CATALOG RECORD
The X-Men #4
first appearance of Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Toad and others
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) — first appearance, also in flashback
- Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) — first appearance
- Toad (Mortimer Toynbee) — first appearance
- Mastermind (Jason Wyngarde) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- March 1964
- On sale
- January 3, 1964
- Pages
- 36
Values
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Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #4 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].
This edition’s page
X-Men No. 4 Facsimile Edition (2021). A facsimile reproduces this issue with a modern cover price and barcode; check before buying.
Creators
Stories
- The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! · 23 pages
Magneto and his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants steal a freighter and use it to take over the South American nation of Santo Marco. The X-Men invade and take the country back. Xavier is caught in an explosion and loses his mental powers.
Publisher’s description
The Beast again faces the perils of the Danger Room. He is eventually tripped up by a grabbing a false rope to try to swing over a water hazard. Iceman is next through the gauntlet but is too cocky at his young age and is quickly defeated. Angel humiliates him by hanging him from a wall hook. Once Iceman is rescued by Marvel Girl it is time for her test. She opens a box for Professor X which hides a cake. It has been one year since the X-men were first formed.
Characters
Reprinted in
Fantastic! (1967), The Super-Heroes (1975), Amazing Adventures (1979), Essential Uncanny X-Men (1999), Marvel Super-Heroes (1967), Marvel Masterworks (1987), Uncanny X-Men Masterworks (1993), X-Men: The Early Years (1994), Bring Back the Bad Guys (1998), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (1998), X-Men No. 4 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003), Custom: Deal - Fox Home Entertainment (X-3 Stan Lee Comic) (2006), The X-Men Omnibus (2009), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set (2014), Stan Lee Marvel Treasury Edition (2016), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019)