X-Men #3

(January 1964)

Beware of the Blob! (Table of Contents)

X-Men / story / 24 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Paul Reinman

Colors:

?

Letters:

Artie Simek

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The X-Men [Professor X; The Angel; The Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman]; The Blob (1st)

Synopsis:

Professor X detects a new mutant and sends the X-Men to investigate; They arrive at a carnival and encounter the Blob, a very fat sideshow attraction who can bounce bullets off of his malleable hide as well as anchor himself to the earth and become immovable; The X-Men bring him back to the mansion as a potential member but the Blob spurns their invitation and returns to the carnival; Realizing that the Blob knows their secret, the X-Men lure him back to the mansion where Xavier wipes his memory.

Reprinted:

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #22 (September 1969)
• in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) #nn (1978)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #5 (April 1980) [pp. 1-12]
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #6 (May 1980) [pp. 13-24]
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 (1987)
• in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #3 (July 1994)
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 [black & white reprint]
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #3