GCD :: Issue :: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1

Marvel, 1963 Series

Volume: 1

Price: 0.12 USD

Pages: 36

On-sale Date: 1963-07-02

Editing: Stan Lee (editor)

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X-Men / cover / 1 page

Pencils:	Jack Kirby
Inks:	Sol Brodsky (sourced) Frank Giacoia ? (sourced)
Colors:	Stan Goldberg
Letters:	Artie Simek (sourced)

Genre:superhero

First Line of Dialogue or Text:X-Men versus Magneto Earth's most powerful super villain!!

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

X-Men

Magneto [Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]

Reprints (65)

in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #3 (1998)

in Marvel Milestone X-Men #1 [JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack] (Marvel, 1993 series) ([1993])

in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #1 [Fourth Edition] (2023)

in Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir (Simon and Schuster, 2019 series) (January 2019)

in X-Men : Grand Design (Panini France, 2018 series) #1 (novembre 2018)

Indexer Notes

Sol Brodsky inks also per this site’s original indexer. Steve Whitaker originally credited Paul Reinman on inks, although Nick Caputo notes a comparison between Reinman's inking in the interior story and the slicker inking on the cover points to Brodsky's slicker style.

This issue has 1 variant

#1 [British]

Issue Data

Publisher's Brand: Marvel Comics Group [under character box]
Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Indicia Frequency: bi-monthly
Publisher's Age Guidelines: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Printer: The Eastern Color Printing Co., Waterbury, Conn.

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in U. S. Copyright Office filings.

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X-Men

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X-Men / comic story / 23 pages

Script:	Stan Lee (credited)
Pencils:	Jack Kirby (credited)
Inks:	Paul Reinman (credited)
Colors:	?
Letters:	Sam Rosen (credited as S. Rosen)

Genre:superhero
Job Number:X-401

First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the main study of an exclusive private school in New York's Westchester County, a strange silent man sits motionless, brooding...
Keywords:Cape Citadel; missiles; remote control private jet; Rolls Royce; telepathy; U.S. military

Universe:

Marvel : mainstream

Characters:

X-Men

Angel [Warren Worthington III]
(featured) (introduction)
Beast [Hank McCoy]
(featured) (introduction)
Cyclops [Scott Summers]
(featured) (introduction)
Iceman [Bobby Drake]
(featured) (introduction)
Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]
(featured) (introduction, joins team)
Professor X [Charles Xavier]
(featured) (introduction)

Magneto [Erik Magnus Lehnsherr]
(villain) (introduction)

Synopsis:: After a day of training and meeting Jean Grey, a new student at Professor X's school, the X-Men go on their first assignment: stopping a mutant named Magneto from taking over an Air Force base.; in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #1
in Marvel Tales Annual (Marvel, 1964 series) #2 (1965)
in Los Hombres X (Editora de Periódicos, S. C. L. "La Prensa", 1966 series) #1 (31 de enero de 1966)
in Fantastic! (IPC, 1967 series) #1 (18 February 1967) [pages 1 to 9; panels 1 to 3 of page 10; panels 1 to 4 of page 11], #2 (25 February 1967) [panels 5 to 7 of page 11; pages 12 to 23]
in Strange (Editions Lug, 1970 series) #1 (5 janvier 1970) [reworked]
in Capitan America (Editoriale Corno, 1973 series) #1 (24 Aprile 1973) [part 1], #2 (9 maggio 1973)
in The Mighty World of Marvel (Marvel UK, 1972 series) #49 (September 8, 1973) [pages 1-15], #50 (September 15, 1973) [pages 16-23]
in Hulk (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #1 ([Januar 1974]), #2 ([Februar 1974]), #3 ([März 1974])
in The Super-Heroes (Marvel UK, 1975 series) #1 (March 8, 1975) [pages 1-15 printed in black and white], #2 (March 15, 1975) [pages 16-23 printed in black and white]
in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics (Simon and Schuster, 1975 series) (1975)
in The Fantastic Four (Oberon, 1979 series) #1 (1979)
in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #1 (December 1979) [pp. 1-12]
in Iron Man (Arédit-Artima, 1980 series) (2ème trimestre 1980) [Moins 12 pages [Minus 12 pages]]
in Marvel Superheroes Annual (Grandreams, 1980 series) #1980 (1980)
in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #2 (January 1980) [pp. 14-23]
in Spidey (Editions Lug, 1979 series) #17 (10 juin 1981)
in Strange Spécial Origines (Editions Lug, 1981 series) #175 (5 juillet 1984)
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Especial (Novedades, 1984 series) #1 (Julio 20 de 1984)
in Marvel Klubben Årshæfte (Interpresse, 1985 series) #1985 (1985)
in The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (Marvel, 1985 series) #10 (September 1986) [excerpt]
which is reprinted
in Marvel Saga (SatellitFörlaget, 1988 series) #10
in Essential Marvel Saga (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (2008)
in Heróis da TV (Editora Abril, 1979 series) #100 (outubro 1987)
in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3 ([November] 1987)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Klassik (Panini Deutschland, 1998 series) #3 (1998)
in Marvel Milestone Edition: X-Men #1 (Marvel, 1991 series) ([September] 1991)
which is reprinted
in Marvel Milestone X-Men #1 [JC Penney Marvel Vintage Pack] (Marvel, 1993 series) ([1993])
in Marvel Milestone Edition: The X-Men (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 ([February] 1993)
in Uncanny X-Men Masterworks (Marvel, 1993 series) #1 (February 1993)
in Classic X-Men (Planeta DeAgostini, 1994 series) #1 (Marzo 1994)
in Marvel Limited: Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 1994 series) (May 1994)
in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #1 (May 1994)
in Marvel Limited: X-Men Famous Firsts (Marvel, 1995 series) (January 1995)
in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #3 (Aprile 1995)
in Son of Origins of Marvel Comics Revised Edition (Marvel, 1997 series) (November 1997)
in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 1998 series) #[1] (December 1998)
in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 (September 1999) [black and white reprint]
in The 100 Greatest Marvels of All Time (Marvel, 2001 series) #5 (December 2001)
in Fantastic Firsts (Marvel, 2002 series) (January 2002)
in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (April 2002)
in Marvel : Les origines (Panini France, 2002 series) #1 (décembre 2002)
in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1 [Third Printing] (2003) [black and white]
in Marvel Mini Comic Book X-Men #1 (Marvel, 2003 series) (2003)
in X-Men: Children of the Atom (Marvel, 2005 series) (2005)
in Marvel History (Panini Deutschland, 2004 series) #[5] - Die X-Men 1 ([April] 2006)
in Custom: Deal - Fox Home Entertainment (X-3 Stan Lee Comic) (Marvel, 2006 series) #1 (September 2006)
in Target X-Men Classic (Marvel, 2006 series) (2006 [February 2007])
in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009 series) #1 (2009)
in X-Men: We Are the X-Men (Marvel, 2010 series) (2010)
in Marvel Classic (Panini France, 2011 series) #1 (février 2011)
in Marvel Série I (Levoir, 2012 series) #2 - X-Men - Filhos do Átomo ([Julho] 2012)
in The Ultimate Graphic Novels Collection - Classic (Hachette Partworks, 2014 series) #1 - Marvel Origins: The 60s (January 2014)
in X-Men Epic Collection (Marvel, 2014 series) #1 - Children of the Atom (2014)
in Die offizielle Marvel-Comic-Sammlung (Hachette [DE], 2013 series) #1 - Marvel Origins: Die Sechzigerjahre (März 2015)
in Marvel. Официальная коллекция комиксов (Ашет Коллекция [Hachette], 2014 series) #91 - Классика Marvel: 60-е Годы
in X-Men: Grand Design (Marvel, 2018 series) (2018)
which is reprinted
in X-Men : Grand Design (Panini France, 2018 series) #1 (novembre 2018)
in X-Men No. 1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2019 series) #1 (September 2019)
in Coleção Clássica Marvel (Panini Brasil, 2021 series) #3 - X-Men 1 (abril 2021)
in Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2021 series) #1 - The Strangest Super Heroes of All (2021)
in X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (Penguin Random House, 2023 series) (2023)
in X-Men No. 1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2023 series) (June 2023)

Indexer Notes

One panel is used as a source panel for Roy Lichtenstein's painting Image Duplicator. Note by Guy Lawley via the error tracker.

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1000 Tricks Catalog [Giant Surprise Catalog]; 1001 Things You Can Get Free; 30 Army, Navy, Marine Emblems; Brown Stamps; Capital Stamps; Crown Music; Crown Stamps; Earl Thompson Stamps; Ed Sale Secret System; Fairway Stamps; Five Star Music; Globus Stamps; Gray Stamps; Hypno-Coin; Irwin Stamps; Jaro Stamps; Lincoln Stamps; Longhorn Stamps; Metropolitan Stamps; Military Insignia; Mystic Stamps; Niagara Stamps; Ocean Stamps; Penny Stamps; Personal Radio; Picture Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Roseland Stamps; Songwriters' Associates; Spruceland Stamps & Coins; Sunny Stamps; Tru Value Stamps / Tru-Value Stamps; West Coast Stamps; White Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

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