The Uncanny X-Men

August 1984 • Volume 1 • USA • DIRECT EDITION • 1265 Collected

The Uncanny X-Men #184

1st Appearance of Forge

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(Marvel) Cover for The Uncanny X-Men #184 1st Appearance of Forge

Key Issue

Basic Information

Published

August 1984

Comic Age

Copper

Cover Price

.60

Facts

1st Appearance of “FORGE”

Characters

1st Appearance

Forge , Naze

Appearance

Black Queen (Selene Gallio) , Mystique (Raven Darkholme) , Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) , Professor X (Charles Francis Xavier) , Storm (Ororo Munroe) , Colossus (Piotr Nikolaievitch Rasputin) , Phoenix (Rachel Anne Summers) , Rogue (Anna Marie LeBeau) , Valerie 'Val' Cooper

Creators

Writer

Chris Claremont

Interior Artist

John Romita Jr.

Cover Artist

John Romita Jr. , Daniel Green 'Dan'

Inker

Daniel Green 'Dan'

Letterer

Tom Orzechowski

Colorist

Glynis Oliver Wein

Editor

Ann Nocenti , Jim Shooter , Peter Sanderson

Crossovers / Story Arcs

Dire Wraiths War

Stories

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The Past of Future Days

In light of the U.S. Government's passing of the Mutant Control Act, a weapon to deal with the situation is created by one of their own. Valerie Cooper and Raven Darkholme (a disguised Mystique) enlist the help of a man called Forge. Plus, Rachel Summers has arrived in the present searching for the X-Men, but instead comes face-to-face with the psychic vampire Selene!