The X-Men #114
(October 1978)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.35 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246110
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Roger Stern (credited) (editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

Jim Salicrup 'assistant editor' credit listed on the "X-Mail" letter page.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Day the X-Men Died! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
John Byrne (signed as BYRNE)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi

Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; Beast]
Reprints

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Desolation (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited) (plotter); Chris Claremont (credited) (writer, plotter)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Gaspar Saladino (page one); Jean Simek (credited)

Job Number
C474
First Line of Dialogue or Text
He should have died hours ago.
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; GUESTS: Beast; Lilandra; Nereel (introduction); Fall People; Sammy; VILLAIN: Karl Lykos [also as Sauron]; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Christopher Summers [Corsair]; Alex Summers [Havok]; Kate Summers
Synopsis
Beast and Jean are rescued from Antarctica but have to tell Xavier that the X-Men are dead. The very alive remaining X-Men make their way to the Savage Land where they relax a little with the Fall People. Lykos siphons Storm's power to once again become Sauron.
Reprints
Keywords
Antarctica; dinosaur; fastball special; pterasaur; The Savage Land

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

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

Letters of comment from Everardo Aguilar, Tony Favrat, Keith Everett Jackson, Dave Zimmermann, Bruce Vernon, and Steven R. Addlesee "Wolverine".

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Olympic Sales Club, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Testors / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Day the X-Men Died!
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["Still more bad news"]
  3. 2. Desolation
    X-Men
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    X-Mail
  5. 4. ["Well, it happened again!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins
  6. 5. ["Cox superheroes sweepstakes"]
  7. 6. ["Earn famous name prizes or cash"]
    Olympic Sales Club, Inc.
  8. 7. ["Super pilots only fly Testor gliders!"]
    Testors
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