(November 1971)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.25 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- Bi-monthly except June, semi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Magazine Management Co., Inc.
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- ISBN:
- ?
- Editing:
- Stan Lee
- Format:
- giant-sized annual
Issue Notes
Indicia title: The X-Men, Vol. 1 No. 2; cover title: King-Size Special X-Men™
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
-
from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966)
-
[no title indexed]
X-Men / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Marie Severin
- Inks:
- John Romita
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino (logo and letters)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl; Eel; Plantman; Porcupine; Scarecrow; Unicorn
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #7 [Regular Edition] ([October] 2008)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited John Verpoorten.
Sources for letters credit are 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).
Divided We Fall
X-Men / comic story / 19 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils:
- Werner Roth
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Henry McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Robert Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Zelda "Zel" Kurtzberg; Vera Cantor; Colosso (destroyed); Sara Grey Bailey (mentioned); Maggia [Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]; Plantman [Samuel Smithers]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]; Scarecrow [Ebenezar Laughton]; Scarecrow's crows; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk]]
- Synopsis:
- The X-Men defeat Colosso in a Danger Room training simulation. Scott is jealous of Warren's relationship with Jean and Professor X frets over his inability to walk. Count Nefaria, seeking to force the X-Men to serve him, has his agents capture them.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #22 (July 1966)
-
- Keywords:
- Central Park; Danger Room; Grand Central Station; Washington Capitol; X-Mansion
Indexer Notes
Edited reprint. Page 20 cut.
["Joe Weider Creates the Strong Arm Method!"]
advertisement / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Content Information
- Characters:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited)
Indexer Notes
Arnold Schwarzenegger flexing his biceps in a Joe Weider advertisement. Appears between pages 14 and 15 of the first story.
To Save a City
X-Men / comic story / 18 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils:
- Werner Roth
- Inks:
- Dick Ayers
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Artie Simek
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Henry McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Robert Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Senator; Major General Fredericks; Colonel Hendershoot; captain; corporal; Charlie; Bill; guard; Congressman; Eddie; Maggia [Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria]; Eel [Leopold Stryke]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]; Scarecrow [Ebenezar Laughton]; Scarecrow's crows; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk]]
- Synopsis:
- Count Nefaria places a Crystalline Dome over Washington and forces the X-Men to help him take it over. Professor X temporarily walks via "lightweight flexible metal braces" and helps defeat Nefaria.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #23 (August 1966)
-
- Keywords:
- US Army; US Congress; US Senate; Washington Capitol; Washington Monument; Washington Police Department; X-Mansion
Indexer Notes
Edited reprint. A total of 2 pages are cut. Panels 4-6 of page 11 are cut. Panel 1 of page 12 expanded in width, with new art added to left and right margins of panel. Panels 2-6 of page 12 are cut. Panels 2-5 of page 13 are cut. Page 11 of the reprinted version has panels 1-3 of page 11, panel 1 of page 12 (expanded), and panels 1 and 6 of page 13.
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
X-Men -
1.
Divided We Fall
X-Men -
2.
["Joe Weider Creates the Strong Arm Method!"]
-
3.
To Save a City
X-Men
- Daniel Block
- Daniel Thingvold
- John P. Selegue
- David B
- Tom Hartley
- Lou Mougin
- Kelly Langston-Smith
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