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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published December 1983
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; Sentinels; Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Toad
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks Tom Palmer
Letters Typeset
Notes Wraparound cover.

1 page X-Men text article "The X-Men -- Remembering When, Three Times Over"

Genre superhero
Script John Byrne
Letters Typeset

1 page X-Men story "New Splash Page"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUEST: Alex Summers; VILLAIN: Living Monolith [Living Pharaoh]
Genre superhero
Pencils Mike Zeck
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Daina Graziunas

15 page X-Men story "The Sentinels Live"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUESTS: Alex Summers; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sentinels; Living Pharaoh; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Bolivar Trask
Synopsis Lorna is attacked by a Sentinel; Alex is paralyzed by his terrible and destructive new powers as the X-Men try to figure out how to help him; The Egyptian authorities arrive and the Living Pharaoh tells them to arrest the X-Men for the destruction of an ancient temple; Alex takes off in the conflict and is attacked by a Sentinel; Learning of the attack on Lorna, Iceman and Beast head back to the states to investigate; They catch a newscast where the son of Bolivar Trask proclaims to the world that the Sentinels are once again active and hunting for mutants.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #57 (June 1969)

20 page X-Men story "Mission: Murder"

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUESTS: Havok; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sentinels; CAMEOS: Banshee; Mesmero; Magneto Robot; Living Pharaoh
Synopsis Sentinels attack Beast and Iceman and Bobby sacrifices himself so that Hank can escape; Angel flies back to the states with Cyclops and Jean following close behind; Iceman is taken to Trask's Sentinel base where he meets up with Lorna and Alex, now called Havok with a containment suit built by Trask; Sentinels gather mutants from around the world and bring them to Trask; Fearful of Larry's methods, Chalmers takes the medallion from around his neck and the Sentinels refuse to follow their master as he is revealed to be a mutant.
Genre superhero
Script Roy Thomas
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Tom Palmer
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Artie Simek
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #58 (July 1969)

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

Characters FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Beast; VILLAINS: Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sentinels; CAMEOS: Scarlet Witch; Quicksilver; Toad; Unus; Blob; Mastermind; Havok
Synopsis With Larry Trask revealed to be a mutant, the Sentinels refuse to obey him any more as they continue to capture mutants and prepare to kill them; Cyclops, Jean and Beast mount an offensive to rescue their captured friends.
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)

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #56"

Characters Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Living Monolith
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #56 (May 1969)

1 page X-Men illustration "Unused Cover to X-Men #56"

Characters Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Alex Summers; Living Monolith
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Daina Graziunas
Notes Rejected first cover to X-Men #56.

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #57"

Characters Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Sentinel; Larry Trask
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #57 (June 1969)

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #58"

Characters Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Havok
Genre superhero
Pencils Neal Adams
Inks Neal Adams
Colors Daina Graziunas
Letters Sam Rosen
Reprinted from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #58 (July 1969)