(1983)

Marvel, 1983 Series
Published in English (United States) United States
 
Price
0.00 FREE
Pages
36
On-sale Date
1983-10-16
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Jim Shooter (editor in chief)
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
one-shot; giveaway

Issue Notes

Giveaway comic inserted into the Dallas Times Herald to spotlight the State Fair of Texas. On sale date from Spider-Man and the Dallas Cowboys giveaway comic.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

X-Men / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Romita (credited)
Inks
?
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Wolverine [Logan]
X-Men: Ariel [Kitty Pryde]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
Eques [Daniel Wiley]
Keywords
State Fair of Texas
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Walt's the Appliance Supermarket (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Battle at the State Fair of Texas (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Jim Salicrup (credited) (plot); David Anthony Kraft (credited as David Kraft) (script)
Pencils
Kerry Gammill (credited); Alan Kupperberg (credited)
Inks
Chic Stone (credited)
Colors
Marie Severin (credited)
Letters
Rick Parker (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Ariel [Kitty Pryde]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
X-Men: Wolverine [Logan]
Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr] (villain); Eques [Daniel Wiley] (only appearance)
Synopsis
The X-Men race to the State Fair of Texas to recruit a new mutant before Magneto gets a hold of him.
Keywords
Dallas; Danger Room; State Fair of Texas; Texas; Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Professor X (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X [Charles Xavier]

Indexer Notes

Word hunt of terms ending in X.

Channel 21 Loves Kids (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The X-Men! (Table of Contents: 5)

X-Men / character profile / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Ariel [Kitty Pryde]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
X-Men: Wolverine [Logan]

Indexer Notes

Quick profiles of the X-Men.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Word Hunt! (Table of Contents: 8)

X-Men / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X [Charles Xavier]

Indexer Notes

Word hunt puzzle.

Professor X Wants You to Name the Animals! (Table of Contents: 9)

X-Men / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero

Indexer Notes

Name the animal by their shadow profile.

Extra! Extra! Extra! (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

After the Fair, Come to a Fiesta at Chi-Chi's (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 0.25 page (report information)

Cyclops Needs His Visor (Table of Contents: 13)

X-Men / activity / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyclops [Scott Summers]

Indexer Notes

Connect-The-Dots.

Bullpen Bulletins (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Morgan Boots (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
Related Scans
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Walt's the Appliance Supermarket
  3. 2. Battle at the State Fair of Texas
    X-Men
  4. 3. Professor X
    X-Men
  5. 4. Channel 21 Loves Kids
  6. 5. The X-Men!
    X-Men
  7. 6. ["Does it seem like your allowance just doesn't buy as much these days?"]
  8. 7. ["Super Spider Man Saving!"]
  9. 8. Word Hunt!
    X-Men
  10. 9. Professor X Wants You to Name the Animals!
    X-Men
  11. 10. Extra! Extra! Extra!
  12. 11. After the Fair, Come to a Fiesta at Chi-Chi's
  13. 12. ["Whatever you do, don't miss the special Spider-Man Christmas story..."]
    Spider-Man
  14. 13. Cyclops Needs His Visor
    X-Men
  15. 14. Bullpen Bulletins
    Bullpen Bulletins
  16. 15. ["Hey kids, the Mavericks have a million dollar contract with your name on it!"]
  17. 16. Morgan Boots
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Henry Andrews
  • Chris Boyko
  • Terry Collier
  • Kelly Langston-Smith
  • Vlad R.
  • Per Sandell
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore
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