(September 1963)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.12 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
bimonthly
Indicia Publisher:
Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Editing:
Stan Lee
Color:
Color
Dimensions:
Standard Modern Age U.S.
Paper Stock:
Newsprint
Binding:
Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format:
Was Ongoing Series

Issue Notes

This issue has variants.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Paul Reinman ?; Sol Brodsky ?; Frank Giacoia ?
Colors:
Stan Goldberg
Letters:
Art Simek

Content Information

Genre:
Superhero
Characters:
The X-Men [Professor X; The Angel; The Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman]; Magneto
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Indexer Notes

First Appearance of X-Men and Magneto.

Disputed inker credit:
1. Sol Brodsky, from The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009), and per Nick Caputo, Bob Ford, and this site’s original indexer;
2. Frank Giacoia per Carl Gafford;
3. Paul Reinman per Steve Whitaker.

Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index, The Official Marvel Index to The X-Men, and Official Index to the Marvel Universe.


X-Men (Table of Contents)

X-Men / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Stan Lee
Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
Paul Reinman
Colors:
?
Letters:
Sam Rosen
Job Number:
X-401

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Professor Charles Xavier (first appearance); X-Men [Cyclops (first appearance); Beast (first appearance); Angel (first appearance); Iceman (first appearance); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey; first appearance]]; Magneto (1st for all appearances)
Synopsis:
After a day of training and meeting Jean Grey, a new student at Professor X's school, the X-Men go one their first assignment--stopping a mutant named Magneto from talking over an Air Force base.
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Indexer Notes

Comic includes 2 full page house ads for Amazing Spider-Man #4 and Sgt. Fury and His Howling Commandos #3.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. X-Men
    X-Men
This issue was most recently modified by:
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  • Merlin Haas
  • Patrick Lemaire
  • Per Sandell
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  • Ralf Haring
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