The Uncanny X-Men 1981 #177 Direct ed. - 7.5 - $7.50

Mystique trains herself for her next encounter with the X-Men by fighting facsimile robots provided by Arcade. Lilandra and Corsair return to the Shi'ar empire. Colossus finds himself in a solo battle with the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

Assistant Editor's Month (text in UPC). Virginia Romita listed as "Traffic Manager". On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #32, with newsstand on-sale date of 1983-10-11.

• - The Mighty Marvel Checklist, house ad for The Amazing Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk cartoon series.
• Assistant Editor page - Script, pencils and letters confirmed on Eliot R. Brown's website. Brown identified Leialoha as inking the Blackbird jet but could not recall who else may have inked the page. https://www.eliotrbrown.com/wp/erbs-assistant-editor-month/