Dates
- Cover date
- March 1968
- On sale
- January 9, 1968
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- If I Should Die...! · 15 pages
Grotesk, still seeking his revenge against humanity, looks for a device to accomplish this task - the oscillotron. Professor X attempts to stop Grotesk single-handedly, but fails; Grotesk turns on the device, but the X-Men arrive in time to help destroy the machine before it can cause a massive earthquake. In the aftermath of the battle, Professor X apparently dies.
- The End...Or the Beginning? · 5 pages
The Living Diamond is blasted into atoms in his attempt to destroy Professor X and Scott Summers. Afterward, Prof. X asks Scott to be the first member of his fledgling group whose goal is to create trust between humans and mutants.
Characters
Reprinted in
Fantastic! (1967), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003), Essential Classic X-Men (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2009), The X-Men Omnibus (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), Amazing Adventures (1979), The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe (1985), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019), X-Men (Penguin Classics Marvel Collection) (2023)