The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #160 (Aug. 1982):
“Chutes and Ladders!”
by Chris Claremont, Brent Anderson, Bob Wiacek

The Uncanny X-Men (vol. 1) #160

Title: “Chutes and Ladders!”

Medium: comic

Cover date: Aug. 1982

Publisher:
Written by: Chris Claremont
Art by: Brent Anderson, Bob Wiacek

Number of Pages: 22

25 characters in this story:

Character (Click links for info about character and his/her religious practice, affiliation, etc.)	Religious Affiliation	Team(s) [Notes]	Pub.	# app.
Wolverine (James Howlett / Logan) (details)  In addition to regular Wolverine, the skeletal remains of an alternative timeline Wolverine (Earth 8280) is seen.	raised Protestant; sometimes atheist; has practiced Buddhism; skeptical seeker	Alpha Flight; Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy...  First Flight; Secret Defenders; Team X; The Avengers; The Canadian Army; Weapon Plus; Weapon X; X-Force; X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		10,615
Storm (Ororo Munroe) (details)  In addition to regular Storm, an evil alternative timeline Storm (Earth-8280), who has lived in Limbo for many years and become a sorceress, is featured prominently.	Goddess worship	black; Lady Liberators...  Morlocks (leader); The Fantastic Four; The Twelve; Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men; X-Saviours; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		5,068
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) (details)  In addition to regular Nightcrawler, an evil alternative timeline Nightcrawler (Earth-8280), who has lived in Limbo for many years, is featured prominently.	Catholic (raised Gypsy/Roma)	Excalibur; Neyaphem...  X-Men; X-Treme Sanctions Executive		4,345
Colossus (Peter Rasputin) (details)  In addition to regular Colossus, the corpse of an alternative timeline Colossus (Earth 8280) is seen.	Communist atheist (former)	Excalibur; The Acolytes...  Weapon X (Exiles); X-Men		4,122
Sprite (Kitty Pryde)	Jewish	Excalibur; S.H.I.E.L.D....  The Exiles; X-Men		3,128
Illyana Rasputin (details)  7-year-old Illyana Rasputin is taken by Belasco to Limbo, where she lives for 7 years while no time passes on Earth. She returns home as the mutant sorceress teenager who will be known as "Magik."	occult/magick; demonolatry; raised Communist	The Exiles; The New Mutants		450
S'ym	demon	[servant of Belasco, then Magik (Illyana)]		63
Belasco	sorcerer; worshipped Elder Gods; degenerated into demon	[kidnapped Illyana Rasputin to Limbo]		36
X-Men		[1st app: The X-Men (vol. 1) #1 (Sep. 1963)]		9,958
demons (3-panel cameo, pg. 19-20)  Miscellaneous unnamed Limbo demons (aside from S'ym, who appears prominently throughout much of this issue).	demon	[generic unnamed demons]		2,000
Cerebus the Aardvark (Cerebus) (character based on)  S'ym, Belasco's chief demon henchman, is introduced in this issue. He is an homage to Cerebus the Aardvark, with a physical resemblance (particularly face) and he is named for Cerebus creator Dave Sim	Eastern Church of Tarim (pope)	[1st app: Cerebus #1 (Dec. 1977)]		269
Magneto (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr) (behind the scenes)  Much of this issue takes place on the X-Men's new island headquarters, located on an island previously used by Magneto as his secret base.	Jewish; Gypsy/Roma	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  The Acolytes; The Twelve; X-Men		916
Ka-Zar (Kevin Plunder) (behind the scenes, pg. 9, panel 3)  Belasco: "I am a sorcerer, chief disciple of the Dark Ones -- Elder Gods who seek to invade and conquer this plane of reality. Recently... I tried to open the gateway between their dimension and ours, but was defeated. As punishment, I was condemned to this interdimensional Limbo." footnote: "See Ka-Zar #'s 11 & 12" The defeat Belasco refers to was when Ka-Zar defeated him in Ka-Zar #s 11-12 (1982).		[aristocrat; fisherman...]		315
Fozzie Bear (toy, pg. 2, 9, 20, 22)  7-year-old Illyana Rasputin holds a Fozzie Bear stuffed toy, seen in 5 panels.	Christian (denomination unknown)	bear; Muppets	Jim Henson Company, etc.	203
Cyclops (Scott Summers) (mentioned, pg. 4, panel 1)  Storm (thinking): "Worse, Professor Xavier remains in coma, his condition critical and deteriorating. And Scott has yet to return, in answer to our summons."	Protestant; mutant supremacist	Brotherhood of Mutant Supremacy; Summers Rebellion...  The Twelve; X-Factor; X-Men		8,371
Professor X (Charles Xavier) (mentioned, pg. 4, 22)  [pg. 4] Storm (thinking): "Worse, Professor Xavier remains in coma, his condition critical and deteriorating. And Scott has yet to return, in answer to our summons." [pg. 22] Colossus: "You know, my friends, sometimes I wish I had never heard of Charles Xavier, or the X-Men."	religious	Brotherhood of Mutants; Genoshan Excalibur...  Illuminati; The Mutant Underground (founder); The Twelve; X-Men (founder)		4,999
Moira MacTaggert (mentioned, pg. 21, panel 5)  Wolverine (to other X-Men): "Moira's examined her. She says the kid's definitely Illyana... a pefectly healthy, perfectly normal... thirteen year old girl. She was out of Kitty's grasp fo a second, yet somehow, for Illyana, seven years passed."		[Charles Xavier's colleague, girlfriend]		243
Dracula (Vlad Tepes) (mentioned, pg. 3-4)  Nightcrawler: "You're pushing yourself too hard, too soon. It's barely been a day since our battle with Dracula." Storm (thinking): "Kurt is right. I ought to rest. But Dracula still haunts my dreams. I still remember how I longed for his caress, how I yearned to be reborn a vampire. I neither rest nor sleep... because I dare not."	Romanian Orthodox; Catholic convert; vampire lord	[ 1st app: (Marvel, mentioned) Fantastic Four (vol. 1) #30 (Sep. 1964): "The Dreaded Diablo!"; (seen) The Tomb of Dracula (vol. 1) #1 (Apr. 1972): "Dracula" ]		1,363
vampires (mentioned, pg. 3-4)  Nightcrawler: "You're pushing yourself too hard, too soon. It's barely been a day since our battle with Dracula." Storm (thinking): "Kurt is right. I ought to rest. But Dracula still haunts my dreams. I still remember how I longed for his caress, how I yearned to be reborn a vampire. I neither rest nor sleep... because I dare not."	vampire	[ 1st app: (DC) New Fun #6 (Oct. 1935): "The Vampire Master"; (Marvel) Marvel Mystery Comics #35 (Sep. 1942): "The Banquet of Blood" ]		1,801
Alexandra Rasputin (mentioned, pg. 21, panel 6)  Wolverine: "Moira's examined her. She says the kid's definitely Illyana... a pefectly healthy, perfectly normal... thirteen year old girl. She was out of Kitty's grasp fo a second, yet somehow, for Illyana, seven years passed." Colossus: "What am I to do? How can I face our parents? What... What do I tell them?!"	Russian Orthodox; Communist	[mother of Colossus, Magik, Mikhail]		4
Nikolai Rasputin (mentioned, pg. 21, panel 6)  Wolverine: "Moira's examined her. She says the kid's definitely Illyana... a pefectly healthy, perfectly normal... thirteen year old girl. She was out of Kitty's grasp fo a second, yet somehow, for Illyana, seven years passed." Colossus: "What am I to do? How can I face our parents? What... What do I tell them?!"	Russian Orthodox; Communist	[father of Colossus, Magik, Mikhail]		6
Dorothy Gale (mentioned, pg. 20, panel 3)  Kitty Pryde (as the X-Men are about to transport from Limbo back to Earth): "Guys, will it help if I chant 'There's no place like home?'" Wolverine: "Ha-flamin'-ha, kiddo. Here we go."	Protestant	[farmer; student]	George M. Hill Company; Arrow, etc.	270
Dark Ones (mentioned, pg. 9, panels 3-4)  Belasco: "I am a sorcerer, chief disciple of the Dark Ones -- Elder Gods who seek to invade and conquer this plane of reality. Recently... I tried to open the gateway between their dimension and ours, but was defeated... You, dear Kitty and Illyana will be the means both of my liberation and of the Dark Ones' triumph!"	demons	[alien race]		17
Elder Gods (mentioned, pg. 9, panels 3-4)  Belasco: "I am a sorcerer, chief disciple of the Dark Ones -- Elder Gods who seek to invade and conquer this plane of reality. Recently... I tried to open the gateway between their dimension and ours, but was defeated... You, dear Kitty and Illyana will be the means both of my liberation and of the Dark Ones' triumph!"
Larry Niven (mentioned, pg. 6, panel 2)  Kitty Pryde (thinking): "Wow! This place looks as awful as I feel! That light must have been a teleport mechanism, like Larry Niven's 'stepping disks'."	agnostic	[wrote Ringworld, Known Space]		7

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