The X-Men #128 [Direct]
(December 1979)

Marvel, 1963 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.40 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1979-09-18
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Barcode
0714860246112
Editing
Roger Stern (credited) (editor); Jim Salicrup (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

The Day Reality Went Wild! (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PEREZ [no spaces])
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Moira McTaggert; Polaris [Lorna Dane]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Action of the Tiger! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
John Byrne (credited) (plot); Chris Claremont (credited) (plot, script)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Glynis Oliver (credited as Glynis Wein)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
Job Number
LG580
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ever hear a city scream?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy] (featured); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (flashback) (featured); Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (featured); Phoenix [Jean Grey] (flashback) (featured); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (featured); Wolverine [Logan] (flashback) (featured)
Jennie Banks (flashback) (possessed by Proteus); Ferdie Duncan (flashback) (possessed by Proteus); Fred Duncan; Havok [Alex Summers]; Moira MacTaggert (flashback) (supporting); Angus MacWhirter (flashback, death) (cameo) (possessed by Proteus); Magneto [Max Eisenhardt] (flashback) (cameo); Multiple Man [Jamie Madrox] (flashback) (cameo); Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Proteus [Kevin MacTaggert] (death) (villain) (as Joe MacTaggert, apparent death); Mike (first appearance)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
It's the X-Men vs. Proteus to the death.
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Indexer Notes

From X-Men # 125, the titles of each episode are inspired by a quote from Shakespeare. That is the last: "Then imitate the action of the tiger" (Henry V. Act III, Scene I). Its meaning is linked to the sentence it precedes, "Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood ..." which refers to the final fight against Proteus.

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

Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Spider-Man Meets June Jitsui! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Rom / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Lego Toys / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Day Reality Went Wild!
    X-Men
  2. 1. ["Fun Factory"]
  3. 2. The Action of the Tiger!
    X-Men
  4. 3. ["Hoo boy! Looks like I did it again!"]
    Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Soapbox
  5. 4. Spider-Man Meets June Jitsui!
    Hostess Twinkies; Spider-Man
  6. 5. ["Hey kids! Win a fantastic trip to a faraway place and be on Journey to Adventure"]
    Popsicle Products
  7. 6. ["New! Electronic action toy!"]
    Rom
  8. 7. ["You've got to build 'em to believe 'em!"]
    Lego Toys
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