INFERNO (1988-1989)

A demon invasion hits New York as the X-Men meet X-Factor for the first time, the New Mutants lose one member and gain four and Wolverine has his first clash with the Punisher...

• Marvel Comics Presents #10[4/4], 11[1/4]-17[1/4] (1989) Colossus vs the Cold Warriors.
• Marvel Comics Presents #16[3/4] (1989) Longshot battles the Aboriginal god Altjira.
• New Mutants #67-70 (1988) The New Mutants rescue the irritating alien Gosamyr from another alien Spyder and allow her to accompany them when they return to Earth via Limbo.

• X-Terminators #1(pp.4-28) (1988) The demon N'Astirh starts kidnapping mutant babies to use in a spell to open a portal to Earth; the X-Terminators escape boarding school to search for Artie and Leech during INFERNO.
• Uncanny X-Men #239 (1988) Madelyne Pryor's alliance with N'Astirh is revealed as she becomes the Goblin Queen and sides with Mister Sinister against the X-Men during INFERNO.

• Incredible Hulk #350 (1988) Beast recruits the Hulk against the High Evolutionary during PRIDE GOETH BEFORE THE FALL.
• Avengers Annual #17 (1988) Beast joins a temporary Avengers team to take down the High Evolutionary during THE EVOLUTIONARY WAR.
• X-Terminators #2(pp.1-7) (1988) The X-Terminators discover N'Astirh's plan during INFERNO.

• X-Factor #34-35 (1988) Archangel beheads Cameron Hodge; X-Factor tackle Nanny and the Orphan-Maker.
• X-Terminators #2(pp.8-28) (1988) N'Astirh kidnaps Whiz Kid during INFERNO.

• New Mutants #71(pp.1-18) / X-Terminators #3(pp.1-18) / New Mutants #71(pp.19-22) / Uncanny X-Men #240 / X-Factor #36 / Uncanny X-Men #241(pp.1-20) (1988-1989) N'Astirh's demonic invasion of New York begins during INFERNO.
• Excalibur #4 (1989) Excalibur vs the Crazy Gang and Arcade; Phoenix flies to New York when she senses her brother, baby Nathan Christopher Summers, is in danger.

• Power Pack #42 / Avengers #299 / X-Terminators #3(pp.19-28)-4(pp.1-6) / New Mutants #71(p.23)-72(pp.1-9) / X-Terminators #4(pp.15-17) / New Mutants #72(p.10) / X-Terminators #4(pp.18-19) (1988-1989) The New Mutants meet the X-Terminators; N'Astirh is infected with the Transmode Virus during INFERNO.
• New Mutants #72(pp.11-18) / X-Terminators #4(pp.28-29) / New Mutants #72(pp.19-23)-73 / X-Factor #37(pp.1-7) / Uncanny X-Men #241(pp.21-23) / X-Factor #37(pp.8-23) / Excalibur #6 / New Mutants #73 / Excalibur #7 / Uncanny X-Men #242 / X-Factor #38 / Uncanny X-Men #243 / X-Factor #39 / Cloak and Dagger #4 / Power Pack #44 (1989) The New Mutants and X-Terminators team up against N'Astirh and lose a member; the X-Men and X-Factor finally meet and join forces against Mister Sinister and the Goblin Queen; Madelyne Pryor's origin is revealed during INFERNO.
• Marvel Comics Presents #15[3/4] (1989) Marvel Girl vs Lightning Bug.

• New Mutants #74-75 (1989) Gosamyr leaves Earth because she's so unpopular; the New Mutants learn the Xavier School is destroyed; Magneto fights Sebastian Shaw for rulership of the Hellfire Club.
• Excalibur #8 (1989) Excalibur spend some time in New York.
• X-Factor Annual #4[3/4] (1989) After an investigation, the press are told 'Inferno' was actually a mass hallucination.

• X-Factor #40 (1989) X-Factor attend Madelyne Pryor's funeral and meet Nanny and the Orphan-Maker again.
• Uncanny X-Men #244 (1989) First appearance of Jubilee; the female members of the X-Men go shopping in New York and fight the M-Squad; Jubilee stows away when they return to Australia.
• Uncanny X-Men Annual #13[2/3] (1989) Jubilee hides out at the X-Men's base in Australia and learns she's living with the X-Men.

• New Mutants #76 (1989) The X-Terminators join the New Mutants; the team help Namor the Sub-Mariner defeat a giant squid.
• Uncanny X-Men #245 (1989) The male members of the X-Men go on a night out and save Australia from an alien invasion.
• Punisher #18 (1989) X-Men cameo.

• X-Factor #41-42 (1989) X-Factor save the young mutant Alchemy from Troll Associates.
• Punisher War Journal #6-7 (1989) The Punisher and Wolverine meet for the first time and don't see eye-to-eye.

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