The X-Men #47
(August 1968)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.12 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1968-06-11
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:

The Mystery of... the Maha Yogi! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Don Heck
Inks
Frank Giacoia
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Letters
Sam Rosen (sourced)

Genre
superhero
Characters
Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Maha Yogi
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.

The Warlock Wears Three Faces! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Gary Friedrich (credited) (plot, script); Arnold Drake (credited) (script)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited) (layouts); Werner Roth (credited) (finished pencils)
Inks
John Tartaglione (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Artie Simek (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Following the tragic death of Professor X--and a direct order from agent Duncan of the FBI--the X-Men are no more!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Angel [Warren Worthington III] (cameo flashback); Beast [Hank McCoy]; Vera Cantor; Cyclops [Scott Summers] (cameo flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Zelda Kurtzberg; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo flashback); Maha Yogi; Cairo; Studs; Hymie; O'Hara
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Bobby and Hank take their dates to the latest hot spot in town, the Psycho-Rama, only to discover that the main attraction, the Maha Yogi, is, in fact, the villainous Warlock.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Sources for particularization of script credits 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).

I, the Iceman (Table of Contents: 3)

Iceman / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Arnold Drake (credited)
Pencils
Werner Roth (credited)
Inks
John Verpoorten (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ladies and gentlemen--and regular readers!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Explanation of Iceman's powers.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Iceman featurette.

More Hysterical Hoopla and Hangups from Your Howlin' House of Ideas! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Angel; Silver Surfer

Indexer Notes

Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.

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

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

Script
Roy Thomas
Pencils
Werner Roth; George Tuska (illustrations)
Inks
John Tartaglione; John Verpoorten (illustrations)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Characters
Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Juggernaut
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Douglas J. Harter, Arnie Katz, Jerry Sink, Dean Crawford, Bob Evans, Geoff Leskovsky, Jim Kirkland, and Gene Wallace; Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
America's greatest values in science labs and courses!

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boys, girls, men, women

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for Wallace Brown, Inc.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Mystery of... the Maha Yogi!
    X-Men
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Warlock Wears Three Faces!
    X-Men
  4. 3. I, the Iceman
    Iceman
  5. 4. More Hysterical Hoopla and Hangups from Your Howlin' House of Ideas!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mutant Mail-Box
  7. 6. ["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
  8. 7. ["Boys, girls, men, women"]
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