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Cover of The X-Men #55
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CATALOG RECORD

The X-Men #55

Marvel · Series began 1963 · April 1969

Dates

Cover date
April 1969
On sale
February 11, 1969
Pages
36

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Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #55 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Creators

pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith, Don Heck, Werner Rothinks: Vince Colletta, Sam Graingerscript: Roy Thomas, Stan Leeletters: Jean Simek, Sam Grainger, Sam Rosen

Stories

  • The Living Pharaoh! · 15 pages
  • Where Angels Dare to Tread! · 5 pages

    Angel becomes The Avenging Angel, with red-and-black costume.

Publisher’s description

Cyclops and his brother Alex have been captured by the Living Pharaoh, the man Cyclops was accused of killing! The X-Men are in hot pursuit of the Pharoah and his men, but what secrets does Alex Summers hold?

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierProfessor XMarvel GirlAngelAlex SummersHavokAhmet AbdolLiving Pharaoh

Reprinted in

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), Astounding Stories (1966), X-Men Winter Special (1981), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019)

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