(September 1969)
- 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 X-Men Classics Starring the X-Men (Marvel, 1983 series) #2 (January 1984)
In the Shadow of... Sauron
X-Men / cover / 1 page
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
- in X-Men Classics Starring the X-Men (Marvel, 1983 series) #2 (January 1984)
- in X-Men: Visionaries 2: The Neal Adams Collection (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn] (1996 (1st Printing); 2000 (2nd Printing))
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #3
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!
X-Men / comic story / 20 pages
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
- in X-Men Classics Starring the X-Men (Marvel, 1983 series) #2 (January 1984)
- in X-Men: Visionaries 2: The Neal Adams Collection (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn] (1996 (1st Printing); 2000 (2nd Printing))
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages
Credits
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Includes a letter from Don McGregor
- Derek Reinhard
- Per Sandell
- David Bachman
- 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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