Classic X-Men #18 [Direct]
(February 1988)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1987-10-27
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Printer
Printed in the U.S.A.
Editing
Ann Nocenti (credited) (editor); Terry Kavanagh (credited) (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (credited) (original material); Tom DeFalco (credited) (editor in chief)

Issue Notes

This issue has variants:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Arthur Adams (credited) (signed as Arthur Adams)
Inks
Terry Austin (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Cover Thumbnail for Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #18 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Classic X-Men (1986 series) #18 [Newsstand]
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Frontispiece (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils
Arthur Adams (credited) (signed as Arthur Adams)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited) (signed as austin)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Beast [Hank McCoy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Magneto Triumphant! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont (credited)
Pencils
John Byrne (credited) (pages 1, 4-16, 18-20); Kieron Dwyer (credited) (pages 2-3, 17)
Inks
Terry Austin (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; Beast; Magneto (villain); Mesmero (villain); Nanny I (villain)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
Magneto subdues the X-Men and takes them to his lair under an active volcano. As revenge for his being reverted to a child, Magneto places his X-Foes in a helpless state as they are shackled to special chairs that keep them from even speaking and their needs are tended by a robotic nanny.
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Stalking Life (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Jo Duffy (credited)
Pencils
John Bolton (credited)
Inks
John Bolton (credited)
Colors
Petra Goldberg (credited as Petra Scotese)
Letters
Tom Orzechowski (credited)
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix; Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

[Cover to X-Men #112] (Table of Contents: 4)

X-Men / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
George Pérez (signed as PEREZ)
Inks
Bob Layton (signed as Layton)
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

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

Pencils
John Bolton (credited) (signed as John Bolton)
Inks
John Bolton (credited) (signed as John Bolton)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Phoenix; Wolverine [Logan] (in the shadows)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
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Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
  2. 1. Frontispiece
    X-Men
  3. 2. Magneto Triumphant!
    X-Men
  4. 3. Stalking Life
    X-Men
  5. 4. [Cover to X-Men #112]
    X-Men
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
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