Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 286

Uncanny X-Men #286
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Art by: Jim Lee
Release Date	January 7, 1992
Cover Date	March, 1992
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Tom DeFalco

1. "Close Call"
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Scott Lobdell Jim Lee Whilce Portacio
Penciler(s)	Whilce Portacio
Inker(s)	Art Thibert
Colorist(s)	Joe Rosas
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski Lois Buhalis
Editor(s)	Bob Harras

 The true difference between you and I, is that I keep going -- and you have given up! 

—Colossus

Appearing in "Close Call"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men (Gold Team)
  • Colossus (Piotr Rasputin)
  • Jean Grey
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Archangel (Warren Worthington III) (Controlled by Sha-Har-A-Zath)
  • Iceman (Bobby Drake)

Supporting Characters:

• Mikhail Rasputin (Main story and flashback)
• The Void Dimension Rebellion (Main story and flashback)
  • Primate
  • Sri (First appearance)
  • Unnamed Void Dimension rebels
• Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida)
• X-Men
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier)
  • Forge

Antagonists:

• The Triumvirate (Main story and flashback)
  • Avatar (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Tra-Mai-A-Zath (First appearance; dies) (Only in flashback)
  • Unnamed members (Main story and flashback)
  • Sha-Har-A-Zath
  • Posse Comitatus
    • Unnamed members

Other Characters:

• Vladimir Lenin (Invoked)
• Unnamed townsfolk
• Unnamed reporters (Only on screen as a static image or video record)
• S.H.I.E.L.D. (Mentioned)
  • Nick Fury (Appears on screen) (Cameo)
• Dr. Hank Pym (Appears on screen) (Cameo)
• Dr. Reed Richards (Appears on screen) (Cameo)
• Beast (Hank McCoy) (Mentioned)
• Illyana Rasputin (Mentioned)

Races and Species:

• Mutants
• Humans
• Cyborgs

Locations:

• Void Dimension (Main story and flashback)
  • The Tropics
    • Rebellion's Headquarters
  • The Village
  • The Fortress of the Worldly Avatar
• Earth (Main story and flashback)
  • Asia
    • Russia (Main story and as the Soviet Union in flashback)
      • Sakhalin Island (Main story and flashback)
      • Ust-Ordynsky Collective, Siberia (Mentioned)
  • United States of America (Mentioned)

Items:

• X-Uniforms
• Hoverchair

Vehicles:

• Blackbird

Synopsis for "Close Call"

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• This issue is Scott Lobdell's first X-Men issue he has written.

See Also

• 5 image(s) from Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 286
• 1 reprint(s) of Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 286

Links and References

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