Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 250

Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 #250

Late October, 1989

Editor-in-Chief

Tom DeFalco

Cover Artists

Marc Silvestri
Dan Green
Joe Rosen

Publisher

Marvel Comics

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Uncanny X-Men #249

Uncanny X-Men #251

Way to go, babe! Busted up those sludge-heads real good! Never see you do -- or look -- better!

-- Havok, to Polaris

Appearing in "The Shattered Star"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
  • Dazzler (Ali Blaire)
  • Havok (Alex Summers)
  •  Psylocke (Betsy Braddock) 

Supporting Characters:

•  Polaris (Lorna Dane) 
•  Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) 
• The Fall People
  • Chief Nereel
  • Peter
•  Shanna the She-Devil (Shanna O'Hara) 
• Adam Plunder
• Gateway (Dream)

Adversaries:

• Savage Land Mutates
  • Amphibius
  •  Barbarus 
  • Brainchild
  • Gaza
  • Lupo
  • Worm (First appearance)
  •  Zaladane 

Other Characters:

• Semyon Eduardovitch, Lasha, Vassily, Dimitri & other unnamed Russians
• Various Swamp Men
• Various Savage Land dinosaurs and animals

Locations:

• Antarctica
  • South Pole
    • Vostok 3 Russian Research Station - (Destroyed in this issue)
  • Savage Land
• Australia
  • X-Men outback hideout

Items:

• The Transmutator
• Black Lotus
• Siege Perilous -

Vehicles:

• High Evolutionary's flying ships
  
  

Synopsis for "The Shattered Star"

Zaladane and her forces return to Antarctica and their towered fortress in the Savage Land. Havok reveals himself only to be captured. Bound and drugged to prevent him from using his powers, he is forced to watch as Zaladane steals the powers of Polaris. Dazzler, Colossus, and Psylocke arrive on the scene and are immediately ambushed by the Savage Land Mutates. After the X-Men are captured, they are brought before Zaladane. Polaris, to everyone's surprise, begins to manifest new powers of strength and invulnerability. Swiftly, she frees the rest of the X-Men and other prisoners who revolt against Zaladane. With the tower in flames, the X-Men flee the fortress in a sky-sled, only to realize that Zaladane is still alive and has activated the tower's defensive shields. Before the X-Men can decide their next move, they are teleported back to their base in Australia by Gateway, much to the concern of Psylocke who experienced the X-Men’s death in a precognitive vision.

Notes

• This issue celebrates the 250th issue of Uncanny X-Men
• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.
  

Trivia

• In this issue Havok is misnamed as "Alex Sommers", Dazzler is misnamed "Allison"

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See Also

• Discuss Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 250 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the Uncanny X-Men series

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Recommended Reading

X-Titles: Recommended Reading

X-Men • X-Factor • X-Force • New Mutants • Generation X Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 X-Men Vol 2 Astonishing X-Men Vol 1 Astonishing X-Men Vol 2 Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 X-Factor Vol 1 X-Factor Vol 2 X-Factor Vol 3 X-Force Vol 1 X-Force Vol 2 X-Force Vol 3 Bishop Xavier Security Enforcers Vol 1 Bishop the Last X-Man Vol 1 Cable Vol 1 Cable Vol 2 Cable: Blood & Metal Vol 1 Cable & Deadpool Vol 1 Deadpool: The Circle Chase Vol 1 Deadpool: Sins of the Past Vol 1 Deadpool Vol 1 Deadpool Vol 2 Gambit Vol 1 Gambit Vol 2 Generation X Vol 1 New Mutants Vol 1 New Mutants Vol 2 New Mutants Vol 3 Wolverine Vol 1 Wolverine Vol 2 Wolverine Vol 3 Wolverine: Origins Vol 1 Wolverine: First Class Vol 1 Young X-Men Vol 1

Links and References

• 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 10/21/2009
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men Vol 2 #5 - See for further referencing