XOWComics.com

Content Items (25 total)

It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn

Illustration on Cover, Front from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Beast [Hank McCoy]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Epic Collection

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ? (promo text)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Thor; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]; Black Widow [Natasha Romanoff]; Captain America [Steve Rogers]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: 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.

X-Men: It's Always Darkest Before the Dawn

Credits on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Beast [Hank McCoy]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Title page of the book. Includes a detail from the cover of Amazing Adventures #16.

Credits and Indicia

Credits on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Beast [Hank McCoy]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Notes: Credits and indicia of the book. Includes a detail of the figure of the Beast from the cover of Amazing Adventures #14.

Contents

Table of Contents on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

Enter... The Mighty Avengers!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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

First Line: Stop the X-Men -- for the sake of the World!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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).

The Juggernaut Attacks!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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]

First Line: And that takes care of the Human Torch!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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.

When Iceman Attacks!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Gwen Stacy; Spider-Man [Peter Parker]

First Line: This time you're facing a pro, webhead!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Marie's cover preliminary can be found on http://themarvelageofcomics.tumblr.com/image/29717888917

When Iceman Attacks

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; Gwen Stacy; Sam Bullit; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; J. Jonah Jameson; Robbie Robertson

First Line: Gwen--and Bullit--in Peter Parker's apartment!

Synopsis: 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 19

Job Number: 471-Z

Notes: Tony Mortellaro backgrounds inks credit from The Official Marvel Index to The Amazing Spider-Man #4.

Stop the Stentinels!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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

First Line: Fight, my X-Men for the sake of the world --

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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).

Menace of the Mimic!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summer]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]]; Mimic [Ronald Rankin]

First Line: I'm as powerful as all the X-Men put together --

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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

...And None Shall Survive!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Magneto [Erik Lehnsherr]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

I, Lucifer!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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)

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

From Whence Comes... Dominus?

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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.

The Power and the Pendant!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; El Tigre

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Cry Holocauts!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): The X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]; Kukulcan

First Line: Your eye-beams are no match for my amulet, Cyclops!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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).

Cry Hulk! Cry Havok!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Hulk [Bruce Banner]; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Viking

First Line: Bug off, Greenie -- or the girl gets it!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Cry Hulk, Cry Havok!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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)

First Line: For the Hulk, memory is a fleeting thing, a will o'the wisp sometimes grasped, often missed.

Synopsis: 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 21

Notes: 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.

Lo! A Beast Is Born!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Beast [Hank McCoy]; Professor Carl Maddicks

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Beast!

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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)

First Line: Night: And from the shadows, you watch...

Synopsis: 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.

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 21

Notes: In terms of the Beast, the story continued from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #66.

Re-Enter: The Mimic!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summer]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Mimic [Ronald Rankin]

First Line: Your precious mutants are finished, Professor X...

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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.

One Avenger: Dead on Arrival!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): Beast [Hank McCoy]; Iron Man [Tony Stark]

First Line: I did it! I killed Iron Man!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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

Iron Man: D.O.A.

Story on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): 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

First Line: They won't catch me -- I'm safe!

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 21

Notes: 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.

Bedlam Is the Banshee!

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s) from base issue

Credits

Colorist(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Character(s): X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]

Reprinting

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: 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).