The X-Men #3 [British]

(January 1964)

Beware of the Blob! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You have never seen a super-villain like the Blob!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Blob [Frederick Dukes] (introduction); Svenzaldo Zambooba; Tex; Stretcho

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Professor X detects a new mutant and sends the X-Men to investigate. They arrive at a carnival and encounter the Blob, a very fat sideshow attraction who can bounce bullets off of his malleable hide as well as anchor himself to the earth and become immovable. The X-Men bring him back to the mansion as a potential member but the Blob spurns their invitation and returns to the carnival. Realizing that the Blob knows their secret, the X-Men lure him back to the mansion where Xavier wipes his memory.

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #2
• in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #3 (31 de marzo de 1966)
• in Fantastic Annual (IPC, 1967 series) #1968 [2-color reprint, black and red.]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #22 (September 1969)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #3 (5 mars 1970) [reworked]
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #6 ([Juni 1974]), #7 ([Juli 1974])
• in The Super-Heroes (Marvel UK, 1975 series) #6 (1975), #5 (April 5, 1975)
• in Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (Simon and Schuster, 1978 series) (1978)
• in De Fantastiske Fire [Fantastiske Fire superseriepocket] (Atlantic Forlag, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #5 (April 1980) [pp 1-12], #6 (May 1980) [pp 13-24]
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #19 (10 août 1981)
• in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #169 (5 janvier 1984)
• in Marvel Klubben Årshæfte (Interpresse, 1985 series) #1985 (1985)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #12 (November 1986)
which is reprinted
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 ([November] 1987)
• in Uncanny X-Men Masterworks (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (February 1993)
• in Classic X-Men (Planeta DeAgostini, 1994 series) #2 (Mayo 1994)
• in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #3 (July 1994)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #3 (Aprile 1995)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 1998 series) #[1] (December 1998)
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (September 1999) [black & white reprint]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002)
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 [Third Printing] (2003) [black and white]
• in X-Men: Children of the Atom (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)
• in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Children of the Atom (2014)
• in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #3 - X-Men 1 (abril 2021)
• in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Strangest Super Heroes of All (2021)
• in X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)

Keywords

circus; elephant; giraffe; gorilla; intensifier ray