The X-Men #41

(February 1968)

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Fayd Skin Cream / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Now Strikes...the Sub-Human! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Don Heck (credited)

Inks

George Tuska (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Midnight! ... and a rolling, rumbling subway...

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; Vera Cantor (guest); Changeling (guest, impersonates Professor Xavier); Grotesk (villain, introduction, also in flashback as Prince Gor-Tok); King Krono (villain, introduction, death in flashback); Zelda Kurtzberg (guest); Princess Ingar (villain, introduction, death in flashback); Dr. Hunt; Mr. Chalmers

Synopsis

A subterranean race was destroyed by underground atomic tests and the lone survivor, Gor-Tok, seeks revenge against those responsible - humans.

Reprints

• in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #80 (24 August 1968) [artwork reworked as cover], #80 (24 August 1968) [part 1], #81 (31 August 1968) [part 2]
• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #103
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #41 (5 mai 1973)
• in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #89 (August 1974)
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #57 (10 octobre 1984)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #15 (Dicembre 1998)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #4 ([October] 2004)
• in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2009 series) #4 (2011)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
• in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 - Lonely Are the Hunted (2016)

Keywords

Archer College; nuclear oscillotron

Indexer Notes

Changeling is disguised as Professor X.

The Living Diamond! (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas (credited)

Pencils

Werner Roth (credited)

Inks

John Verpoorten (credited as J. Verpoorten)

Colors

?

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

A confused Scott Summers has reluctantly accompanied the evil mutant who calls himself Jack O'Diamonds to a darkened nuclear power plant--where, for the first time, the pair come face-to-face with Professor X!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cyclops [Scott Summers] (origin continued); Jack O'Diamonds [Jack Winters] (also origin of his Living Diamond alias); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Joe; Charlie

Synopsis

Jack Winters breaks into the Cyclotron and irradiates himself in an effort to turn himself completely into diamond; he succeeds and calls himself the Living Diamond.

Reprints

• in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #103
• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #41 (5 mai 1973)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #4 (March 1980)
• in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #57 (10 octobre 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) [black and white]
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2009 series) #4 (2011)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
• in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #2 - Lonely Are the Hunted (2016)

Keywords

Cyclotron

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Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

Ross Andru (illustrations)

Inks

George Roussos (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl

Reprints

• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Frank Hembeck, Rick Ellrod, Bobby Wilson, Saul David, Guy H. Lillian III, Loren MacGregor, and Douglas Dams.

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Revolutionary War Soldiers / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Honor House Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Famous Artists Schools / advertisement / 1 page (report information)