The X-Men #91
(December 1974)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.25 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1974-09-10
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Roy Thomas (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Comic Reader (Street Enterprises, 1973 series) #110, September 1974.
This issue has variants:

X-Men vs. the Power of Magneto (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Buscema
Inks
John Buscema
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Angel; Iceman; Beast]; Magneto
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Orzechowski credit per Nick Caputo. 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) credit Anette Kawecki.

The Torch Is Passed...! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
George Tuska (credited)
Inks
John Tartaglione (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Sam Rosen (credited)
Editing
Stan Lee (credited) (original editor)

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Professor X; GUESTS: Quicksliver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; VILLAINS: Magneto; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]; Hercules; Goliath [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]]
Synopsis
The X-Men attend Professor X's funeral and are surprised when Quicksilver shows up. Returning to the mansion, the X-Men are greeted by a posthumous message from Xavier passing the torch on to his students. Quicksilver returns to Magneto's lair and is plagued with doubt about leaving the Avengers to rejoin his old master but fears for his sister's health. The X-Men lay a trap and attack Magneto and his Brotherhood but the bad guys quickly gain the upper hand.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Updated data information from James Serpas (July 6, 2005).

Notes and News on a Nestful of Nebbishes! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Journey's End (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils
Steve Ditko (credited)
Inks
Steve Ditko (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek
Editing
Stan Lee (original editor)

Job Number
V-395
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Prof. Storm
Synopsis
A crook ends up killing a night watchman and flees into the past in a time machine where he has a violent encounter with the machine's creator.
Reprints

Bullpen Bonus Page! (What Else?) (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 0.5 page (report information)

Be a Mighty Marvel Salesperson! (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. X-Men vs. the Power of Magneto
    X-Men
  2. 1. The Torch Is Passed...!
    X-Men
  3. 2. Notes and News on a Nestful of Nebbishes!
    Bullpen Bulletins
  4. 3. Journey's End
  5. 4. Bullpen Bonus Page! (What Else?)
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. Be a Mighty Marvel Salesperson!
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • David B
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • David Bruce
  • Nick Caputo
  • Steve Coates
  • Steve Dasinger
  • Merlin Haas
  • Ethan Hoddes
  • Steve Jenner
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore