Inferno (Marvel Comics)

"Inferno"
Cover to The Uncanny X-Men # 240 (Jan 1989), the storyline's first issue, by Marc Silvestri.
PublisherMarvel Comics
Publication dateOctober 1988 – August 1989
Genre
Title(s)
The Amazing Spider-Man #311-313
The Avengers vol. 1, #298-300
The Mutant Misadventures of Cloak and Dagger vol. 3, #4
Daredevil vol. 1, #262-263, #265
Damage Control vol. 1, #4
Excalibur vol. 1, #6-7
Fantastic Four vol. 1, #322-324
The New Mutants vol. 1, #71-73
Power Pack #42-44
The Spectacular Spider-Man vol. 1, #146-148
The Uncanny X-Men #239-243
Web of Spider-Man #47-48
What If...? vol. 2, #6
X-Factor vol. 1, #36-40 Annual #4
X-Terminators #1-4
Main character(s)Madelyne Pryor
S'ym
N'Astirh
X-Men
X-Factor
New Mutants
X-Terminators
Mister Sinister
X-Men: Inferno ISBN 0-7851-0222-1

"Inferno" was a 1989 Marvel Comics company-wide crossover storyline centered upon the X-Men family of titles, including Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, X-Terminators, Excalibur, and The New Mutants. The story's inciting incident is demonic invasion of New York City, and its main character arcs were the corruption of Madelyne Pryor into the Goblin Queen, and the final transformation of Illyana Rasputin into the Darkchylde. Other non-X-Men books that tied into the storyline included the Spider-Man titles, which depicted the demonic transformation of the villain Jason Macendale (aka the Hobgoblin). The core series were written by Louise Simonson, and Chris Claremont, and drawn by Bret Blevins, Marc Silvestri, and Walt Simonson, while the various tie-in books were handled by creators that included Alan Davis, Steve Engelhart, Gerry Conway, David Michelinie, Ann Nocenti, Walter Simonson, Jon Bogdanove, Terry Austin, and Julianna Jones.