The X-Men #8

(November 1964)

Unus, the Untouchable! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Stan Lee

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Chic Stone

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Job Number:

X-803

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

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

Synopsis:

After being attacked by a mutant hating crowd following his heroic rescue of a young boy, Beast gets fed up with protecting a humanity that fears and hates him and quits the X-Men; He becomes a professional wrestler but meets his match when he battles Unus, a mutant who cannot be touched; Unus is trying to leave show biz and join Magneto's Brotherhood so he takes on the X-Men as an initiation; The X-Men barely fend him off and, returning home, they find the Beast has constructed a machine that will actually increase Unus' powers; Thinking him a traitor, the X-Men try to prevent Hank from using the machine, but, once Unus has been zapped and powered up, he finds that he cannot even eat without the food being repelled out of his hands; Beast returns him to his former power level but with the promise that Unus will steer clear of Magneto.

Reprints:

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #27 (July 1970)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #14 (January 1981)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 ([November] 1987)
• in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #8 (December 1994)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #5 (Dicembre 1995)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 1998 series) #[1] (December 1998)
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (September 1999)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #27 (July 1970)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #14 (January 1980)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3
• in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #8
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #5

Indexer Notes

Iceman changes from snowman form to ice form.

The Beast (Table of Contents)

Special Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Chic Stone

Colors:

?

Letters:

Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Beast

Reprints:

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #21 (July 1969)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #2 (January 1980)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 1998 series) #[3] (January 2002)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

Reprint Note before Migration:

• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #21 (July 1969)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #2 (January 1980)