The Uncanny X-Men No. 226
date: label: date made
content: 1988
name: label: maker
content: Marvel Comics
notes: label: Description
content: <i>The Uncanny X-Men No. 226</i> features the story "Go Tell the Spartans," written by Chris Claremont and pencilled by Marc Silvestri.
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content: Marvel Comics' X-Men were introduced by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby in 1963. The story follows a group of <i>mutants</i> born with superpowers led by wheelchair using telepath Professor Charles Xavier. Facing fear and prejudice for their differences, the comic has been used an allegory for topics related to race, gender and sexual identity. The <i>X-Men</i> first ran from 1963-1970, being reintroduced in 1975.
label: Description
content: The X-Men have become one of Marvel's most notable franchises, introducing many of the company's most popular characters and many spin-off titles as well as movies, television programs, video games and other merchandise.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
topic: label: Subject
content: Comics
label: Subject
content: X-Men
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2011.3085.074
label: nonaccession number
content: 2011.3085
label: catalog number
content: 2011.3085.074
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comic book
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 1/4 in x 7 in; 26.035 cm x 17.78 cm