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Issue: X-Men Epic Collection #4
Publication Date: January 2019
 
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Title: It's Always Darkest before the Dawn
Variant: unnamed
Rating: T
Publisher: FlagMarvel
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Indicia Publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/17/2019
Volume: 4
Pages: 516
ISBN: 9781302916039
UPC/EAN: 978130291603953999
Price: $52.00 CAD
$39.99 USD
Indicia Frequency: T
Content Items: 25 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Collects The Amazing Spider-Man (Marvel, 1963 series) #92; The Incredible Hulk (Marvel, 1968 series) #150, 161, 172 and 180-182; Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1970 series) #11-17; Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 1972 series) #4 and 23; The Avengers (Marvel, 1963 series) #110-111; Captain America (Marvel, 1968 series) #172-175; The Defenders (Marvel, 1972 series) #15-16; Giant-Size Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1974 series) #4; and the covers from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #67-93 and X-Men Annual (Marvel, 1970 series) #1-2.
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cardstock cover; glossy interior
Binding: trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Some/all of 20 other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:
FlagMarvel Team-Up #4 published September 1972
FlagAmazing Adventures #14 [U.S. Cover Price] published September 1972
FlagAmazing Adventures #15 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1972
FlagAmazing Adventures #16 [U.S. Cover Price] published January 1973
FlagThe Avengers #110 [U.S. Cover Price] published April 1973
FlagThe Avengers #111 [U.S. Cover Price] published May 1973
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #172 published February 1974
FlagCaptain America #172 published April 1974
FlagCaptain America #173 published May 1974
FlagCaptain America #174 published June 1974
FlagCaptain America #175 published July 1974
FlagMarvel Team-Up #23 published July 1974
FlagThe Defenders #15 [unnamed variant] published September 1974
FlagThe Defenders #16 [unnamed variant] published October 1974
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #180 published October 1974
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #181 published November 1974
FlagThe Incredible Hulk #182 published December 1974
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It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn

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Beast [Hank McCoy]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko]
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Epic Collection

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Thor; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]
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Inside front and back cover. List of Epic Collections volumes of the Amazing Spider-Man; Ant-Man/Giant-Man; Avengers; Avengers West Coast; Black Panther; Captain America; Daredevil; Defenders; Doctor Strange; Excalibur; Fantastic Four; Incredible Hulk; Iron Fist; Iron Man; Marvel Two-In-One; Master of Kung-Fu; Moon Knight; Ms. Marvel; New Mutants; Power Man & Iron Fist; Punisher; Sgt. Fury; Silver Surfer; Thor; Wolverine; X-Factor; X-Force; and X-Men.
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X-Men: It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn

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Beast [Hank McCoy]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko]
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Title page of the book. Includes a detail from the cover of Amazing Adventures #16.
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Beast [Hank McCoy]
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Credits and indicia of the book. Includes a detail of the figure of the Beast from the cover of Amazing Adventures #14.
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Enter... The Mighty Avengers!

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]] The Avengers [Giant-Man [Hank Pym]; Thor; Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]]; Lucifer
Stop the X-Men -- for the sake of the World!
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Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).
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The Juggernaut Attacks!

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Human Torch [Johnnt Storm]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko]
And that takes care of the Human Torch!
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After an eight month gap the X-Men title is revived in reprint form.

Sam Rosen lettering per Nick Caputo. The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009) credit Danny Crespi.
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When Iceman Attacks!

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Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Gwen Stacy; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]
This time you're facing a pro, webhead!
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Marie's cover preliminary can be found on http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com/image/29717888917
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When Iceman Attacks

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Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Sam Bullit; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson
Gwen--and Bullit--in Peter Parker's apartment!
Thinking Spidey is causing harm to Gwendy, Iceman intervenes and tries to defeat old Webhead. Later, once misunderstandings are resolved, the two team up to take down a crooked politician.
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Tony Mortellaro backgrounds inks credit from The Official Marvel Index to The Amazing Spider-Man #4.
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Stop the Stentinels!

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The X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; Sentinels
Fight, my X-Men for the sake of the world --
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Cover taken from unaltered stat to X-Men # 15. Front cover art is signed by both Kirby + Ayers, just barely visible below the Beast's left heel.

Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).
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Menace of the Mimic!

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X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summer]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]]; Mimic [Ronald Rankin]
I'm as powerful as all the X-Men put together --
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Sources for letters credit are The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).

Cover sketch can be found on http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com
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...And None Shall Survive!

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X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]
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I, Lucifer!

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X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Professor X [Charles Xavier]]; Lucifer; Blob [Fred J. Dukes] (in X-Man costume); Unus the Untouchable [Gunther Bain] (in X-Man costume)
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From Whence Comes... Dominus?

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X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summer]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Lucifer; Dominus
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Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).
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[untitled]

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The X-Men [Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]]; Eel; Plantman; Porcupine; Scarecrow; Unicorn
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Cover inker credit provided 2006 by Nick Caputo. Original indexer credited John Verpoorten.

Rosen letters per Nick Caputo. The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009) credited Saladino with both the logo and caption.
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The Power and the Pendant!

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X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; El Tigre
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Cry Holocauts!

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The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]; Kukulcan
Your eye-beams are no match for my amulet, Cyclops!
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Sam Rosen and Morrie Kuramoto credit per Nick Caputo. Danny Crespi is credited in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).
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Cry Hulk! Cry Havok!

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Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Viking
Bug off, Greenie -- or the girl gets it!
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Cry Hulk, Cry Havok!

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Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Havok; General Thunderbolt Ross; Glenn Talbot; Betty Ross; Iceman (flashback); Viking and his gang (villain, introduction for all); Senator Morton Clegstead (first appearance); Congressman Roger Dutton (first appearance)
For the Hulk, memory is a fleeting thing, a will o'the wisp sometimes grasped, often missed.
Hulk escapes Project Greenskin and begins to hunt for Jarella. When he accidentally mistakes Lorna Dane and her green hair for his lost love, this puts him into conflict with her very powerful boyfriend, Havok, who handily beats him. Betty and Glenn find Bruce lying unconscious in the desert and, in a state of delirium, Bruce professes his love for Jarella to the woman he is supposed to be in love with.
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In the improper use of a character's abilities category: Havok uses his powers in this story to shoot a thin plasma beam at the Hulk's head and use the pain it causes to make the Hulk susceptible to suggestion and he also uses a plasma beam to lower Lorna from the top of a tall cliff to the ground.
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Lo! A Beast Is Born!

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Beast [Hank McCoy]; Professor Carl Maddicks
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The Beast!

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Beast [Hank McCoy] (introduction in furry form); X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]] (flashback); Mr. Grant (first appearance); Prof. Carl Maddicks (first appearance, death); Linda Donaldson [Agent 9] (first appearance); Brand Corporation (first appearance); Bennie (first appearance, death)
Night: And from the shadows, you watch...
Beast leaves the X-Men to take a job at the Brand Corporation. While experimenting with his mutation, he is permanently changed into a furry monster.
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In terms of the Beast, the story continued from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #66.
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Re-Enter: The Mimic!

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X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summer]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Mimic [Ronald Rankin]
Your precious mutants are finished, Professor X...
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Sam Rosen credit per Nick Caputo. The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009) credit Danny Crespi.
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One Avenger: Dead on Arrival!

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Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]
I did it! I killed Iron Man!
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Cover inks credit from Nick Caputo via the GCD Error List (16 January 2005); original indexer credited Gil Kane. Cover colors credit from Steve Englehart (http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Amazing%20Adventures%2012-17.html) 22 April 2008
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Iron Man: D.O.A.

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Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; X-Men [Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (also in flashback); Professor X [Charles Xavier] (also in flashback); Cyclops [Scott Summers] (flashback); Angel [Warren Worthington III] (flashback); Iceman [Bobby Drake] (flashback)]; Marianne Rodgers; Mr. Grant; The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Unus; Blob; Mastermind]; Linda Donaldson
They won't catch me -- I'm safe!
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Pages 2,3 and 21 are not reprinted in The Avengers #136 reprint.

Colors credit from Steve Englehart (http://www.steveenglehart.com/Comics/Amazing%20Adventures%2012-17.html) 22 April 2008.
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Bedlam Is the Banshee!

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X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]
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Mike Esposito inks per Steve Whitaker. Giacoia inks per Nick Caputo, who notes the two often worked together on covers. Original indexer credited Joe Sinnott, whose personal records erroneously credited him as well.

Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).

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