The X-Men #118 [British]
(February 1979)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel All-Colour Comics
Barcode
0714860246102
Editing
Roger Stern (editor); Jim Salicrup (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #118 [Newsstand]. There exist further variants:

Side-By-Side With Sun-Fire! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed as COCKRUM)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Sunfire
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Remco / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Submergence of Japan (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Byrne (plot); Chris Claremont (plot, script)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Ricardo Villamonte
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Job Number
LG226
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Welcome to the good ship Jinguichi Maru, returning to its home port of Agarashima on the main Japanese island of Honshu after a two-year Antarctic voyage.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; GUESTS: Sunfire; Mariko Yashida (introduction); Misty Knight; Colleen Wing; Lilandra; Captain Hama; Greg; Mr. Osama; VILLAINS: Moses Magnum; Mandroids; CAMEO: Iron Fist
Synopsis
The X-Men arrive in Japan just in time to fight a cadre of Mandroids under Moses Magnum's command. Wolverine meets Mariko. Thinking the X-Men are dead, Xavier leaves for the stars with Lilandra.
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Keywords
earthquake; Japan

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
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Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Shirley Autry (McNutt), James Turpin, and Deborah C. Lipp.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

An Irresistible Force! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Lego / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Side-By-Side With Sun-Fire!
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["Now... the amazing energized Spider-Man!"]
    Remco
  3. 2. The Submergence of Japan
    X-Men
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
  5. 4. ["Okay, here it is."]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. An Irresistible Force!
    Hostess Twinkies; Iron Man
  7. 6. ["100pc toy soldier set"]
  8. 7. ["Kiss a milestone"]
  9. 8. ["Move it! Steer it! Shift it! Build it!"]
    Lego
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