(September 1969)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.15 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Magazine Management Co., Inc.
Brand:
Marvel Comics Group
Editing:
Stan Lee
Format:
Color; Standard Modern Age US Size; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was ongoing

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

In the Shadow of... Sauron (Table of Contents)

X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
Tom Palmer ?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Neal Adams ?; Sol Brodsky ?; Sam Rosen ? (logo design tweaking)

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Sauron
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

Indexer Notes

Disputed inker credit--Tom Palmer per Steve Whitaker, Nick Caputo, Carl Gafford, and Bob Ford; Neal Adams per the original indexer. Also crediting Adams with inks are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).

The X-Men logo created by Jim Steranko in issue #50 is adjusted a bit beginning with this issue to become the standard version. Who did this adjustment is in dispute.

Letters (excluding the logo) are credited to Adams in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1987) and Official Index to the Marvel Universe.


In the Shadow of...Sauron! (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Roy Thomas
Pencils:
Neal Adams
Inks:
Tom Palmer
Colors:
Neal Adams
Letters:
Sam Rosen

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
FEATURE: X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast]; GUESTS: Havok; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Tanya Anderssen (1st; flashback); Dr. Anderssen (1st; flashback); VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sauron [Karl Lykos] (1st); CAMEOS: Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Toad; Blob; Unus; Mesmero; Mastermind; Banshee; Living Pharaoh; Vanisher
Synopsis:
The X-Men take an injured Havok to be treated by one of Xavier's old buddies, Dr. Karl Lykos; Lykos is an energy vampire and drains mutant life energy from Havok, turning himself into the evil Sauron; Angel takes off to investigate the flying dinosaur and is hypnotized by Sauron's powers.
Reprints: show reprint note before migration

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Includes a letter from Don McGregor


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. In the Shadow of...Sauron!
    X-Men
  2. 2. [no title indexed]
    Mutant Mail-Box
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Per Sandell
  • David Bachman
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Lou Mougin
  • Mike Tiefenbacher
  • Tim Fitzpatrick
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Spencer Price-Nash
  • Ian Dowell
  • Carl Gafford
  • Robert Wood
  • Lou Mazzella