X-Men Annual #7 [Newsstand]

([January] 1984)

Scavenger Hunt (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont

Pencils

Michael Golden (pages 1-27, 33-39); Bret Blevins (pages 28-32); Sam de la Rosa (finishes, page 29); Arthur Adams (uncredited, finishes, page 29); Eliot R. Brown (page 40, uncredited)

Inks

Michael Golden (pages 1-2); Tom Mandrake (pages 3-7, 20-23); Bob Wiacek (pages 8-11); Terry Austin (pages 12-13, 16, 38-39); Brett Breeding (pages 14-15, 17-19); Bill Anderson (page 24); Joe Rubinstein (pages 25-27, 30-31); Steve Leialoha (page 28, 40); Sam de la Rosa (page 29); Al Milgrom (page 32); Bret Blevins (pages 33-37)

Colors

Glynis Oliver

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (pages 1-30, 33-39); Michael Higgins (page 31-32); Rick Parker (page 40)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Batter up!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Professor X; Storm; Colossus; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Wolverine [Logan]; Rogue; Ariel [Kitty Pryde]]; Illyana Rasputin [Magik]; Majestrix Lilandra; Lockheed; Nick Fury; Valentina de la Fontaine; Dum Dum Dugan; Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu; Avengers [She-Hulk [Jennifer Walters]; Iron Man [James Rhodes]]; Dr. Strange; Edwin Jarvis; Impossible Man; Marvel Bullpen [Mike Carlin; Eliot Brown; Mark Gruenwald; Darlene Cole; Larry Hama; Michael Golden; Jim Shooter; Lynn; Rick; Ron; Michael Hobson; Ann Nocenti; Louise Jones; Chris Claremont; Paul Smith; Virginia Romita]; Sebastian Shaw (villain); White Queen [Emma Frost] (villain); Bothnian (introduction); other aliens (introduction, villains)

Synopsis

Impossible Man steals X-Mansion during an X-Men baseball game and the scavenger hunt fun begins. The X-Men chase Impossible Man to the Shield Helicarrier (where he absconds with Fury's eye patch), the Savage Land (where Zabu is the target), Avengers Mansion (to make off with the Wasp's wardrobe), and to the offices of Marvel Comics (where he tries to steal Stan Lee).

Reprints

• in Marvel-Comic-Sonderheft (Condor, 1980 series) #18 (1984)
• in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #5 (2004) [black and white]
• in Impossible Man (Marvel, 2011 series) ([June] 2011)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #9 (2015)
• in Marvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X (Panini España, 2011 series) #4 - Desde las Cenizas (Agosto 2015)
• in The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2016)

Keywords

Avengers Mansion; baseball; fourth wall; Helicarrier; offices of Marvel Comics; Savage Land; scavenger hunt; X-Mansion

Indexer Notes

Assistant Editor's Month Annual.

Per Sam de la Rosa via the GCD Error Tracker, "page 29 was layouts by Brett Blevins with finished art by me, but Arthur Adams did finished pencils for me on the first two panels! We were at SDCCI."

An inks credit in this issue to “‘Wild Bill’ Anderson,” recorded here as Bill Anderson, was previously recorded in GCD as Brent Anderson.

Page 40 inks and letters confirmed on Eliot R. Brown's website. https://www.eliotrbrown.com/wp/erbs-assistant-editor-month/