The X-Men #109
(February 1978)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1977-10-25
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246102
Editing
Archie Goodwin (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date indicated in the filing for the issue with the U. S. Copyright Office.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Wanted: Wolverine Dead or Alive! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
?
Letters
Irv Watanabe

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You can't stop me, X-Men!
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee]; Weapon Alpha [James MacDonald Hudson]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Home are the Heroes! (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)
Letters
Joe Rosen (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Westchester County, New York-- specifically, Professor Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters...
Feature Logo
The Uncanny X-Men
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Weapon Alpha [James MacDonald Hudson; Vindicator; Guardian] (introduction); Lilandra; Moira MacTaggert; John Grey; Elaine Grey; Gladiator (cameo flashback); Starbolt (cameo flashback); Nightshade (cameo flashback); D'Ken (cameo flashback); Starjammers [Corsair; Hepzibah; Raza; Ch'od] (cameo flashback)
Synopsis
The X-Men return to the Mansion after saving the universe. During a nice, relaxing afternoon off, Weapon Alpha attacks for the purpose of returning Wolverine to Canada.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Wolverine first called Logan.

Alpha Flight mentioned for the first time.

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

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

Script
Chris Claremont
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Ellen McMicking, Donna Cloman, Dale L. Coe, Matthew Kreps, and Mike Romano.

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

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

The Ding-a-Ling Family (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Hostess Fruit Pies; Thor / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Electronics International / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Wanted: Wolverine Dead or Alive!
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["Monster record"]
    Johnson Smith Co.
  3. 2. Home are the Heroes!
    X-Men
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
  5. 4. ["Hey, culture lovers, here's a Thanksgiving treat for you!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. The Ding-a-Ling Family
    Hostess Fruit Pies; Thor
  7. 6. ["To all who want powerful muscles fast!"]
  8. 7. ["A fantastic value in brand new nonprismatic 50 mile power binocular"]
  9. 8. ["Broadcast and receive messages up to 1/4 mile!"]
    Electronics International
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