-Men at the Complete Marvel Reading Order

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 08/04/2009
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men Vol 2 #3 - See for further referencing

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