(November 1968)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.12 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US Size; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was ongoing
Issue Notes
First use of the iconic block-lettered X-Men logo as created by Jim Steranko.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #48 (Diciembre 31 de 1969)
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #48 (Diciembre 31 de 1969)
- in X-Men: Mutations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn] (1996) [pp. 6-9]
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #16 (Marzo 1999)
[no title indexed]
X-Men / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jim Steranko (signed)
- Inks:
- Jim Steranko (signed)
- Colors:
- Jim Steranko
- Letters:
- Jim Steranko (logo design)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- X-Men [Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl]; Polaris
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #48 (Diciembre 31 de 1969)
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #16 (Marzo 1999)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #3
Indexer Notes
Possible Steranko color credit by Nick Caputo. Steranko colors credit is corroborated by The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987).
City of Mutants
X-Men / comic story / 15 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils:
- Jim Steranko
- Inks:
- John Tartaglione
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Herb Cooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- X-Men [Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl]; Lorna Dane; Mesmero (Villain); Demi-Men (Villain); Magneto Robot (Villain; Introduction)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #16 (Marzo 1999)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) #[nn] ([September] 2002)
This Boy--This Bombshell!
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men / comic story / 5 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils:
- Werner Roth
- Inks:
- John Verpoorten
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Herb Cooper
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Beast (origin continued); Hank McCoy (as young child and teenager); Norton McCoy; Edna McCoy; Uncle Bob; El Conquistador (name revealed in next issue; Villain; Introduction); Chico (name revealed in next issue; Introduction)
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series) #17 (March 1973) [pages 2-5]
- in X-Men: Mutations (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn] (1996) [pages 2-5]
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #12 (Novembre 1997) [abridged]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006) [black & white]
Indexer Notes
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 13, origin of the Beast part 2, page 1 of this story is not reprinted in the Amazing Adventures #17 and X-Men: Mutations #nn reprints.
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
City of Mutants
X-Men -
2.
This Boy--This Bombshell!
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Ramon Schenk
- Derek Reinhard
- Mike Nielsen
- David Bachman
- Nick Caputo
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- Bob Klein
- Lou Mougin
- Mike Tiefenbacher
- Tim Fitzpatrick
- Tony R. Rose
- Spencer Price-Nash
- Ian Dowell
- Carl Gafford
- Robert Wood
- Lou Mazzella
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