(November 1971)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly except June, semi-monthly
On-sale Date
1971-06-15
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
Editing
Stan Lee (editor)

Issue Notes

Indicia title: The X-Men, Vol. 1 No. 2; cover title: King-Size Special X-Men™. On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Marie Severin
Inks
John Romita
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen; Gaspar Saladino (logo)

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Eel [Leopold Stryke]; Plantman [Samuel Smithers]; Porcupine [Alexander Gentry]; Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton]; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited John Verpoorten.

Rosen letters per Nick Caputo. 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) credited Saladino with both the logo and caption.

Divided We Fall (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Maggia: Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria] (antagonist); Eel [Leopold Stryke] (antagonist); Plantman [Samuel Smithers] (antagonist); Porcupine [Alexander Gentry] (antagonist); Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton] (antagonist); Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (antagonist)
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (featured); Beast [Hank McCoy] (featured); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (featured); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (featured); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (featured); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (featured)
Vera Cantor (supporting); Colosso (death) (destroyed); Sarah Grey-Bailey (supporting) (mentioned); Zelda Kurtzberg (supporting); Scarecrow's crows
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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
Keywords
Central Park; Danger Room; Grand Central Station; Washington Capitol; X-Mansion

Indexer Notes

Edited reprint. Page 20 cut.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

To Save a City (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Werner Roth
Inks
Dick Ayers
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Maggia: Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria] (antagonist); Eel [Leopold Stryke] (antagonist); Porcupine [Alexander Gentry] (antagonist); Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton] (antagonist); Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (antagonist)
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Colonel Hendershoot (supporting); Senator; Major General Fredericks; captain; corporal; Charlie; Bill; guard; Congressman; Eddie; Scarecrow's crows
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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
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.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Divided We Fall
    X-Men
  3. 2. ["Joe Weider Creates the Strong Arm Method!"]
  4. 3. To Save a City
    X-Men
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  • Daniel Block
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Tom Hartley
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • James Ludwig
  • Darrel McCann
  • Jonathan Sari
  • John P. Selegue
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore