The X-Men #44

(May 1968)

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Red Raven, Red Raven...! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Roy Thomas (plot); Gary Friedrich

Pencils

Don Heck (breakdowns); Werner Roth

Inks

John Tartaglione

Colors

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Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Decisively defeated on the island stronghold of Magneto, the X-Men may finally have reached the end of their colorful careers...

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Magneto; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Red Raven

Synopsis

The X-Men have been defeated and captured by Magneto. Warren escapes to seek the assistance of the Avengers; en route to New York and the Avengers, Angel encounters an island guarded over by Red Raven and learns the secrets of a lost race of bird-people.

Reprints

• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #44 (5 août 1973)
• in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #92 (February 1975)
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #15 (Dicembre 1998)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 ([August] 2005)
• in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([April] 2011)

Indexer Notes

Red Raven (last app. in RED RAVEN #1; last chron. app. in INVADERS #38; next app. in SUB-MARINER #26)

Sources for particularization of writing credits are 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). Sources for particularization of pencils credits are The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1987) and The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1994).

The Iceman Cometh! (Table of Contents: 3)

The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Gary Friedrich

Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

John Verpoorten

Colors

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Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Iceman [Bobby Drake] (origin; beginning); Robert N. Drake (introduction; Iceman's father); Beatrice Drake (introduction; Iceman's Mother); Judy Harmon (introduction); Rocky Beasely (villain; introduction); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]

Synopsis

Rocky and his rowdy group of thugs turn up to snatch Judy away from a date she is on with Bobby. Bobby fights back to protect Judy and during the altercation he utilizes his mutant abilities. The townsfolk soon learn of Bobby's abilities, hunt him down and then imprison him.

Reprints

• in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #44 (5 août 1973)
• in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #7 (June 1980)
• in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #5 (April 1986)
which is reprinted
• in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #5
• in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #4 (Luglio 1995)
• in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 ([August] 2005)
• in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006)
• in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([April] 2011)

Keywords

Nassau County

The Senses-Shattering Surprises Go On and On—! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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Script

Roy Thomas

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

Typeset

Characters

Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letters from Keith Giffen (future comics artist), Greg Feeley, Joel Richter, Carl Gafford, Scott Douglas, David Craven, David Bradstreet and Grady Richardson.

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