CATALOG RECORD

The X-Men #53

Marvel · Series began 1963 · February 1969

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Dates

Cover date: February 1969
On sale: December 12, 1968
Pages: 36

Editions and covers

Original edition
Source ↗

Creators

pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith, Werner Roth, Don Heckinks: Mike Esposito, John Tartaglionescript: Arnold Drake, Stan Lee, Roy Thomasletters: Herb Cooper, Jean Simek, Sam Rosen

Stories

The Rage of Blastaar! · 15 pages
Welcome to the Club, Beast! · 5 pages

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierProfessor XMarvel GirlAngelBlastaarEdna McCoyNorton McCoyConquistadorChico

Reprinted in

Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (1979), Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (2003), Essential Classic X-Men (2006), The X-Men Omnibus (2009), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), Amazing Adventures (1970), Marvel Comics Presents the X-Men (1988), X-Men: Mutations (1996), X-Men: Lifedeath (2011), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019), Marvel Creator Collection (2025)