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The X-Men #18

Marvel · Series began 1963 · March 1966

Dates

Cover date
March 1966
On sale
January 4, 1966
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #18 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Werner Rothinks: Sol Brodsky, Dick Ayerscolors: Stan Goldbergletters: Sam Rosen, Artie Simekscript: Stan Lee

Stories

  • If Iceman Should Fail--! · 20 pages

    With the rest of the X-Men captured in a locked gondola beneath an ascending balloon, it is up to an injured Iceman to battle Magneto on his own. Once the X-Men escape Magneto's trap, Professor X calls the Stranger who arrives on Earth to collect his former captive.

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierProfessor XErik LehnsherrMagnetoMarvel GirlAngelToadMortimer ToynbeeThe StrangerKathryn WorthingtonWarren Worthington Jr.

Reprinted in

Fantastic! (1967), X-Men Pocket Book (1981), Essential Uncanny X-Men (1999), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003), The Super-Heroes (1975), Marvel Masterworks (1987), X-Men: The Early Years (1994), Magneto Ascendant (1999), X-Men Vol. 1, No. 18 [Marvel Legends Reprint] (2004), The X-Men Omnibus (2009), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019), Mighty Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2021)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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