The X-Men
#48
(September 1968)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
- Brand
- Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
- Editing
- Stan Lee
- Color
- Color
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age U.S.
- Paper Stock
- Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- Was Ongoing Series
What Waits... Within the Hive?
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- John Romita
- Colors
- Marie Severin ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (Cyclops & Marvel Girl Logo); Herb Cooper (caption)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl]
- Reprints
-
in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #46 (Octubre 31 de 1969) -
in Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class, 1963 series) #107 ([circa 1971]) -
in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 (September 1987) - 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)
- in True Believers: Phoenix Presents Cyclops & Marvel Girl (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (February 2018), #1 (February 2018)
- in Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (Marvel UK, 1979 series) #356 [Insert panel and re-coloured]
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Indexer Notes
Romita ink credit by Nick Caputo. Sal Buscema is incorrectly credited with pencils in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe.
Sources for Cooper lettering credit 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). Rosen credits per Nick Caputo, June 2012.
Beware Computo Commander of the Robot Hive!
X-Men / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Don Heck (breakdowns); Werner Roth
- Inks
- John Verpoorten
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irving Watanabe
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Carlo, you ordered four models for this beachwear job--and you've just used only the new one, Jean Grey!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; Quasimodo (Villain); Computo (Villain, Introduction, Death); Cybertrons (Villain, Introduction, Death)
- Synopsis
- Scott shows off his new workplace, a radio station, to Jean when a trio of robots arrive with the objective of stealing radio equipment.
- Reprints
-
in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19130 (1969) - in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #46 (Octubre 31 de 1969)
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #49 (5 janvier 1974) - in The Thing Is Big Ben Summer Special (Marvel UK, 1984 series) (Summer 1984)
-
in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #16 (Marzo 1999) - 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)
- in True Believers: Phoenix Presents Cyclops & Marvel Girl (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (February 2018)
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Indexer Notes
Sources for particularization of Heck pencils credit 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).
Yours Truly the Beast
Beast / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake
- Pencils
- Werner Roth
- Inks
- John Verpoorten
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Irving Watanabe
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The essence of the strange powers with which nature has endowed me--
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Beast [Hank McCoy]
- Reprints
- in HIP Classics (Classics/Williams, 1969 series) #19130 (1969)
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos La Prensa S.C.L., 1966 series) #46 (Octubre 31 de 1969)
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #49 (5 janvier 1974)
- in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #11 (October 1980)
-
in Die Spinne (Condor, 1980 series) #36 (1981) which is reprinted - in The Thing Is Big Ben Summer Special (Marvel UK, 1984 series) (Summer 1984)
- 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)
-
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Werner Roth; Don Heck (illustrations)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione; John Verpoorten (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Beast; Cyclops; Juggernaut; Human Torch; Iceman
- Reprints
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 ([April] 2011)
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Indexer Notes
Includes a letter from Tony Isabella.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
What Waits... Within the Hive?
X-Men -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
Beware Computo Commander of the Robot Hive!
X-Men -
3.
Yours Truly the Beast
Beast -
4.
["Items of incredible import to illuminate your interest, invigorate your imagination, and intoxicate your id!"]
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins -
5.
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box -
6.
["America's greatest values in science labs and courses!"]
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7.
["Boys, girls, men, women"]
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- Mike Nielsen
- Merlin Haas
- Jim Van Dore
- Del Gruber
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- Mike Tiefenbacher
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- Tony R. Rose
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