X-Men Annual #12 [Direct]
(1988)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1988-06-16
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Harras (credited) (editor); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

On sale date from Amazing Heroes #141.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Evolutionary War [Part Seven] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Arthur Adams (signed as Arthur Adams [circles])
Inks
Arthur Adams (signed as Arthur Adams [circles])
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Babies (Mojoverse): Colossusus (Mojoverse); Lil Longshot (Mojoverse); Shower (Mojoverse); Sugah (Mojoverse); Wolvie (Mojoverse)
X-Men (mainstream): Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (mainstream); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (mainstream); Havok [Alex Summers] (mainstream); Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock] (mainstream); Rogue [Anna Marie] (mainstream); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (mainstream); Wolverine [Logan] (mainstream)
High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (mainstream); Mojo (Mojoverse); Terminus (mainstream)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream; Marvel : Mojoverse
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Keywords
The Evolutionary War
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Resurrection! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 36 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
Arthur Adams (credited as Art Adams)
Inks
Bob Wiacek (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wind howls. Thunder booms. Lightning splits the sky--
Genre
superhero
Characters
Savage Land Mutates: Amphibius (villain, cameo); Barbarus (villain, cameo); Brainchild (villain, cameo); Gaza (villain, cameo); Lupo (villain, cameo); Zaladane (villain)
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Dazzler [Alison Blaire]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Longshot (Mojoverse); Psylocke [Betsy Braddock]; Rogue [Anna Marie]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Garokk (villain, death); Gateway; High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (villain); Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Nereel; Peter (first appearance); Matthew Kyle Andrew Plunder (first appearance); Madelyne Pryor-Summers; Shanna the She-Devil (cameo); Terminus (villain); Zabu; C'Jime; M'Rin
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The X-Men travel to the Savage Land and fight off Terminus. The High Evolutionary and Garokk restore the Savage Land from the wasteland that it had become to its original primeval state.
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Keywords
Savage Land; The Evolutionary War

Indexer Notes

The Evolutionary War Part Seven.
The Evolutionary War continued from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #22.
The Evolutionary War continues in Web of Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1985 series) #4.

I Want My X-Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Babies / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Life is tough when you're the ruler of a world...
Genre
superhero; humor
Characters
X-Babies: Colossusus (introduction); Lil Dazzler (introduction); Lil Havok (introduction); Lil Longshot (introduction); Psychilde (introduction); Shower (introduction); Sugah (introduction); Wolvie (introduction)
X-Men (mainstream): Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Dazzler [Alison Blaire] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Havok [Alex Summers] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Longshot (cameo flashback); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Wolverine [Logan] (mainstream) (cameo flashback)
The Adversary (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Chris Claremont (mainstream); Forge (mainstream) (cameo flashback); Bob Harras (mainstream); Major Domo; Minor Domo (introduction); Mojo (villain); Glynis Oliver (mainstream); Ricochet Rita [Rita Wayword] (mainstream); Art Adams; Bob Wiacek; Tom Orzechowski; Vanna White
Universe
Marvel : Mojoverse
Synopsis
Mojo has to replace his stars after their death in the Fall of the Mutants and settles on the X-Babies (who sort of appeared in Annual #10).
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Indexer Notes

Story has versions of the X-Men as all women, manga robots, s&m freaks and funny animals.

Continued in Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem (Marvel, 1989 series) #1.

The High Evolutionary Chapter Seven: Demon Night (Table of Contents: 3)

High Evolutionary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald (credited)
Pencils
Ron Lim (credited)
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (credited)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited)
Letters
Ken Lopez (credited)
Editing
Ralph Macchio (credited)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
For over a decade, the Citadel of Science...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Knights of Wundagore: Sir Gote (flashback, joins the Knights of Wundagore); Sir Hogg (flashback, joins the Knights of Wundagore); Sir Lepard (flashback, joins the Knights of Wundagore); Sir Lyan (flashback, joins the Knights of Wundagore); Sir Ursus (flashback, joins the Knights of Wundagore)
Bova (flashback); Chthon (flashback, villain); Jonathan Drew (flashback, possessed by Magnus); High Evolutionary [Herbert Edgar Wyndham] (flashback); Magda Lehnsherr (flashback); Magnus (flashback, possesses Jonathan Drew); Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff] (flashback as a baby); Baron Gregor Russoff (flashback); Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff] (flashback as a baby); New Men (flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Part 7 of High Evolutionary's history.

Continued from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #22. Continued in Web of Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1985 series) #4.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Evolutionary War [Part Seven]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Resurrection!
    X-Men
  3. 2. I Want My X-Men!
    X-Babies
  4. 3. The High Evolutionary Chapter Seven: Demon Night
    High Evolutionary
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