The X-Men
#55
(April 1969)
Marvel,
1963 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.12 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1969-02-11
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Magazine Management Co.
- 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 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
X-Men / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl]; Alex Summers [Havok]
- Reprints
-
in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #80 ([circa 1971 - 1972]) -
in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 (September 1987) - in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([April] 2006)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2009)
- in X-Men: Lifedeath (Marvel, 2011 series) (2011)
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
-
in X-Men : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2002 series) #1969-1970 (décembre 2011), #1969-1970 (décembre 2011) [Modifié [Edited]] -
in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #15 - X-Men: Mutanten-Dämmerung (August 2015)
-
![Cover Thumbnail for The X-Men (1963 series) #55 [British]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1418/w100/1418516.jpg?-4428716648088800017)
The Living Pharaoh!
X-Men / comic story / 15 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Heck (credited) (layouts); Werner Roth (credited)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You!!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Alex Summers [Havok] (origin continued); Living Pharaoh [Ahmet Abdol]
- Reprints
- in Astounding Stories (Alan Class, 1966 series) #80 ([circa 1971 - 1972])
-
in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #1/1973 (1973) - in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #56 (5 août 1974)
- in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #72 (10 janvier 1986)
- in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([April] 2006)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2009) [black and white]
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
- in X-Men : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2002 series) #1969-1970 (décembre 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
-
Indexer Notes
Alex Summers is revealed to be a mutant.
Where Angels Dare To Tread!
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas (credited)
- Pencils
- Werner Roth (credited)
- Inks
- Sam Grainger (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Grainger (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's the kind of scene I was looking for...right below me!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Angel [Warren Worthington III] (origin continued); Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]
- Synopsis
- Angel becomes The Avenging Angel, w/ red-and-black costume
- Reprints
- in Conan (Semic, 1973 series) #4/1974
- in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #56 (5 août 1974)
- in X-Men Winter Special (Marvel UK, 1981 series) #[1981] (1981)
- in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #72 (10 janvier 1986)
-
in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #5 (Dicembre 1995) - in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #6 ([April] 2006)
- in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 (2009) [black and white]
- in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #2 (2011)
- in X-Men : l'intégrale (Panini France, 2002 series) #1969-1970 (décembre 2011)
-
Indexer Notes
The events of the story occur during the winter of 1963.
Indisputably Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence!
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Werner Roth; Don Heck (illustrations)
- Inks
- Vince Colletta (illustrations)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen; typeset
- Characters
- Beast; Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Letters from Joseph Cook, Shirley A. Gorman, Bill Cullen, Sheldon Wiebe, Nick Merritt, George Kennedy, Beth Pate.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
X-Men -
1.
["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
-
2.
The Living Pharaoh!
X-Men -
3.
Where Angels Dare To Tread!
The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! -
4.
Indisputably Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence!
Marvel Bullpen Bulletins -
5.
[no title indexed]
Mutant Mail-Box -
6.
["Mr. America - Mr. Universe secret muscle building "tools""]
-
7.
["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
-
8.
["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
This issue was most recently modified by:
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- David Bruce
- Donald Dale Milne
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- Merlin Haas
- David B
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- Steve Coates
- Stéphane PETIT
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