- Letters
- typeset
Table of contents with an image from each story.
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Neal Adams
- Inks
- Tom Palmer
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is the sound of...evil?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman; Beast]; GUESTS: Havok; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Tanya Anderssen (1st; flashback); Dr. Anderssen (introduction, flashback); VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sauron [Karl Lykos] (introduction); CAMEOS: Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Toad; Blob; Unus; Mesmero; Mastermind; Banshee; Living Pharaoh; Vanisher
- Synopsis
- The X-Men take an injured Havok to be treated by one of Xavier's old buddies, Dr. Karl Lykos. Lykos is an energy vampire and drains mutant life energy from Havok, turning himself into the evil Sauron. Angel takes off to investigate the flying dinosaur and is hypnotized by Sauron's powers.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- pteranodon
Lorna Dane asks to stay with the X-Men and begins living with them at the X-Mansion. Karl Lykos adopts the name of Sauron after J.R.R. Tolkien's villain from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- Script
- Tony Isabella
- Pencils
- George Tuska
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; John Romita (see notes)
- Letters
- Karen Mantlo; Gaspar Saladino (splash)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Champions [Black Widow [Natasha Romanova] (origin, flashback); Hercules; Angel; Iceman; Ghost Rider [Johnny Blaze]]; Darkstar [Laynia Sergeievna Petrovna] (introduction); Yuri Petrovich (introduction); the Commissar [Alexi Bruskin] (introduction); Griffin (villain); Darkstar (villain); Rampage (villain); Titanium Man (villain)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Los Angeles
Romita inking touch-ups on Iceman throughout. Info per Nick Caputo.
Part reprint, last eight pages of original story. Title change.