The X-Men #122 [Direct]
(June 1979)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246106
Editing
Roger Stern (editor); Jim Salicrup (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Barcode box has a heavy black line through it, signifying it as a direct market variant.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Trial of Colossus! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed as COCKRUM)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Colossus; Wolverine [Logan]]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Sales Leadership Club / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Cry for the Children! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
John Byrne (plot); Chris Claremont (plot, script)
Pencils
John Byrne (breakdowns); Terry Austin (finished art)
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Nowadays, many people know him as Colossus.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Power Man [Luke Cage]; Colleen Wing; Misty Knight; Lilandra; Moira MacTaggert; Polaris; Havok; Chancellor Maelen; Mr. Stu'rt; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde (introduction)] (villain); Black Tom Cassidy (villain); Juggernaut (villain); Arcade (villain); Miss Locke (villain); Bluey (villain); Johnnie (villain); Frankie (villain); Mariko Yashida (cameo); Multiple Man (cameo)
Synopsis
Wolverine forces Colossus to deal with his recent self-esteem problems. Xavier attends Lilandra's coronation. Jean meets Jason for the first time. Storm visits her old home to find it is a drug hangout. Wolverine sees Mariko in New York. Cyclops goes on a date with Colleen. Arcade conspires with Tom and Juggernaut to kill the X-Men.
Reprints
Keywords
Danger Room; Imperial Center; Salem Center; Stornoway

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Hotshot on the Block (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

X-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from Theos McKinney, William Nutt, Bob Allen and Scot Lerner.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Olympic Sales Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J.! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Trial of Colossus!
    X-Men
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Sales Leadership Club
  3. 2. Cry for the Children!
    X-Men
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. Hotshot on the Block
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
  7. 6. ["100pc toy soldier set"]
  8. 7. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
  9. 8. Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J.!
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  • Katie
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  • Chris Boyko
  • Steve Coates
  • Jochen G.
  • Del Gruber
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Darrel McCann
  • Enrico Menin
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Derek Reinhard
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Stangas
  • Steven Tice
  • Jim Van Dore