The X-Men #108
(December 1977)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246112
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Letters page comments by John Byrne, replies by Chris Claremont.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Armageddon Now! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dave Cockrum (signed as COCKRUM)
Inks
Dave Cockrum (signed as COCKRUM)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (sourced)
Letters
Annette Kawecki
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
Modt
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #108 Cover Thumbnail for The X-Men (1963 series) #108 [British]
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Stan Lee says: Listen, gang-- if you dig Dynamite, or go bonkers over Bananas, here's real knockout news about another great kids' mag... Pizzazz
Characters
Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Thing; Thor; Captain America; Dr. Strange; Daredevil; Human Torch; Stan Lee

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover. Ad for Pizzazz magazine.

Armageddon Now! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Andy Yanchus (credited as A. Yanchus)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (pp. 1–14, 16, 23); Denise Wohl (credited as Wohl) (pp. 15, 17, 22, 26–31)
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The world has no name.
Feature Logo
The Uncanny X-Men
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Lilandra (guest); Misty Knight (guest); Peter Corbeau (guest); Starjammers [Corsair [Christopher Summers]; Hepzibah; Raza; Ch'od] (guests); Jahf (villain, introduction); Modt (villain, introduction); D'Ken (villain); Gladiator (cameo); Titan (cameo); Jimmy Carter (cameo); Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing] (cameo); Firelord (cameo); John Grey (cameo); Elaine Grey (cameo); Avengers [Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Beast; Wasp [Janet Pym]; Yellowjacket [Hank Pym]; Black Panther [T'Challa]] (cameo); Kate Summers (cameo flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The X-Men and Starjammers are forced to battle the Crystal Guardians to try and gain access to the M'Kraan Crystal. Jean manifests awesome power as the Phoenix and saves the universe from destruction. Corsair is revealed as Cyclops' father.
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Indexer Notes

First Byrne and Austin issue of X-Men.

Sources for particularization of letters credits are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1988).

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

X-Mail / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Byrne; ?
Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Dan Green
Colors
Andy Yanchus
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
I like to make my apologies in advance...
Characters
X-Men [Storm; Phoenix; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Banshee]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from John Meskunas, Ellen McMicking, and Bennet Marks. Includes an apology from John Byrne.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Bullpen Bulletins / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Script
Stan Lee; ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, World, you can stop holding your breath now!
Characters
Torpedo

Indexer Notes

Includes Stan Lee's Soapbox.

Legal Eagle (Table of Contents: 5)

Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look, Spidey, it's Ralph G. Fake, the criminal lawyer with the power to change himself into Legal Eagle, the monster eagle at will!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Legal Eagle [Ralph G. Fake]
Keywords
White House

Indexer Notes

Ad for Hostess Cup Cakes.

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

U.S. School of Music / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photo)
Inks
? (photo)
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
The secret of teaching yourself music

Indexer Notes

Ad for at-home music lessons.

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
See up to 7 miles away with secret spy scope

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. Ad for the Spy-Scope viewer.

Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J.! (Table of Contents: 8)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Davis (signed)
Inks
Jack Davis (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hey look!
Genre
sports
Characters
Dr. J. [Julius Erving]; Rick Barry

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Ad for basketballs.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Armageddon Now!
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["Stan Lee says: Listen, gang-- if you dig Dynamite, or go bonkers over Bananas, here's real knockout news about another great kids' mag... Pizzazz"]
  3. 2. Armageddon Now!
    X-Men
  4. 3. ["I like to make my apologies in advance..."]
    X-Mail
  5. 4. ["Okay, World, you can stop holding your breath now!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. Legal Eagle
    Hostess Cup Cakes; Spider-Man
  7. 6. ["The secret of teaching yourself music"]
    U.S. School of Music
  8. 7. ["See up to 7 miles away with secret spy scope"]
  9. 8. Spalding Presents Street Ball with Rick Barry and Dr. J.!
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