(November 1978)
- Volume:
- 1
- Price:
- 0.35 USD
- Pages:
- 36
- Indicia frequency:
- Monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand:
- Marvel Comics Group
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Roger Stern (Editor); Jim Salicrup (Assistant Editor); Jim Shooter (Editor-in-Chief)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US Size; Saddle-stitched; Newsprint; Was ongoing
Issue Notes
Copyright © 1978 by Marvel Comics Group, a Division of Cadence Industries Corporation.; UPC 0714860246111
Enter: Sauron! (Table of Contents)
X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Pencils:
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks:
- Terry Austin (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Dan Crespi; Michael Higgins (the words “The Uncanny” over the “X-Men” logo)
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]]; Sauron
- Reprinted:
- in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #21
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #6 (May 1988)
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #24 (1990)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #1
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #7
Indexer Notes
Particularization of Higgins lettering credit is from The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1988).
Visions of Death! (Table of Contents)
X-Men / comic story / 17 pages (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- John Byrne (plot); Chris Claremont (plot, script)
- Pencils:
- John Byrne
- Inks:
- Terry Austin
- Colors:
- Francoise Mouly
- Letters:
- Rick Parker
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Banshee [Sean Cassiday]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]]; GUESTS: Ka-Zar; Zabu; Nereel; Fall People; Tandy Snow [Queen Tandylla]; VILLAINS: Sauron; Zaladane; Garokk; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Beast [Henry McCoy]
- Synopsis:
- The X-Men fight Sauron until he transforms back to Karl Lykos; Ka-Zar shows up and he and Karl tell the X-Men the tale of Zaladane awakening Garokk; Cyclops decides to leave the Savage Land rather than help as he fears for Xavier's safety; The way back to the surface world is blocked by ice as the Savage Land begins to undergo a terrible change.
- Reprinted:
- in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #21
- in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #24 (1990)
- in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #1
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #7
Indexer Notes
Picks up plot threads from the cancelled Ka-Zar series. Tandy Snow [Queen Tandylla] appearance added per note in Jeff Christianson's Master List (http://www.marvunapp.com/master/sn.htm).
X-Mail (Table of Contents)
X-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Letters from readers - Sim Pertuit, Ms. T. J. Morgan and Brian Nelson.
Bullpen Bulletins [November 1978] (Table of Contents)
Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- Stan Lee; ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- ?
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Stan's Soapbox - Stan talks about being a consultant for the television programs.
Miscellaneous Marvel news items.
Preview of the cover to Fantastic Four #200.
Thor--in Good Overcomes Evil! (Table of Contents)
Thor; Hostess Fruit Pies / advertisement / 1 page (report information)
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- ?
- Inks:
- Joe Sinnott
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Gaspar Saladino
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Thor
Editing
Table of Contents
-
1.
Visions of Death!
X-Men -
2.
X-Mail
X-Mail -
3.
Bullpen Bulletins [November 1978]
Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
Thor--in Good Overcomes Evil!
Thor; Hostess Fruit Pies
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- David Bachman
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