X-Men Annual #12 [Direct]
(1988)

Marvel, 1970 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
annually
On-sale Date
1988
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

The Evolutionary War [Part Seven] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Arthur Adams (signed)
Inks
Arthur Adams (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Rick Parker
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Rogue; Colossus; Psylocke; Havok; Longshot; Dazzler]; High Evolutionary; Terminus; Mojo; X-Babies
Reprints
Keywords
The Evolutionary War
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Resurrection! (Table of Contents: 1)

X-Men / comic story / 34 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Arthur Adams (as Art Adams)
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Havok; Psylocke; Dazzler; Longshot]; Ka-Zar; Shanna; Zabu; Gateway; Madelyne Pryor; C'Jime; M'Rin; Nereel; Peter Jr. (Colossus' son); Terminus (villain); High Evolutionary (villain); Garokk (villain); Zaladane (villain); Amphibius (villain); Barbarus (villain); Gaza (villain); Lupo (villain); Brainchild (villain)
Synopsis
The X-Men travel to the Savage Land and fight off Terminus. The High Evolutionary and Garokk restore the Savage Land from the wasteland that it had become to its original primeval state.
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Keywords
Savage Land; The Evolutionary War

Indexer Notes

The Evolutionary War Part Seven.
The Evolutionary War continued from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #22.
The Evolutionary War continues in Web of Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1985 series) #4.

I Want My X-Men! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
Arthur Adams (as Art Adams)
Inks
Bob Wiacek
Colors
Glynis Oliver
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Babies (introduction) [Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Rogue; Longshot; Dazzler; Havok; Psylocke]; Ricochet Rita; Major Domo; Minor Domo (introduction); Mojo (villain); Wolverine (cameo flashback); Storm (cameo flashback); Havok (cameo flashback); Longshot (cameo flashback); Dazzler (cameo flashback); Forge (cameo flashback); Adversary (cameo flashback); Chris Claremont (cameo); Art Adams (cameo); Bob Harras (cameo); Bob Wiacek (cameo); Tom Orzechowski (cameo); Glynis Oliver (cameo); Vanna White (cameo)
Synopsis
Mojo has to replace his stars after their death in the Fall of the Mutants and settles on the X-Babies (who sort of appeared in Annual #10).
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Indexer Notes

Story has versions of the X-Men as all women, manga robots, s&m freaks and funny animals.

Continued in Excalibur: Mojo Mayhem (Marvel, 1989 series) #1.

The High Evolutionary Chapter Seven: Demon Night (Table of Contents: 3)

High Evolutionary / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Mark Gruenwald
Pencils
Ron Lim
Inks
Tony DeZuniga (as Tony DeZuñiga)
Colors
Gregory Wright (as Greg Wright)
Letters
Ken Lopez
Editing
Ralph Macchio
Genre
superhero
Characters
High Evolutionary (origin); New Men; Bova; Gregor Rusoff; Magda; Quicksilver (as a baby); Scarlet Witch (as a baby); Chthon (villain)
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Indexer Notes

Part 7 of High Evolutionary's history.

Continued from The Amazing Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #22. Continued in Web of Spider-Man Annual (Marvel, 1985 series) #4.

Editing
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Evolutionary War [Part Seven]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Resurrection!
    X-Men
  3. 2. I Want My X-Men!
    X-Men
  4. 3. The High Evolutionary Chapter Seven: Demon Night
    High Evolutionary
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