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Cover: Whilce Portacio & Scott Williams

The Uncanny X-Men #289

Jun 1992 · Marvel · 1.25 USD; 1.50 CAD; 0.85 GBP
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“Knots”

A quietly powerful moment takes center stage on this June 1992 cover, as a figure in blue-and-yellow X-Men gear shares a tender, close embrace with a dark-cloaked companion whose long white hair sweeps dramatically across the image. The contrast between the warm clinch and the cool color palette gives the cover a genuinely emotional weight that stands apart from the usual action-heavy fare of the era. With Whilce Portacio and Scott Williams crafting the visuals and Scott Lobdell steering the story titled "Knots," this issue promises something more personal and heartfelt from Marvel's mutant team.

writer Scott Lobdell · artist Whilce Portacio · inker Scott Williams · colorist Joe Rosas · letterer Tom Orzechowski · cover Whilce Portacio, Scott Williams

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Raw (NM) $3
CGC 9.8 · 212 in census $56
CGC 9.6 · 55 in census $35
CGC 9.4 · 24 in census $32
CGC 9.2 · 11 in census $26*
CGC 9.0 · 6 in census $25*
CGC 8.5 · 1 in census $20*
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CGC 8.0 · 7 in census $20*
CGC 7.5 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 7.0 · 2 in census $20*
CGC 6.5 · 1 in census $20*
CGC 6.0 · 1 in census $20*
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colorist Joe Rosas
cover pencils Whilce Portacio
cover inks Scott Williams

Reprints

Reprinted in Spécial Strange #87 (1993), Gli Incredibili X-Men #56 (1995), X-Men #11/1995 (1995), X-Men: Bishop's Crossing #[nn] (2012), X-Men: Bishop's Crossing #[nn] (2016), X-Men Epic Collection #21 (2022), X-Men: Blue & Gold - Mutant Genesis Omnibus #[nn] (2025), De X-Mannen #129, La Patrulla-X #128

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