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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published July 1988
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Ann Nocenti; Bob Harras; Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Roger Stern (original material)

Cover Details - "The Origin of Professor X"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Arthur Adams
Notes 1st Cover Copy in Classic X-Men

1 page X-Men illustration "Frontispiece"

Characters Professor X; Amahl Farouk
Genre Superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Arthur Adams

18 page X-Men story "Psi War"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X (Origin); Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Moira MacTaggert; Lilandra; Misty Knight; VILLAIN: Shadow King [Amahl Farouk]
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.
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont; John Byrne (co-plotter)
Pencils John Byrne; Kieron Dwyer (new pages)
Inks Terry Austin
Letters Clem Robins; Tom Orzechowski (new pages)
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #117

11 page X-Men story "Nightcrawler's High Adventure"

Characters Nightcrawler
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted in X-Men: Lost Tales (Marvel, 1997 series) #2; in Marvel Magazine (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #8

1 page X-Men illustration "Pin-Up"

Characters Wolverine
Genre Superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Arthur Adams

1 page X-Men illustration "Pin-Up"

Characters Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Colossus
Genre Superhero
Pencils Mark Chiarello
Inks Kent Williams

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #117"

Characters Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Nightcrawler; Shadow King
Genre Superhero
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Terry Austin
Letters Dan Crespi; Morrie Kuramoto
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #117

1 page X-Men illustration

Characters Nightcrawler
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Notes Back Cover
Reprinted in X-Men: Lost Tales (Marvel, 1997 series) #2