X-Men The Hidden Years #4 [Direct Edition]
(March 2000)

Marvel, 1999 Series
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Volume
1
Price
2.50 USD; 3.75 CAD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel Comics
Barcode
759606047994 00411
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Lysa Hawkins (credited as Lysa Kraiger) (assistant editor); Jason Liebig (credited) (editor); Bob Harras (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

... And Now, Magneto! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Inks
John Byrne (signed as John Byrne)
Colors
Gregory Wright ?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]

Escape to Oblivion (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Tom Palmer (credited)
Colors
Gregory Wright (credited as Greg Wright)
Letters
John Byrne

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Within a looming structure deep in the hidden peaks of the Savage Land.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III] (also in flashback); Beast [Hank McCoy] (also in flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (also in flashback); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (also in flashback)
Amphibius; Avia; Iceman [Bobby Drake] (also in flashback); Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder] (flashback); Lorelei [Lani Ubanu] (flashback); Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (also in flashback); Nhu-Gari (Land of the Dead priests); Nhu'abdar
Synopsis
Magneto recounts how he survived his last encounter with the X-Men. Beast and Cyclops rescue Marvel Girl from Magneto. Iceman attempts to get to the Savage Land. Volcanic eruptions destroy the Land of the Dead. The X-Men, Avia, and an unconscious Magneto take an airship to escape, but fly into a storm.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 0.8 page (report information)

Bullpen Bits #35 (Table of Contents: 3)

Bullpen Bits / comic story / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Chris Giarrusso
Pencils
Chris Giarrusso
Inks
Chris Giarrusso
Colors
Chris Giarrusso
Letters
Chris Giarrusso

Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
Venom symbiote; Black Bolt; Lockjaw

Fast Lane Part 3 of 4 On the Edge (Table of Contents: 4)

Spider-Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Glenn Herdling
Pencils
Gregg Schigiel
Inks
Richard Case
Colors
Paul Mounts
Letters
Chris Dickey
Editing
Steve Behling; Michael Stewart

Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Mysterio [Quentin Beck]; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Zane Whelan; Sam Exmore
Synopsis
Spider-Man defeats Mysterio. Sam drives the Daily Bugle van under the influence of marijuana, and is knocked off the Brooklyn Bridge. Spider-Man grabs the van with a webline at the last second, and holds on with all his strength

Indexer Notes

This is part 3 of an anti-drug story that ran through the entire Marvel line for several months in 2000.

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

X-Men the Hidden Years / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Serge E. Ladd, Martin Maenza, Walt Newell, Jeff Fettes, Russ Lee, and Kurt Busiek.

got milk? (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Spider-Man / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ... And Now, Magneto!
    X-Men
  2. 1. Escape to Oblivion
    X-Men
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  4. 3. Bullpen Bits #35
    Bullpen Bits
  5. 4. Fast Lane Part 3 of 4 On the Edge
    Spider-Man
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    X-Men the Hidden Years
  7. 6. got milk?
    Spider-Man
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