Classic X-Men #2 [Newsstand]

(October 1986)

[Frontispiece] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Pencils

Arthur Adams (credited) (signed as Arthur Adams [circles])

Inks

Arthur Adams (credited) (signed as Arthur Adams [circles])

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Thunderbird [John Proudstar]; Wolverine [Logan]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in X-Men (Editora Abril, 1988 series) #5 (março de 1989) [sem Banshee e Pássaro Trovejante]
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #56 (15 Settembre 1990)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Doomsmith Scenario!; Death O'er Valhalla High! (Table of Contents: 2)

X-Men / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Len Wein (credited) (plot pp. 1-6, 9, 13-22); Chris Claremont (credited) (plot and script)

Pencils

Dave Cockrum (credited)

Inks

Bob McLeod (sourced) (pp. 1-6, 9, 13-22); Sam Grainger (pp. 7-8, 10-12)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

Editing

Len Wein (sourced) (original material editor)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I called you here, X-Men, because there's something I want to tell you all...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Ani-Men: Ape Man [Gordon Keefer] (origin) (villain); Bird Man [Henry Hawk] (origin) (villain); Cat Man [Townshend Horgan] (origin) (villain); Dragonfly [Veronica Dultry] (villain) (introduction, origin); Frog Man [Francois Le Blanc] (origin) (villain)
The Avengers: Beast [Hank McCoy]
X-Men: Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy] (featured); Colossus [Piotr Rasputin] (featured); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (featured); Lorna Dane; Havok [Alex Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner] (featured); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (featured); Storm [Ororo Munroe] (featured); Thunderbird [John Proudstar] (featured); Wolverine [Logan] (featured)
Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria] (villain); Eel [Leopold Stryke] (cameo, flashback); Lieutenant General Fredricks; Moira MacTaggert; Plantman [Samuel Smithers] (cameo, flashback); Porcupine [Alexander Gentry] (cameo, flashback); Reverend Craig; Scarecrow [Ebenezer Laughton] (cameo, flashback); Rahne Sinclair; Unicorn [Milos Masaryk] (cameo, flashback)

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

The old X-Men quit, but Cyclops stays behind to lead the new team. Nefaria takes over Valhalla air force base, and the X-Men move in to stop him.

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (August 1975) [recolored, minus page 9 with five new pages added (pages 7-8 and 10-12).]
• in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #35 (Diciembre 15 de 1988)
• in Superaventuras Marvel (Editora Abril, 1982 series) #98 [Do original, da história, foram usadas as páginas: 13 a 22.], #98 [Do original, da história, foram usadas as páginas: 1 a 12.]
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #55 (30 Agosto 1990)
• in X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018) [pages 7-8 and 10-12]

Indexer Notes

Chapter One is entitled "The Doomsmith Scenario!"; Chapter Two is entitled "Death O'er Valhalla High!"

First Friends (Table of Contents: 3)

X-Men / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Chris Claremont (credited)

Pencils

John Bolton (credited)

Inks

John Bolton (credited)

Colors

Glynis Oliver (credited)

Letters

Tom Orzechowski (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

There is nowhere on Earth quite like New York...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Misty Knight; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Synopsis

Ororo and Jean get to know each other and each others powers and weaknesses.

Reprints

• in X-Men (Editora Abril, 1988 series) #5 (março de 1989)
• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #56 (15 Settembre 1990)
• in Backpack Marvels: X-Men (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (November 2000)
• in X-Men Vignettes (Panini France, 2008 series) (septembre 2008)
• in X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection (Marvel, 2018 series) #1 (2018)

[Cover to X-Men #94] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Pencils

Gil Kane (signed as GK)

Inks

Dave Cockrum (signed as DEC)

Colors

?

Letters

Danny Crespi

First Line of Dialogue or Text

X-Men, you came seeking Count Nefaria!! Instead you have found only-- death!

Genre

superhero

Characters

X-Men: Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]
Count Nefaria [Luchino Nefaria]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #94 (August 1975)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

[Storm] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Pencils

John Bolton (credited) (signed as Bolton)

Inks

John Bolton (credited) (signed as Bolton)

Colors

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Storm [Ororo Munroe]

Universe

Marvel : mainstream

Reprints

• in L'Uomo Ragno (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #56 (15 Settembre 1990)
• in X-Men: Lost Tales (Marvel, 1997 series) #2 (May 1997)
• in X-Men Vignettes (Panini France, 2008 series) (septembre 2008)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.