The Uncanny X-Men #300
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeUncanny X-Men #300 is a genuine structural pivot in early-1990s X-Men storytelling: a triple-sized anniversary issue that simultaneously introduced eight new members of Magneto's second-generation Acolytes — Amelia Voght, Neophyte, Milan, Senyaka, Spoor, Katu, Seamus Mellencamp, and Javitz — and delivered the franchise's first full reckoning with the Legacy Virus, the mutant-specific plague that would shadow the X-books for the better part of a decade. The revelation that young Illyana Rasputina (Magik) had already contracted the virus transformed what had been a background threat introduced at the tail end of "X-Cutioner's Song" into a personal, emotionally devastating storyline that would drive Colossus's departure from the X-Men and reverberate through the line well into the late 1990s. Widely read as a comics-page allegory for the AIDS crisis — a disease targeting a stigmatized minority, met with societal indifference — the Legacy Virus narrative gave the franchise renewed thematic weight at a moment when spectacle-driven event comics were the industry norm. As an anniversary package, the issue also marked Nightcrawler's return to active X-Men stories and bridged the "X-Cutioner's Song" aftermath directly into the approaching "Fatal Attractions" arc.
In "Legacies," the X-Men mount a desperate mission to rescue Moira MacTaggert from the Acolytes, pushing their limits in a high-stakes battle that tests loyalty and resolve. With Nightcrawler and Forge struggling against a mysterious dead zone in France and Bishop locked in a tense clash with Cortez, the team faces both external threats and the weight of their own histories. Written by Scott Lobdell and brought to life with dynamic art by John Romita Jr. and Dan Green, the cover by Romita Jr. and Green captures the intensity of a pivotal moment in mutant history.
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The issue was written by Scott Lobdell, who had been the series' primary scripter since issue #289 under editor Bob Harras, with Tom DeFalco serving as editor-in-chief. The main story was penciled by John Romita Jr. with inks by Dan Green, while an eight-page back-up epilogue — crucial for seeding the Legacy Virus subplot — was penciled by Brandon Peterson with inks by Dan Panosian and Al Milgrom. The Legacy Virus itself had been unleashed at the conclusion of the 1992–93 crossover "X-Cutioner's Song" (specifically in X-Force #18), where Stryfe tricked Mister Sinister into releasing the pathogen; issue #300 was the first X-book to name and dramatize its effects directly on a member of the extended X-family. The issue shipped on March 2, 1993 with a May 1993 cover date and featured a foil-enhanced holographic cover; a portion of the direct-edition print run was produced with the foil design misaligned, creating an inadvertent production variant.
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- Written by Scott Lobdell; main story penciled by John Romita Jr. with inks by Dan Green; backup story penciled by Brandon Peterson with inks by Dan Panosian and Al Milgrom; edited by Bob Harras (editor) and Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief).
- First appearances of eight Acolytes: Amelia Voght (matter-to-vapor transmutation), Neophyte (phasing), Francisco Milan (thought-to-image projection), Senyaka (energy siphoning), Spoor (pheromone mood manipulation), Katu (electromagnetic force generation), Seamus Mellencamp, and Isaac Javitz (superhuman strength).
- First significant in-story dramatization of the Legacy Virus: Xavier and Moira MacTaggert discover that Illyana Rasputina has already contracted the disease, setting up Illyana's death three issues later in #303 and Colossus's subsequent defection to the Acolytes.
- Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) returns to the pages of Uncanny X-Men in this issue, assisting both the Gold and Blue X-Men teams against Fabian Cortez's Acolytes at a French monastery.
- The issue features both X-Men Gold (Storm, Colossus, Bishop, Jean Grey, Archangel, Iceman) and Blue (Wolverine, Cyclops, Professor X) teams deployed together, with the backup epilogue revealing Cortez's rescue by Amelia Voght and the Gamesmaster's involvement in Acolyte affairs.
- The issue was later reprinted, with recoloring and new trade dress, in the X-Men: Fatal Attractions Marvel trade paperback collection (2012); a Limited Treasured Signed Edition — signed by John Romita Jr. and limited to 13,100 numbered copies — was also produced.
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Reprinted in Spécial Strange #92 (1994), Gli Incredibili X-Men #62 (1995), X-Men #6/1996 (1996), X-Men: Fatal Attractions #[nn] (2012), X-Men: Fatal Attractions #[nn] (2016), X-Men Milestones: Fatal Attractions #[nn] (2019), X-Men Epic Collection #22 (2023), X-Men: Fatal Attractions Omnibus #[nn] (2024), De X-Mannen #140, La Patrulla-X #139
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