Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #1 - The Strangest Super Heroes of All

(2021)

[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 3 pages (report information)

Letters

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Contents (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Letters

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky (sourced); Frank Giacoia ? (sourced)

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

X-Men versus Magneto Earth's most powerful super villain!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

X-Men (Table of Contents: 4)

X-Men / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-401

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In the main study of an exclusive private school in New York's Westchester County, a strange silent man sits motionless, brooding...

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]

Synopsis

After a day of training and meeting Jean Grey, a new student at Professor X's school, the X-Men go on their first assignment: stopping a mutant named Magneto from talking over an Air Force base.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1 (September 1963)

Keywords

Cape Citadel; missiles; remote control private jet; Rolls Royce; telepathy; U.S. military

Nothing Can Stop the Vanisher! (Table of Contents: 5)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Paul Reinman

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I've beaten the X-Men before and I shall do it again! But this time it will be... forever!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Vanisher [Telford Porter]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (November 1963)

Keywords

White House

No One Can Stop the Vanisher (Table of Contents: 6)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited)

Job Number

X-470

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Faster! Professor X is waiting for us!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Fred Duncan; Lieutenant General Fredricks; Colonel Hendershoot; Vanisher [Telford Porter]; Vanisher's gang [Weasel; unnamed ones] (villains, introduction and only appearance); Bill (F.B.I. agent); Officer Smithers

Synopsis

The X-Men face a new foe: The Vanisher!

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #2 (November 1963)

Keywords

Danger Room; defense plans; McDonnel XV-1 convertiplane; Metro National Bank; Pentagon; Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters; Washington D.C.; White House

Beware of the Blob! (Table of Contents: 7)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Sol Brodsky

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Blob [Frederick Dukes]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (January 1964)

Beware of the Blob! (Table of Contents: 8)

X-Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You have never seen a super-villain like the Blob!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Blob [Frederick Dukes]

Synopsis

Professor X detects a new mutant and sends the X-Men to investigate. They arrive at a carnival and encounter the Blob, a very fat sideshow attraction who can bounce bullets off of his malleable hide as well as anchor himself to the earth and become immovable. The X-Men bring him back to the mansion as a potential member but the Blob spurns their invitation and returns to the carnival. Realizing that the Blob knows their secret, the X-Men lure him back to the mansion where Xavier wipes his memory.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #3 (January 1964)

Keywords

circus; elephant; giraffe; gorilla; intensifier ray

The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Table of Contents: 9)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

George Roussos

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964)

The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! (Table of Contents: 10)

X-Men / comic story / 23 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-607

First Line of Dialogue or Text

You are gazing at a sight which few Homo sapiens have ever been privileged to witness...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]

Synopsis

Magneto and his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants steal a freighter and use it to take over the South American nation of Santo Marco. The X-Men invade and take the country back. Xavier is caught in an explosion and loses his mental powers.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #4 (March 1964)

Keywords

Santo Marco

The Angel Is Trapped! (Table of Contents: 11)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Paul Reinman; Marie Severin ?

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964)

Trapped: One X-Man! (Table of Contents: 12)

X-Men / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Paul Reinman (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-668

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last issue, while battling Magneto and his evil mutants, Professor Xavier was injured and seemed to have lost his great mental powers!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Elaine Grey; John Grey

Synopsis

With Xavier's mental powers gone, the X-Men try to decide how they will function without his leadership. Trying to ferret out the X-Men, Magneto has the Toad enter an athletic event where he leaps to victory. With the crowd turning hostile due to the Toads amazing abilities, the X-Men arrive on the scene to capture him. Magneto snags Angel and whisks him away to Asteroid M. In an attempt to trade the Toad for Angel, the X-Men arrive on Asteroid M where they battle the Brotherhood once again. On their safe return to Earth, Xavier reveals that his power loss was a ruse to test his students.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #5 (May 1964)

Keywords

Asteroid M

Sub-Mariner Joins the Evil Mutants! (Table of Contents: 13)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #6 (July 1964)

Sub-Mariner! Joins the Evil Mutants (Table of Contents: 14)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-706

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Even superior mutants with supernatural powers have to eat dinner the same as we...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Synopsis

Xavier reads a news story about Namor and wonders if he is a possible mutant. Magneto comes to the same conclusion and invades the Sub-Mariner's realm with an invitation to join his Brotherhood. Enchanted by the Scarlet Witch, Namor agrees. The X-Men attack and, during the ensuing battle, Namor decides not to join either team, mutant or no.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #6 (July 1964)

Indexer Notes

This story takes place soon after Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #27.

Cyclops (Table of Contents: 15)

An X-Men X-Tra Special Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek

Job Number

X-706

Genre

superhero

Characters

Cyclops [Scott Summers]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #6 (July 1964)

The Return of the Blob! (Table of Contents: 16)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Blob [Frederick Dukes]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #7 (September 1964)

The Return of the Blob (Table of Contents: 17)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek (credited as Art Simek)

Job Number

X-768

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's come at last!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Brotherhood of Evil Mutants: Magneto [Max Eisenhardt]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Blob [Frederick Dukes]; Zelda Kurtzberg; Bernard the Poet

Synopsis

The X-Men graduate from Xavier's school. The Professor says he is taking a leave of absence and puts Cyclops in charge. He shows him his new mutant-detecting machine, Cerebro. Magneto finds the Blob and invites him to join the Brotherhood. During a scuffle, Xavier's mental blocks dissolve and Blob remembers the secret of the X-Men. The Blob's name lights up on Cerebro and Scott calls the X-Men back to battle the evil mutants. During the battle, Magneto shoots missiles at the X-Men, even though the Blob is in the line of fire. The Blob, feeling betrayed, decides to return to carnival life.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #7 (September 1964)

Keywords

Cerebro

Indexer Notes

First use of Cerebro, Xavier's mutant-detection device.

The Uncanny Threat of... Unus the Untouchable! (Table of Contents: 18)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never have the X-Men fought a foe as unstoppable as Unus!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Unus

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (November 1964)

The Uncanny Threat of... Unus the Untouchable! (Table of Contents: 19)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Job Number

X-803

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Try that power glide again, Angel...

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Unus; Tommy (first appearance); Maxie (first appearance); Charlie (first appearance)

Synopsis

After being attacked by a mutant hating crowd, Beast gets fed up and quits the X-Men. He becomes a professional wrestler but meets Unus, a mutant who cannot be touched. Unus is trying to join Magneto's Brotherhood so he takes on the X-Men. The X-Men barely fend him off and find Beast has constructed a machine that will actually increase Unus' powers. The X-Men try to prevent Hank from using the machine, but, once Unus has been zapped, he finds that he cannot even eat without the food being repelled out of his hands. Beast returns him to normal and Unus promises to will steer clear of Magneto.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (November 1964)

Indexer Notes

Iceman changes from snowman form to ice form.

The Beast (Table of Contents: 20)

An X-Men X-Tra Special Pin-Up Page / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Beast [Hank McCoy]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #8 (November 1964)

Guest-Starring: The Mighty Avengers (Table of Contents: 21)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Iron Man [Tony Stark]
The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Lucifer

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (January 1965)

Enter, the Avengers! (Table of Contents: 22)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith ? (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whatever you want in a super-epic, this one's got it!!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Avengers: Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor; Wasp [Janet Van Dyne]
The Avengers: Iron Man [Tony Stark]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Lucifer (introduction)

Synopsis

Xavier has tracked down Lucifer, who cost him the use of his legs, but finds his foe's heartbeat is rigged to a giant thermal bomb. The X-Men arrive in Bavaria and run across the Avengers who have also just arrived. The X-Men have to stop the Avengers from defeating Lucifer since by defeating Lucifer, the world will be destroyed. After Xavier gives Lucifer a mind blast that renders him unconscious, he contacts his team for help and the Avengers agree to let the X-Men clean up the current crisis on their own. Cyclops uses his eye beams to disable Lucifer's thermal bomb.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (January 1965)

Keywords

Balkans; Bavaria; iceberg; North Atlantic; thermal bomb

Marvel Girl (Table of Contents: 23)

A Marvel Masterwork Pin-Up / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Artie Simek; Sam Rosen

Genre

superhero

Characters

Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #9 (January 1965)

Introducing: Ka-Zar, Lord of the Jungle! (Table of Contents: 24)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script

Stan Lee

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Colors

Michael Kelleher (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen; Artie Simek

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #10 (March 1965)

The Coming of... Ka-Zar! (Table of Contents: 25)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Stan Lee (credited)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (credited)

Inks

Chic Stone (credited)

Colors

Laurie Smith (credited) (color reconstruction)

Letters

Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Maa-Gor; Zabu; Swamp Men (first appearance)

Synopsis

Even though he is not a mutant, Xavier allows the X-Men to travel to Antarctica and enter the Savage Land to investigate the noble savage, Ka-Zar. They end up having to save Jean and Warren from being sacrificed by the savage Swamp Men.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #10 (March 1965)

Indexer Notes

Introduction of Ka-Zar in the Silver Age. It is noted that Ka-Zar is pronounced as Kay-Sar.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

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

The X-Men #10 Unused Cover Art (Table of Contents: 27)

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

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Chic Stone

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Ka-Zar [Kevin Plunder]; Zabu

Reprints

• from Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)