Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 250

Uncanny X-Men #250
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Art by: Marc Silvestri, Dan Green and Joe Rosen
Release Date	June 20, 1989
Cover Date	October, 1989
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Tom DeFalco

1. "The Shattered Star"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	Marc Silvestri
Inker(s)	Steve Leialoha
Colorist(s)	Glynis Oliver
Letterer(s)	Joe Rosen
Editor(s)	Bob Harras

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

Supporting Characters:

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

Antagonists:

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

Other Characters:

• Semyon Eduardovitch, Lasha, Vassily, Dimitri & other unnamed Russians
• Various Swamp Men
• High Evolutionary (Herbert Wyndham) (Mentioned)
• Various Savage Land dinosaurs and animals
• Rogue (Referenced)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans

Locations:

• Earth
  • Antarctica
    • South Pole
      • Vostok 3 Russian Research Station (First appearance) (Destroyed)
    • Palmer Peninsula
      • Savage Land
  • Oceania
    • Australian Continent
      • Australia
        • Northern Territory
          • Maynards Plains
            • X-Men Outback Hideout
  • Punta Arenas (Referenced)
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Mentioned)

Items:

• The Transmutator
• Black Lotus
• Siege Perilous (Vision or hallucination)

Vehicles:

• High Evolutionary's flying ships

Synopsis for "The Shattered Star"

Zaladane and her forces return to Antarctica and their towering 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

Trivia

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

See Also

• 3 image(s) from Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 250
• 3 reprint(s) of Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 250

Links and References

• Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Vol. 2) #5 - See for further referencing