Classic X-Men #12 [Direct]
(August 1987)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Archie Goodwin (original material); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Al Williamson
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magneto; X-Men [Cyclops; Wolverine; Storm; Nightcrawler; Colossus; Banshee]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover art is an homage to the cover of X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

Cover Thumbnail for Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #12 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Classic X-Men (1986 series) #12 [Newsstand]
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Frontispiece (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Al Williamson
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magneto

The Gentleman's Name is Magneto (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Sam Grainger
Colors
Evelyn Stein
Letters
Bruce Patterson (pages 1-3, 7-20); Ken Lopez (pages 4-6)
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Moira MacTaggert; Multiple Man; Misty Knight; Magneto (villain); Eric the Red (cameo); Havok (cameo); Polaris (cameo); Lilandra (cameo); Corsair (cameo); Ch'od (cameo)
Synopsis
The X-Men head to Muir Island to make sure everything is fine there and discover that Eric the Red has grown Magneto back to adulthood (and Maggie isn't a very happy camper).
Reprints

A Fire in the Night (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Bolton
Inks
John Bolton
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magneto
Reprints

[Cover to X-Men #104] (Table of Contents: 4)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Dave Cockrum
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Magneto
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

X-Men / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Bolton
Inks
John Bolton
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Magneto
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back Cover

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Frontispiece
    X-Men
  3. 2. The Gentleman's Name is Magneto
    X-Men
  4. 3. A Fire in the Night
    X-Men
  5. 4. [Cover to X-Men #104]
    X-Men
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
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