The X-Men #55
(April 1969)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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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 (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Barry Windsor-Smith
Inks
Vince Colletta
Colors
Marie Severin ?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Havok [Alex Summers]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #55 Cover Thumbnail for The X-Men (1963 series) #55 [British]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for the Olympic Sales Club, Inc.

The Living Pharaoh! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Roy Thomas (credited)
Pencils
Don Heck (credited) (layouts); Werner Roth (credited) (finished pencils)
Inks
Vince Colletta (credited)
Colors
?
Letters
Jean Simek (credited as Jean Izzo)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
You!! The Living Pharaoh! But -- you're dead!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
Havok [Alex Summers] (origin continued); Living Pharaoh [Ahmet Abdol]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Alex Summers is revealed to be a mutant.

Where Angels Dare to Tread! (Table of Contents: 3)

Angel; X-Men / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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
X-Men: Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Angel [Warren Worthington III] (origin continued); Big Albert; Charlie; Alma (name revealed in next issue)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Angel becomes The Avenging Angel, with red-and-black costume.
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Indexer Notes

The events of the story occur during the winter of 1963.

Indisputably Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence! (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
Warren Worthington III

Indexer Notes

Stan's Soapbox, Items, 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; 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, and Beth Pate.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photography)
Inks
? (photography)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mr. America - Mr. Universe secret muscle building "tools"

Indexer Notes

Ad for body building equipment, instructions and consumables.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
We're looking for people who like to draw
Characters
Norman Rockwell

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds
Characters
Rick Barry; Wilt Chamberlain

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for the American Seed Co.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["Famous name prizes or cash...from Olympic"]
  3. 2. The Living Pharaoh!
    X-Men
  4. 3. Where Angels Dare to Tread!
    Angel; X-Men
  5. 4. Indisputably Irrelevant Items of Lasting Inconsequence!
    Bullpen Bulletins; Mighty Marvel Checklist; Stan's Soapbox
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Mutant Mail-Box
  7. 6. ["Mr. America - Mr. Universe secret muscle building "tools""]
  8. 7. ["We're looking for people who like to draw"]
  9. 8. ["Make money get prizes with fast selling American seeds"]
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