The X-Men #12

(July 1965)

The Origin of Professor X! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); Alex Toth (credited) (pencils)

Inks

Vince Colletta (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Professor! We heard that blood-curdling noise!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier] (origin); Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko] (first appearance, origin]; Kurt Marko (flashback); Sharon Xavier (Professor X's mother, flashback)

Synopsis

Cerebro detects a powerful mutant and Xavier fears that he knows who it is. The X-Men prepare the mansion for an all-out assault. As the mysterious villain batters his way through the mansion's defenses, Professor X tells his students his origin story and how his step-brother changed from tormenting bully to an unstoppable Juggernaut.

Reprints

• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #25
• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #22 (15 July 1967) [Black and white, pages 1 to 11 only.], #23 (22 July 1967) [Black and white, pages 12 to 20 only, plus a new recap page.]
• in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #67 (December 1970)
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #12 (5 décembre 1970)
• in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #24 ([Dezember 1975])
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #28 (10 mai 1982)
• in X-Men (Federal, 1984 ? series) #2 ([1985])
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #4 (March 1986)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #4
• in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
• in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 ([Novenber] 1988)
• in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #12 (April 1995)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #6 (Aprile 1996)
• in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (September 1999), #1 [Third Printing] (2003)
• 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)

Indexer Notes

First two-part story.

The Merry Marvel Bullpen Page! (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

Let's Visit the X-Men / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby (illustration)

Inks

Paul Reinman (illustration)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Reprints

• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 ([April] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Letters from Marlene Jablon, Tim Ellis, Patrick Clark, Raymon Miller, Pete von Sholly, Jonathan Singer, Marty Ross, and Walter Smith; includes The Mighty Marvel Checklist.