The X-Men #3

Dates

Cover date

January 1964

On sale

November 5, 1963

Pages

36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Original edition12¢ cover

  Source ↗
• UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover

  British

  Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• Beware of the Blob! · 24 pages

  Professor X detects a new mutant and sends the X-Men to investigate. They arrive at a carnival and encounter the Blob, a very fat sideshow attraction who can bounce bullets off of his malleable hide as well as anchor himself to the earth and become immovable. The X-Men bring him back to the mansion as a potential member but the Blob spurns their invitation and returns to the carnival. Realizing that the Blob knows their secret, the X-Men lure him back to the mansion where Xavier wipes his memory.

Characters

Reprinted in

The Super-Heroes (1975), Amazing Adventures (1979), Essential Uncanny X-Men (1999), Marvel Super-Heroes (1967), Fantastic Annual (1967), Marvel's Greatest Superhero Battles (1978), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Uncanny X-Men Masterworks (1993), X-Men: The Early Years (1994), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2002), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2005), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2009), The X-Men Omnibus (2009), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2021), X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2023)