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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published January 1984
Cover Price 2.00 USD
Pages 52
Editing Carl Potts; Ann Nocenti
Notes Wraparound cover

Cover Details

Characters Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Sauron
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks Tom Palmer
Letters Typeset
Notes Wraparound cover

1 page X-Men story "New Splash Page"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Beast; VILLAINS: Sentinels
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Daina Graziunas

11 page X-Men story "Do or Die, Baby"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUESTS: Havok; Scarlet Witch; Toad; Quicksilver; VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sentinels; CAMEO: Karl Lykos
Synopsis Cyke, Jean and Hank disguise themselves as Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad as they battle the Sentinels; Cyclops tricks the Sentinels into flying into the sun; They rescue Havok but he is injured.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #59 (August 1969)

20 page X-Men story "In the Shadow of Sauron"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUESTS: Havok; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Tanya Anderssen (flashback); Dr. Anderssen (flashback); VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sauron; CAMEOS: Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Toad; Blob; Unus; Mesmero; Mastermind; Banshee; Living Pharaoh; Vanisher
Synopsis The X-Men take an injured Havok to be treated by one of Xavier's old buddies, Dr. Karl Lykos; Lykos is an energy vampire and drains mutant life energy from Havok, turning himself into the evil Sauron; Angel takes off to investigate the flying dinosaur and is hypnotized by Sauron's powers.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #60 (September 1969)

14 page X-Men story "Monsters Also Weep"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUESTS: Havok; Tanya Anderssen; Dr. Anderssen; VILLAIN: Sauron
Synopsis The X-Men battle Sauron and his hypnotic powers but the villain gets away and the heroes do not make the connection between the flying dinosaur and Dr. Karl Lykos; Visiting Lykos, they find Alex restored to health and witness a reunion between Karl and his love, Tanya; Tanya's father arrives and forbids their love as the X-Men slink away from the uncomfortable domestic scene.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #61 (October 1969)

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover Reprints"

Characters Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Sentinels; Sauron
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Neal Adams; Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #59 (August 1969); from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #60 (September 1969)

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #61"

Characters Angel; Sauron
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #61 (October 1969)