Classic X-Men #23 [Direct]
(July 1988)

Marvel, 1986 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.50 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1988-03-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Marvel Comics
Brand
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
Editing
Ann Nocenti (editor); Bob Harras (editor); Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Roger Stern (original material)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #137.
This issue has variants:

The Origin of Professor X (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Arthur Adams (signed)
Inks
Arthur Adams (signed)
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Shadow King [Amahl Farouk]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

First cover copy in Classic X-Men

Cover Thumbnail for Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #23 [Direct] Cover Thumbnail for Classic X-Men (1986 series) #23 [Newsstand]
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[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Arthur Adams
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Amahl Farouk; Professor X [Charles Xavier]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Psi War (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont; John Byrne (co-plotter)
Pencils
John Byrne; Kieron Dwyer (new pages)
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
?
Letters
Clem Robins; Tom Orzechowski (new pages)
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Phoenix; Professor X [Charles Xavier] (origin); Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]
Misty Knight; Moira MacTaggert; Lilandra Neramani; Shadow King [Amahl Farouk] (flashback)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Synopsis
The X-Men adrift on the ocean are picked up by a Japanese ship. Xavier recounts an early adventure where he first met Storm as a thief in Cairo and did battle with the Shadow King.
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Nightcrawler's High Adventure (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Chris Claremont
Pencils
John Bolton
Inks
John Bolton
Colors
?
Letters
Tom Orzechowski
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe] (cameo)
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Pencils
Arthur Adams
Inks
Arthur Adams
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

Pin-Up (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils
Mark Chiarello
Inks
Kent Williams
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Wolverine [Logan]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream

[Cover to X-Men #117] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Pencils
Dave Cockrum
Inks
Terry Austin
Colors
?
Letters
Danny Crespi; Morrie Kuramoto
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men: Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
Shadow King [Amahl Farouk]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

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

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

Pencils
John Bolton
Inks
John Bolton
Colors
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]
Universe
Marvel : mainstream
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Back cover

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Origin of Professor X
    X-Men
  2. 1. [Frontispiece]
    X-Men
  3. 2. Psi War
    X-Men
  4. 3. Nightcrawler's High Adventure
    X-Men
  5. 4. Pin-Up
    X-Men
  6. 5. Pin-Up
    X-Men
  7. 6. [Cover to X-Men #117]
    X-Men
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    X-Men
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