The X-Men #134 [Direct]
(June 1980)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-02-26
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Jim Salicrup (editor); Bob Budiansky (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

© 1980 Marvel Comics Group.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Heroes and Hellfire (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as Byrne)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Gaspar Saladino; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Hellfire Club has transformed Phoenix into their Black Queen!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus]; Hellfire Club [Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Black Queen [Jean Grey]]
Reprints

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

Spot-bilt Spots / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Too Late, The Heroes! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Byrne (plot); Chris Claremont (plot, script)
Pencils
John Byrne
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
Bob Sharen
Letters
Tom Orzechowski

Job Number
LF101
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Minutes ago, Cyclops-- without any warning whatsoever-- collapsed here in the upstairs study of New York's legendary Hellfire Club.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey; also as Dark Phoenix on last page]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Nightcrawler]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Hellfire Club [Sebastian Shaw; Harry Leland; Donald Pierce; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Black Queen [Jean Grey]]; Hellfire Soldiers; Senator Robert Kelly (cameo)
Synopsis
Jean breaks Mastermind's spell over her and the X-Men battle the Hellfire Club through the Club's mansion. Jean drives Mastermind insane for toying with her mind. Jean snaps and becomes Dark Phoenix.
Reprints

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

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

The Trap (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
Chris Claremont
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Caleb Hammer
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Keith L. Partain, Joel D. Cochin, and Todd "Yes-it's-me-The Kid" Benedict. Includes promo for Marvel Premiere #54.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Dingo Kids Meet O.J. Simpson (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Heroes and Hellfire
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["The "Juice" says... "show them your heels""]
    Spot-bilt Spots
  3. 2. Too Late, The Heroes!
    X-Men
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. The Trap
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
  7. 6. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
  8. 7. The Dingo Kids Meet O.J. Simpson
  9. 8. ["Beware of Aliens."]
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