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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published March 1973
Frequency Bi-Monthly
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "Origin of the Beast!"

Characters Beast (furry version); Beast (X-Man); El Conquistador
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Frank Giacoia
Letters Gaspar Saladino
Reprinted in X-Men: Mutations (Marvel, 1996 series) #nn (1996); in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #7; in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 [black & white]

2 page Beast story "Birth of the Beast!"

Characters Beast (furry version); X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Magneto
Genre Superhero
Script Steve Englehart
Pencils Jim Starlin
Inks Mike Esposito
Letters Denise Vladimer
Notes Single unified story composed out of edited versions of the back-up stories in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #49-53 with a new page at the beginning and end. This sequence is for the new framing pages (p. 1 and p. 20). Last Beast appearance in Amazing Adventures. Beast's next appearance in Incredible Hulk #161. Jim Starlin's name is misspelled as "Starling" in credits.
Reprinted in X-Men: Mutations (Marvel, 1996 series) #nn (1996); in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #12; in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #7; in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 [black & white]

4 page Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! (The) story "A Beast Is Born"

Characters O: The Beast (beginning); Hank McCoy (as baby); GS: Norton McCoy; Edna Andrews McCoy (Beast's parents); Bob (Norton McCoy's uncle)(intro); Paul Martin (intro)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks John Verpoorten
Letters Irving Watanabe
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 12, origin of the Beast part 1, page 1 of the original story is not reprinted.
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #49 (October 1968) [pages 2-5]

4 page Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! (The) story "This Boy--This Bombshell!"

Synopsis O: Beast (continued); Hank McCoy (as young child and teenager); GS: Edna McCoy; Uncle Bob; V: El Conquistador (name revealed in next issue) (I); Chico (name revealed in next issue) (I)
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks John Verpoorten
Letters Herb Cooper
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 13, origin of the Beast part 2, page 1 of the original story is not reprinted.
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #50 (November 1968) [pages 2-5]

3 page Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! (The) story "The Lure of the Beast-Nappers!"

Characters O: Beast (continued); Hank McCoy (as teenager); GS: Professor X; X-Men [Cyclops; Iceman; Angel]; V: El Conquistador
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks John Tartaglione
Letters Herb Cooper
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 14, origin of the Beast part 3, pages 1 and 2 of the original story is not reprinted.
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #51 (December 1968) [pages 3-5]

3 page Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! (The) story "The Crimes of the Conquistador!"

Characters O: Beast (continued); Hank McCoy (as teenager); GS: Professor X; X-Men [Cyclops; Iceman; Angel]; Norton McCoy; Edna McCoy; V: El Conquistador
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks John Verpoorten
Letters Sam Rosen
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 15, origin of the Beast part 4, pages 1 and 2 of the original story is not reprinted.
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #52 (January 1969) [pages 3-5]

4 page Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! (The) story "Welcome to the Club, Beast!"

Characters O: Beast (conclusion); Hank McCoy (as teenager); GS: Professor X; X-Men [Cyclops; Iceman; Angel]; Norton McCoy; Edna McCoy; V: El Conquistador; Chico
Genre Superhero
Script Arnold Drake
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks John Tartaglione
Letters Jean Izzo
Editing Stan Lee (Original Editor)
Notes The Origins of the Uncanny X-Men! part 16, origin of the Beast conclusion, page 1 of the original story is not reprinted.
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #53 (February 1969) [pages 2-5]