The X-Men #139 [Newsstand]
(November 1980)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1980-09-03
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246111
Editing
Louise Simonson (editor); Danny Fingeroth (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue is a variant of The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #139 [Direct]. There exist further variants:

Welcome to the X-Men Kitty Pryde Hope You Survive the Experience! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Jim Novak

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kitty Pryde]
Reprints

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

Monogram Models / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

...Something Wicked This Way Comes! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Angel--look out!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Angel [Warren Worthington III] (joins); Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Sprite [Kitty Pryde]]; Heather Hudson (introduction); Stevie Hunter (introduction); Alpha Flight [Vindicator [James MacDonald Hudson; Guardian]; Shaman; Snowbird]; Hulk [Bruce Banner] (flashback); Joe Parnall (flashback); Wendigo [Paul Cartier] (flashback); Marie Cartier (flashback); Eileen Parnall (flashback); Tommy Parnall (flashback); Wendigo (villain)
Synopsis
The X-Men begin to train together with their new line-up. Kitty tries to adjust to life as an X-Man. Wolverine and Nightcrawler head to Canada to help Alpha Flight track down Wendigo.
Reprints
Keywords
Big Moose Creek; Danger Room; Ottawa; Salem Center

Indexer Notes

First Wolverine in brown costume. First reference to Wolverine’s first appearance in Incredible Hulk #181 (shown as flashback).

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

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Dennis Mallonee, Terry Black, Eric L. Waters, and April Curry; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

The Power of Gold! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic] / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

100 pc Toy Soldier Set $1.98 (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

100 Toy Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Welcome to the X-Men Kitty Pryde Hope You Survive the Experience!
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["Trans Am muscle"]
    Monogram Models
  3. 2. ...Something Wicked This Way Comes!
    X-Men
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
  5. 4. The Power of Gold!
    Hostess Twinkies; Mister Fantastic [Mr. Fantastic]
  6. 5. 100 pc Toy Soldier Set $1.98
    100 Toy Soldiers
  7. 6. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales / Olympia Sales Cards
  8. 7. ["We challenge you."]
    Lego Toys
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