The X-Men #117 [British]

(January 1979)

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Remco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Psi War! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script

John Byrne (plot); Chris Claremont (plot, script)

Pencils

John Byrne

Inks

Terry Austin

Colors

Glynis Oliver

Letters

Gaspar Saladino (page one); Clem Robins

Job Number

LG30

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Below Cape Horn lies the Drake Passage, a narrow strip of water separating South America from Antarctica.

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Professor X (origin); Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; GUESTS: Moira MacTaggert; Lilandra; Misty Knight; Takeda; Captain Hama; VILLAIN: Shadow King [Amahl Farouk] (first appearance)

Synopsis

The X-Men adrift on the ocean are picked up by a Japanese ship. Xavier recounts an early adventure where he first met Storm as a thief in Cairo and did battle with the Shadow King.

Reprints

• in Spécial Strange (Editions Lug, 1975 series) #21 (10 août 1980)
• in The Marvel Comics Illustrated Version of The X-Men (Marvel, 1982 series) #02835 (March 1982)
• in Prosjekt X (Semic, 1984 series) #2/1984 (uke 50 1984)
• in Die Gruppe X (Condor, 1985 series) #5 (1986)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986) [Confirm: direction of reprint]
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #4
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #63 (8 Setembro 1987)
• in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #23 (July 1988)
which is reprinted
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #81 (Noviembre 2 de 1989)
• in X-Men Saga (Semic S.A., 1990 series) #9 (juillet 1992)
• in X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018) [new pages]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #24 ([September] 1993)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #7 (Giugno 1996)
• in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #1 ([October] 1996) [black and white]
• in Grandson of Origins of Marvel Comics (Marvel, 1998 series) ([March] 1998)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #3 ([March] 2004)
• in X-Men Vol. 1, No. 117 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (Marvel, 2004 series) (November 2004)
• in The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)
• in Marvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X (Panini España, 2011 series) #1 - Segunda Génesis (Abril 2011)
• in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #6 - Proteus (2020)

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X-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (2006)

Indexer Notes

Includes letters from Suzan Kizzar, Brenda Robnett, Joel D. Cochie, Carl J. Ratigan, The Evil Mutants Fan Club and Alex Dent.

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Captain Marvel Meets the Dreadnought (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel; Hostess Fruit Pies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Lego / advertisement / 1 page (report information)