The X-Men
#45
(June 1968)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-04-09
- 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
- Printed in the U.S.A. by World Color Press, Inc., Sparta, Illinois 62286
- Editing
- Stan Lee (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
When Mutants Clash!
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Quicksilver; Cyclops
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #87 (12 October 1968) -
in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19119 (1969) -
in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #43 (Julio 31 de 1969) -
in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #119 -
in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 [Regular Edition] (April 1975) 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 Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #45 [Regular] (December 1978) which is reprinted
- in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 ([March] 2015) [1/4 page]
- in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #2 (July 1987)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 ([August] 2005)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([December] 2006)
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
-
in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012) - in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Tuska ink credit per Nick Caputo, Jan 2011, based on his examination of the original art printed in John Buscema, Michelangelo of Comics. Original indexer credited John Verpoorten.
When Mutants Clash!
X-Men / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Gary Friedrich (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited) (layouts); Werner Roth (credited)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Warren's been gone too long!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Professor X [Charles Xavier] (flashback)]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]; Magneto; Avengers [Black Panther [T'Challa]; Goliath [Hank Pym]; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]; Hawkeye [Clint Barton]]; Red Raven (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Cyclops frees himself from Magneto's captivity. While searching for the other X-Men captured by Magneto, Cyclops encounters Quicksilver and the two battle each other.
- Reprints
- in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #87 (12 October 1968)
- in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19119 (1969)
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #43 (Julio 31 de 1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #119
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #45 (5 septembre 1973) - in The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #93 (April 1975)
- in Marvel Triple Action (Marvel, 1972 series) #45 (December 1978) [with 3 new pages, expanding story from 15 to 18 pages]
- in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #61 (10 février 1985)
-
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 Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([December] 2006)
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
- in Marvel Gold. Los Vengadores: ¡Unidos en Combate! (Panini España, 2012 series) (Marzo 2012)
- in The Avengers Omnibus (Marvel, 2012 series) #2 ([March] 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
continued in Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #53
And the Mob Cried.. .Vengeance!
X-Men / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Gary Friedrich (credited)
- Pencils
- George Tuska (credited)
- Inks
- John Verpoorten (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irv Watanabe (credited as Irving Watanabe)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Having learned the plight of a young mutant in Nassau County, Professor X has dispatched the first of his X-Men, Scott Summers, to rescue Bobby Drake from the wrath of a vengeful citizenry, only to find...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Iceman [Bobby Drake] (origin continued); Cyclops [Scott Summers]
- Synopsis
- Scott tries to break Bobby out of jail, but Bobby, feeling he's done nothing wrong, wishes to remain in custody.
- Reprints
- in HIP Comics (Classics/Williams, 1966 series) #19119 (1969)
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #43 (Julio 31 de 1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #119
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #45 (5 septembre 1973)
- in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #8 (July 1980)
- in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #61 (10 février 1985)
- 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 (2011)
-
The Second Golden Age of Marvel is Here! (And You Didn't Even Bake a Cake!)
Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages
- Characters
- Angel; Beast; Magneto; Marvel Girl; Professor Xavier; Toad
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Mike Spencer, Trudy Barr, Bert Wilkinson, Glenn Miller, Jr., Edward Nichols, Larry Bryant, William Garnett, and Kent Roberts.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
When Mutants Clash!
X-Men -
1.
["Tired of being 'skinny'?"]
Joe Weider Course and Products -
2.
When Mutants Clash!
X-Men -
3.
And the Mob Cried.. .Vengeance!
X-Men -
4.
The Second Golden Age of Marvel is Here! (And You Didn't Even Bake a Cake!)
Bullpen Bulletins -
5.
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box -
6.
["The greatest event in the history of comic magazines!"]
Spider-Man -
7.
["3 complete fishing outfits"]
Niresk Industries, Inc. -
8.
132 Pc. Roman Soldiers Set
Roman War Soldiers
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