CATALOG RECORD

The X-Men #60

Marvel · Series began 1963 · September 1969

first appearance of Sauron and Tanya Anderssen

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Sauron (Karl Lykos, Marvel) — villain, first appearance as Sauron, also origin in flashback as a boy
Tanya Anderssen (from X-Men) — guest, introduction, also in flashback
Dr. Anderssen (Marvel) — guest, introduction, flashback
Jager (dog) (Marvel) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: September 1969
On sale: July 15, 1969
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #60 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Original edition15¢ cover
Source ↗
UK pence edition1/- [0-1-0 GBP] cover

British

Printed cover price 1/- [0-1-0 GBP].
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Neal Adamsletters: Neal Adams, Sam Rosenscript: Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, Stan Leeinks: Tom Palmercolors: Neal Adams

Stories

In the Shadow of... Sauron! · 20 pages
The X-Men take an injured Havok to be treated by one of Xavier's old buddies, Dr. Karl Lykos. Lykos is an energy vampire and drains mutant life energy from Havok, turning himself into the evil Sauron. Angel takes off to investigate the flying dinosaur and is hypnotized by Sauron's powers.

Characters

Scott SummersCyclopsHank McCoyBeastJean GreyBobby DrakeWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchIcemanWarren Worthington IIIMarvel GirlAngelPietro MaximoffQuicksilverAlex SummersHavokLorna DaneSean CassidyBansheeFred DukesBlobToadMortimer ToynbeeJason WyngardeMastermindKarl LykosSauronTelford PorterVanisherUnus the Untouchable

Reprinted in

Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (1979), X-Men Classics Starring the X-Men (1983), X-Men: Visionaries 2: The Neal Adams Collection (1996), 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), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019), X-Men by Roy Thomas & Neal Adams (2019)