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Issue Details

Issue #27
Published November 1988
Cover Price 1.25 USD; 1.75 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Harras; Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Roger Stern (original material)

Cover Details - "Along Came... Alpha Flight"

Characters Alpha Flight
Genre Superhero
Pencils Kieron Dwyer
Inks Terry Austin

1 page X-Men illustration "Frontispiece"

Characters Wolverine; James Hudson
Genre Superhero
Pencils Kieron Dwyer
Inks Terry Austin

20 page X-Men story "Shoot-Out at the Stampede"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Alpha Flight--Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson]; Shaman; Sasquatch; Snowbird; Aurora; Northstar; CAMEO: John Byrne
Synopsis Alpha Flight and the X-Men fight over Wolverine; Wolvie surrenders to save his teammates, but escapes to return home with his pals.
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont; John Byrne (co-plotter)
Pencils John Byrne; Kieron Dwyer (new pages)
Inks Terry Austin
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Diana Albers; Tom Orzechowski (new pages)
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #121

12 page X-Men story "Backlash"

Characters Cyclops; Jean Grey; Wolverine
Genre Superhero
Script Ann Nocenti
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Colors Glynis Oliver?
Letters Tom Orzechowski

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #121"

Characters Cyclops; Storm; Colossus; Vindicator; Snowbird; Sasquatch
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Terry Austin
Letters Dan Crespi
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #121

1 page X-Men illustration

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