The X-Men
#40
(January 1968)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1967-11-09
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
-
Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Printer
- The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
The Mark of the Monster!
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Angel; Iceman; Beast]; The Frankenstein Android
- Reprints
-
in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #88 (June 1974) which is reprinted - in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2009)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #8 ([March] 2010)
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 (July 1987)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 ([October] 2004)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006)
- in X-Men: First Class Giant-Size Special (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (December 2008)
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).
The Mark of the Monster!
X-Men / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited)
- Inks
- George Tuska (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Artie Simek (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Factor Three has been defeated!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; The Frankenstein Android (intro, death; not the Frankenstein Monster); Changeling
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Annual (IPC, 1967 series) #1970 -
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #40 (5 avril 1973) - in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #88 (June 1974)
- in The Titans Annual (World Distributors, 1976 series) #1977 (1976)
- in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #56 (10 septembre 1984)
-
in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #14 (Luglio 1998) [page count uncertain] - in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 ([October] 2004)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006)
- in X-Men: First Class Giant-Size Special (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (December 2008)
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
-
Indexer Notes
Professor X secretly replaced by Changeling through issue #43.
The First Evil Mutant!
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Werner Roth (credited)
- Inks
- John Verpoorten (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Al Kurzrok (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As a runaway Scott Summers, fleeing the terrors of a world that fears and hates him, plunges thru the forest...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers] (origin continued); Jack O'Diamonds [Jack Winters]
- Reprints
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #40 (5 avril 1973)
- in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #3 (February 1980)
- in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #56 (10 septembre 1984)
- 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 Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #4 (Luglio 1995)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 ([October] 2004)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006)
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
-
Face Front! Hang Loose! 'Nuff Said!
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Don Heck (illustrations)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Iceman; Cyclops; Beast; Angel
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Robert Thuotte, Doug Nikkel, Lewis Flock, Jon Ray, Connie Sheehand, Richard Struempler, Ken Jensen.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Mark of the Monster!
X-Men -
1.
The Mark of the Monster!
X-Men -
2.
The First Evil Mutant!
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men -
3.
Face Front! Hang Loose! 'Nuff Said!
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins -
4.
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box
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