The X-Men
#50
(November 1968)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1968-09-10
- 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 (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from 1968 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jim Steranko (signed as
STERANKO) - Inks
- Jim Steranko (signed as STERANKO)
- Colors
- Jim Steranko (signed as STERANKO)
- Letters
- Jim Steranko (logo design)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Lorna Dane - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
-
in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #48 (Diciembre 31 de 1969) -
in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 (September 1987) -
in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #16 (Marzo 1999) - in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) ([September] 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 ([August] 2005)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
-
in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #15 - X-Men: Mutanten-Dämmerung (August 2015) - in L'ère des Comics Marvel 1961-1978 (Taschen, 2017 series) (2017)
- in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - The Sentinels Live (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
First use of the block-lettered X-Men logo as created by Jim Steranko. Possible Steranko color credit by Nick Caputo. Steranko colors credit is corroborated by The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987).
[no title indexed]
Joe Weider / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look what's happening to the handsome muscular men on Muscle Beach, California!
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover. Ad for the 007 twister and instruction book.
City of Mutants
X-Men / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake (credited)
- Pencils
- Jim Steranko (credited)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Cooper (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hail, queen of mutants!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Lorna Dane; Magneto (Android) (villain, introduction); Mesmero [Vincent] (villain); Demi-Men (villain) - Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #48 (Diciembre 31 de 1969)
- in Hit Comics (BSV - Williams, 1966 series) #146
-
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #51 (5 mars 1974) - in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #67 (10 août 1985)
- in Marvel Limited: X-Men Famous Firsts (Marvel, 1995 series) (January 1995)
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #16 (Marzo 1999)
- in Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko (Marvel, 2002 series) ([September] 2002)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 ([August] 2005)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
- in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #15 - X-Men: Mutanten-Dämmerung (August 2015)
-
in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #93 - Люди Икс: Сумерки Мутантов - in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - The Sentinels Live (2018)
-
This Boy--This Bombshell!
Beast; X-Men / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Arnold Drake (credited)
- Pencils
- Werner Roth (credited)
- Inks
- John Verpoorten (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Herb Cooper (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you got here after the show started, shame on you--but let us fill you in!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Beast [Hank McCoy] (origin continued, as young child and teenager); Chico (villain, introduction, name revealed in next issue); El Conquistador (villain, introduction, name revealed in next issue); Edna McCoy; Norton McCoy (also in flashback); Robert McCoy; Morty; Buddy
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #48 (Diciembre 31 de 1969)
- in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series) #17 (March 1973) [pages 2-5] which is reprinted
- in Frankenstein (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #1 (2ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #51 (5 mars 1974)
- in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #67 (10 août 1985)
- in X-Men: Mutations (Marvel, 1996 series) ([December] 1996) [pages 6-9]
- in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #12 (Novembre 1997) [abridged]
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #5 ([August] 2005)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #2 (2006) [black and white]
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
- in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #6 (avril 2012)
- in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #3 - The Sentinels Live (2018)
-
Indexer Notes
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 13, origin of the Beast part 2, page 1 of this story is not reprinted in the Amazing Adventures #17 and X-Men: Mutations #nn reprints.
A Plethora of Pronouncements Up for Grabs
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page
- Feature Logo
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins [times three]- Characters
- Angel
Indexer Notes
Includes Stan's Soapbox, Item, and The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Werner Roth (illustrations)
- Inks
- John Tartaglione (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; typeset
- Characters
- Cyclops; Iceman
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from: Bob Pinkney, Jr., Eric Johnson, C. C. Crill, James R. Sams II, Lane Bailey, Nick Sheedy, David M. Willis, and Michael Wallace; Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four; Spider-Man / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- More Marvel masterpieces...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. Fantastic; Green Goblin; Human Torch; Spider-Man; Thing
Indexer Notes
Promo for the Fantastic Four, Spectacular Spider-Man and the Amazing Spider-Man titles.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
X-Men -
1.
["Look what's happening to the handsome muscular men on Muscle Beach, California!"]
Joe Weider -
2.
City of Mutants
X-Men -
3.
This Boy--This Bombshell!
Beast; X-Men -
4.
A Plethora of Pronouncements Up for Grabs
Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox -
5.
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box -
6.
["More Marvel masterpieces..."]
Fantastic Four; Spider-Man -
7.
["Good news for you who want to make extra money easily!"]
Creative Card Company -
8.
["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
Famous Artists School
This issue was modified by, among others
- David B
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Chris Boyko
- David Bruce
- Nick Caputo
- Steve Coates
- Steve Dasinger
- Del Gruber
- Merlin Haas
- Hunter Johnson
- Darrel McCann
- Mike Nielsen
- Stéphane PETIT
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
- John P. Selegue
- Jim Van Dore
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