CATALOG RECORD

The X-Men #49

Marvel · Series began 1963 · October 1968

first appearance of Mesmero and Robert McCoy

See live listings ♡ Sign in to add to Want List

WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Mesmero (Vincent, from X-Men) — villain, introduction
Robert McCoy (Marvel) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: October 1968
On sale: August 13, 1968
Pages: 36

Values

Looking up values…

Editions and covers

Original edition
Source ↗

Creators

pencils: Jim Steranko, Don Heck, Werner Rothinks: Jim Steranko, John Tartaglione, John Verpoortencolors: Jim Sterankoscript: Arnold Drake, Stan Leeletters: Herb Cooper, Irv Watanabe, Sam Rosen

Stories

Who Dares Defy... the Demi-Men? · 15 pages
Angel, back at the X-Mansion, learns that Cerebro is active and has detected a high level of mutant activity. Angel contacts Marvel Girl to alert her to his findings and she rounds up the X-Men to search for the heightened source of the mutant activity. As the X-Men search, Iceman is left behind to keep an eye out on a stranger he recently rescued.
A Beast Is Born · 5 pages

Publisher’s description

Iceman and Lorna versus Mesmero and the Demi-Men!

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIIErik LehnsherrMagnetoMarvel GirlAngelLorna DaneMesmeroVincentEdna McCoyNorton McCoyRobert McCoy

Reprinted in

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003), Essential Classic X-Men (2006), The X-Men Omnibus (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), Amazing Adventures (1970), X-Men: Mutations (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2009), Marvel's Mightiest Heroes (2014), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019)