The X-Men #31

(April 1967)

We Must Destroy... the Cobalt Man! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Werner Roth (credited)

Inks

John Tartaglione (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The thunder rolls...

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Bernard the Poet; Vera Cantor; Cobalt Man [Ralph Roberts] (first appearance); Iron Man [Tony Stark] (cameo flashback); Zelda Kurtzberg; Ted Roberts; Candy Southern (first appearance, last name spelled Sothern in this appearance)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The X-Men are given a weekend off and head out for some fun. Cyclops and Angel visit Jean in college and find her engaged with brothers Ted and Ralph Roberts. Ralph, who used to work for Tony Stark, takes them all to his lab where he puts on his new Cobalt Man suit to impress his brother. Going a little batty, Cobalt Man wrecks the lab and heads out to Stark Industries to confront his old boss. The X-Men assemble to battle him before his suit becomes radioactive and blows up.

Reprints

• in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #1963 (1968)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #59 (30 March 1968), #60 (6 April 1968) [1 panel used as pinup], #60 (6 April 1968)
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #63
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #31 (5 juillet 1972)
• in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #79 (December 1972)
which is reprinted
• in X-mændene (Williams, 1973 series) #2/1974 (1974)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #14 (January 1981) [Page 1]
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #47 (10 décembre 1983)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #13 (Aprile 1998)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 1998 series) #[3] (January 2002)
• in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2009 series) #3 (2011)
• in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 - Lonely Are the Hunted (2016)

A Profound Potpourri of Perplexing Pronouncements and Preposterous Philosophy, All Portending Practically Nothing! (Table of Contents: 2)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Items; list of Marvel TV stations, list of 26 M.M.M.S. members.

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

Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Letters

typeset

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Jeff Zweig, Joseph Grau, K. Koberlein, M. Zlotucha II, J. Sansky, Sean O'Flynn (Robert O'Gersman), Allen Fowler, Jr., Mark Campbell & John Zadvisskis, Jack White, Dave French, Jr., and Mimi Spencer.