CATALOG RECORD
The X-Men #3
first appearance of Blob
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Blob (Fred Dukes) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- January 1964
- On sale
- November 5, 1963
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #3 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original edition12¢ coverSource ↗
- UK pence edition9d [0-0-9 GBP] cover
British
Printed cover price 9d [0-0-9 GBP].
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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.
Publisher’s description
The story opens with the X-men training in the schools gymnasium. Today Scott Summers is practicing the speed at which he can blast bean bags that are being launched at him by the Beast. The other boys are involved with some one-upmanship and roughhousing until Professor X calls them to order. Jean's task is to move a block of wood through a series of obstacles as quickly as possible. Their training is interrupted when Professor X detects the presence of another mutant nearby.
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)