The X-Men #2

(November 1963)

No One Can Stop the Vanisher (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number

X-470

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Faster! Professor X is waiting for us!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III] (featured); Beast [Hank McCoy] (featured); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (featured); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (featured); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (featured); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (featured)]; Fred Duncan (introduction); Lieutenant General Fredricks; Colonel Hendershoot (introduction); Vanisher [Telford Porter] (villain); Vanisher's gang [Weasel; unnamed ones] (villains, introduction and only appearance); Bill (F.B.I. agent); Officer Smithers

Synopsis

The X-Men face a new foe: The Vanisher!

Reprints

• in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1
• in Komikai Micro Comics Ultimate Marvel (Spin Master, 2005 series) #[71] - The X-Men #2
• in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #2 (28 de febrero de 1966)
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #3 (4 March 1967) [pages 1-11], #4 (11 March 1967) [pages 12-22]
• in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #21 (July 1969)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #2 (5 février 1970) [reworked]
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #4 ([April 1974]), #5 ([Mai 1974])
• in The Super-Heroes (Marvel UK, 1975 series) #3 (March 22, 1975), #4 (March 29, 1975)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #3 (February 1980) [pp. 1-11], #4 (March 1980) [pp 12-22]
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #18 (10 juillet 1981)
• 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) #1 (Marzo 1994)
• in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #2 (June 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)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002)
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 [Third Printing] (2003)
• in X-Men: Children of the Atom (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
• in Target X-Men Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006)
• 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)

Keywords

Danger Room; defense plans; McDonnel XV-1 convertiplane; Metro National Bank; Pentagon; Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters; Washington D.C.; White House

Indexer Notes

Job number revealed on original art: https://whatifkirby.com/gallery/comic-art-listings/x-men-issue-2-page-1

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