Marvel Released September 1991

Uncanny X-Men #280 Australian

This page covers the Australian edition of Uncanny X-Men #280, published by Marvel and released September 1, 1991. The issue is written by Fabian Nicieza with artwork by Michael Bair. Values and details shown here apply specifically to this edition; first-print pricing and the complete cover gallery are on the main issue page.

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Published September 1991

"One Step Back--Two Steps Forward (Muir Island Saga, Pt. 4)" Continued from X-Factor #69. The original X-Men unite with the new for the final showdown with the sinister Shadow King. This is one battle not everyone will be walking away from. Epilogue can be read in X-Factor #70, which starts a new era for the X-Teams. Synopsis - Legion, having been possessed by the Shadow King, had just blown up half of Muir Island. Professor Charles Xavier and a few S.H.I.E.L.D. agents walk through the rubble to discover the fate of Xavier's students. They find Legion standing among the various X-Teams; everybody is being held in a sort of stasis. The Shadow King (through Legion) explains to Xavier that Jean Grey was able to get a teke-shield up just in time. This is no bother - he's still going to kill everyone and rule the Earth. One of the accompanying agents...