The X-Men #16

(January 1966)

The Supreme Sacrifice! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); Werner Roth (credited as Jay Gavin) (pencils)

Inks

Dick Ayers (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In which a life is lost... -- a battle won!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Master Mold; Dr. Bolivar Trask (death); Charlie

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

With the X-Men captured, Xavier heads back to investigate a fallen Sentinel to try and figure out what stopped it. The X-Men escape and battle the Sentinels but it is the timely intervention of Professor X and the self sacrifice of Dr. Trask that stops Master Mold and saves the day.

Reprints

• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #30 (9 September 1967) [First half of story, pages 1 to 9 and panels 1 to 5 of page 10, are reprinted.], #31 (16 September 1967) [Second half of story, pages 11-20, reprinted along with a 'new' splash page reprinting some panels from X-Men #15 (December 1965).]
• in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #69 (April 1971)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #16 (5 avril 1971)
• in X-Men Pocketbook (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #16 (1981)
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #32 (10 septembre 1982)
• in X-Men (Federal, 1984 ? series) #2 ([1985])
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 ([November] 1988)
• in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #16 (August 1995)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #6 (Aprile 1996)
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (September 1999) [black and white], #1 [Third Printing] (2003) [black and white]
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
• in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Children of the Atom (2014)
• in X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)

Another Mighty Marvel Hot-Line Report Featuring Earth-Shaking Items of Monumental Inconsequence! (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins; Items; Mighty Marvel Checklist / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Items; list of 25 M.M.M.S. members; The Mighty Marvel Checklist; order blank for M.M.M.S.

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

Let's Visit the X-Men / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustration); Alex Toth (illustration); Werner Roth (illustration)

Inks

Paul Reinman (illustration); Vince Colletta (illustration); Joe Sinnott (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warrent Worthington III]; Beast; Iceman]

Reprints

• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Alex Nicholson, John Hargreaves, Don Harrison, Hugo Harper, Tommy Howlin, Larry Brinning, Larry Boyle, Michael Arden Jr., Peter Cadwell, and Louis Rollins; four images from earlier issues; next issue blurb.