Inferno (Marvel Comics)

"Inferno"
Cover to The Uncanny X-Men # 240 (Jan 1989), the storyline's first issue, by Marc Silvestri.
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Publication date	October 1988 – August 1989
Genre	Superhero Crossover
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.