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Issue Details

Issue #256
Published Late December 1989
Cover Price 1.00
Pages 36
Editing Daryl Edelman (Assistant); Bob Harras

Cover Details

Characters Mandarin; Psylocke
Genre superhero
Pencils Jim Lee
Inks Scott Williams
Reprinted in X-Men: Mutations (Marvel, 1996 series) #nn; in Incredibili X-Men, Gli (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #42 (January 1994)

20 page Psylocke story "The Key That Breaks the Locke"

Characters FEATURE: The X-Men--Psylocke; Storm; Colossus; Rogue; Dazzler; Havok; GUESTS: Brian Braddock [Captain Britain]; Jamie Braddock; Doug Ramsey [Cypher]; Ms. Marvel [Carol Danvers]; VILLAINS: Mandarin; Li Fong; Matsuo Tsurahaba; The Hand; Mojo; Spiral; Slaymaster; Punchout; Genoshan Magistrates
Synopsis The Mandarin conditions Psylocke to be his assassin; Psylocke takes a mind trip courtesy of Mojo where she kills her fellow X-Men and is re-made into an Asian with cybernetic eyes.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils Jim Lee
Inks Scott Williams
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Notes Acts of Vengeance crossover; For a complete checklist of the Acts of Vengeance issues, please see the cover notes for the story Prologue in Avengers Spotlight #26.
Reprinted in X-Men: Mutations (Marvel, 1996 series) #nn; in Incredibili X-Men, Gli (Edizioni Star Comics, 1990 series) #42 (January 1994)