The X-Men Here Comes... Daredevil The Mighty Thor
Newton Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(The X-Men)
Cover, 1 page
"Is the Mimic another mutant? – Or, something far worse??"
Featuring
- Feature
- The X-Men
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (layouts)
Werner Roth
Marie Severin (alterations) - Inks
- Dick Ayers
Marie Severin (alterations) - Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- First print
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The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #19 (April 1966) — Untitled
- Also printed
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The X-Men (Yaffa/Page, 1970s series) #7 ([September 1981?]) — Untitled
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Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (1988) — Untitled
Notes
Alterations on Mimic (wings and hands) by Marie Severin.
1Featuring
- Feature
- The X-Men
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Beat; Iceman; Angel; Mimic
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin]
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- Based on
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The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #69 (April 1971) — Lo! Now Shall Appear the Mimic
- First print
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The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #19 (April 1966) — Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic!
- Also printed
-
The X-Men (Yaffa/Page, 1970s series) #7 ([September 1981?]) — Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic!
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Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (1988) — Lo, Now Shall Appear the Mimic
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Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999? series) #1 ([September 1999?]) — Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic!
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The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009? series) #1 ([April] 2009) — Lo! Now Shall Appear--the Mimic!
Synopsis
The X-Men are off to take a vacation when Bobby and Hank tussle with the mysterious Calvin Rankin who beats them by mimicking their powers; Calvin then has an encounter with Jean at a restaurant; Realizing he is dealing with the X-Men, Calvin follows Jean home and asks to join the X-Men; once he has absorbed all of their powers, however, he battles them and captures Jean; The team follows him to his secret hideout deep in an old mine where Mimic uses their combined powers to uncover a machine his father built that will allow him to keep the X-Men's combined powers for good; Realizing something at the last minute, Xavier allows Mimic to use the machine which doesn't givie him powers but, rather, strips his mimic powers away.
2Featuring
- Feature
- The X-Men
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Beast; Iceman; Angel; Lucifer; the Blob; Unus; The Supreme One
Credits
- Script
- Roy Thomas
- Pencils
- Werner Roth [as Jay Gavin]
- Inks
- Dick Ayers
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- Based on
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The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #71 (August 1971) — I, Lucifer!
- First print
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The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #20 (May 1966) — I, Lucifer...
- Also printed
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Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #7 (1988) — I, Lucifer
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Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999? series) #1 ([September 1999?]) — I, Lucifer...
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The X-Men Omnibus (Marvel, 2009? series) #1 ([April] 2009) — I, Lucifer...
Notes
This story reveals how Professor X lost his legs
3Featuring
- Feature
- Daredevil
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Daredevil; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Ox; Ox II [Dr. Karl Stragg]
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia [as Frankie Ray]
- Letters
- Artie Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- First print
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Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #15 (April 1966) — --And Men Shall Call Him...Ox !
- Also printed
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Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #30 (April 1971) — And Men Shall Call Him Ox
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Daredevil The Man Without Fear (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #5 (May 1979) — --And Men Shall Call Him...Ox !
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Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (October 2002) — --And Men Shall Call Him... Ox! (black and white)
Synopsis
The Ox is convinced by his cellmate, Dr. Karl Stragg, that if the two can escape, the good doctor will make Ox smarter; Stragg double-crosses the Ox and switches bodies with the brute; DD tracks down the new and improved Ox only to defeat him permanently.
Notes
This is the only appearance of Ox II as he dies in the story.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Daredevil
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Daredevil; Foggy Nelson; Karen Page; Gladiator (Melvin Potter)
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
Denny O'Neil - Pencils
- John Romita
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia
- Letters
- Sam Rosen
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- First print
-
Daredevil (Marvel, 1964 series) #18 (July 1966) — There Shall Come a Gladiator
- Also printed
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Daredevil The Man Without Fear (Yaffa/Page, 1977? series) #7 (January 1980) — There Shall Come a Gladiator!
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Essential Daredevil (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 (October 2002) — There Shall Come a Gladiator!
Synopsis
A burly costume store owner decides it is really the clothes that make the man and begins his career as the Gladiator; Foggy gets a Daredevil costume from Melvin who talks the tubby lawyer into setting up a staged super fight to impress Karen; Thinking his fight with Foggy will draw out the real DD, Gladiator goes after him for real and Matt has to take a hand in rescuing his friend; In the night and the fog, everyone assumes it is Foggy as Daredevil that beat the Gladiator back.
Notes
First appearance of Gladiator
5Featuring
- Feature
- Thor
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Thor; Odin; Harris Hobbs; Loki; Absorbing Man [Crusher Creel]; Jane Foster
Credits
- Script
- Stan Lee
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Frank Giacoia [as Frankie Ray]
- Letters
- Art Simek
- Editing
- Stan Lee
Reprint history
- First print
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Journey into Mystery (Marvel, 1952 series) #115 (April 1965) — The Vengeance of the Thunder God
- Also printed
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Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1949 series) #26 (May 1970) — "The Vengeance of the Thunder God"
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Bring on the Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Comics Villains (Marvel, 1976 series) (1976) — "The Vengeance of the Thunder God"
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Essential Thor (Marvel, 2001 series) #2 ([2003?])
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The Mighty Thor Omnibus (Marvel, 2010? series) #1 (November 2010) — The Vengeance of the Thunder God
Synopsis
Thor battles the Absorbing Man.
Notes
Interior front cover and back covers are all color ads.
Indicia
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