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Issue Details

Issue #19
Published March 1988
Cover Price 1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD; 0.40 GBP
Pages 36
Editing Ann Nocenti; Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Roger Stern (original material)

Cover Details

Genre Superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Terry Austin

1 page X-Men illustration "Frontispiece"

Genre Superhero
Pencils Arthur Adams
Inks Terry Austin

20 page X-Men story "Showdown!"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Beast; Lilandra; VILLAINS: Magneto; Nanny I; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Achmed El-Gibar
Synopsis The X-Men escape their prison chairs and face down Magneto himself; During the fight, the controls of Magneto's base are destroyed filling the whole place with lava; Phoenix saves Beast, but the rest of the team are apparently trapped in the molten fire deep beneath the snows of Antarctica.
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont; John Byrne (co-plotter)
Pencils John Byrne (p. 1-4, 6-8, 11-20); Kieron Dwyer (p. 5, 9-10)
Inks Terry Austin
Colors Petra Scotese
Letters Annette Kawecki (p. 1-4, 6-8, 11-20); Tom Orzechowski (p. 5, 9-10)
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #113

12 page X-Men story "I, Magneto"

Characters Magneto
Genre Superhero
Script Chris Claremont
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Colors Nel Yomtov
Letters Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted in Magneto: The Twisting of a Soul (Marvel, 1993 series) #0

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover of X-Men #113"

Characters Storm; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Banshee; Magneto
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Byrne
Inks Bob Layton
Letters Dan Crespi
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #113

1 page X-Men illustration

Characters Magneto
Genre Superhero
Pencils John Bolton
Inks John Bolton
Notes Back Cover