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Issue Details

Issue #42
Published March 1968
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee
Notes This issue includes the statement of ownership, management, and circulation.

Cover Details - "The Death of Professor X!"

Characters The X-Men [Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl]; Changeling
Genre superhero
Pencils John Buscema; John Verpoorten ? (retouches)
Inks John Buscema; John Verpoorten ? (retouches)
Notes Unaltered cover published in X-Men # 90. This issue includes the statement of ownership, management, and circulation.
Reprinted in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #90

15 page X-Men story "If I Should Die...!"

Characters The X-Men (Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, Marvel Girl); V: Grotesk; GS: The Changeling (D; as Prof. X)
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Don Heck
Inks George Tuska
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #90; in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #15

5 page Origins of the Uncanny X-Men!, The story "The End...Or the Beginning?"

Characters O: Cyclops (conclusion); V: Living Diamond (D); Professor X;
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Werner Roth
Inks Herb Trimpe
Letters Al Kurzrok
Reprinted in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #5 (April 1980); in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #4