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Issue Details

Issue #24
Published August 1988
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Harras; Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Roger Stern (original material)

Cover Details

Genre Superhero
Pencils Kerry Gammill
Inks Terry Austin

1 page X-Men illustration "Frontispiece"

Characters Wolverine; Mariko
Genre Superhero
Pencils Kerry Gammill
Inks Terry Austin

18 page X-Men story "The Submergence of Japan"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Sunfire; Mariko Yashida; Misty Knight; Colleen Wing; Lilandra; VILLAINS: Moses Magnum; Mandroids; CAMEO: Iron Fist
Synopsis The X-Men arrive in Japan just in time to fight a cadre of Mandroids under Moses Magnum's command; Wolverine meets Mariko; Thinking the X-Men are dead, Xavier leaves for the stars with Lilandra.
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont; John Byrne (co-plotter)
Pencils John Byrne; Kieron Dwyer (new pages)
Inks Ric Villamonte; Terry Austin (new pages)
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #118

12 page X-Men story "Vacation"

Characters Jean Grey
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Tom Orzechowski

1 page X-Men illustration "Classic X-Men Scrapbbook"

Characters Wolverine; Storm; Colossus; Sentinels
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Terry Austin
Notes Unused X-Men Cover.

1 page X-Men illustration "Classic X-Men Scrapbbook"

Characters Angel; Nightcrawler; Storm; Colossus; Kitty Pryde
Genre Superhero
Pencils Paul Smith
Inks Paul Smith
Notes Unused Cover for Uncanny X-Men #169.

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #118"

Characters Cyclops; Storm; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Sunfire
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Terry Austin
Letters Dan Crespi
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #118

1 page X-Men illustration

Characters Jean Grey
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Notes Back Cover