CATALOG RECORD

The X-Men #138

Marvel · Series began 1963 · October 1980

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Dates

Cover date: October 1980
On sale: June 24, 1980
Pages: 36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #138 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition50¢ cover

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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Newsstand edition50¢ cover

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 0714860246110
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UK pence edition0.15 GBP cover

British

Printed cover price 0.15 GBP.
This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: John Byrneinks: Terry Austinscript: John Byrne, Chris Claremontcolors: Glynis Oliverletters: Tom Orzechowski

Stories

Elegy · 18 pages
During Jean's funeral, Cyclops gives a concise yet detailed history of the X-Men. Cyclops leaves, and Kitty joins.

Characters

Peter ParkerSpider-ManLoganWolverineScott SummersCyclopsOroro MunroeJohnny StormStormHuman TorchHank McCoyBeastJean GreyStephen StrangeDoctor StrangePiotr RasputinColossusKurt WagnerNightcrawlerBobby DrakeWanda MaximoffScarlet WitchNamorIcemanWarren Worthington IIICharles XavierSub-MarinerProfessor XKitty PrydeErik Lehnsherr

Reprinted in

Crazy Magazine (1973), Marvel Superheroes [Marvel Super-Heroes] (1979), Classic X-Men (1986), Essential X-Men (1996), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2004), The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past (2006), The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2009), X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga (2010), X-Men Epic Collection (2014), X-Men: Dark Phoenix Saga Omnibus (2018), X-Men: Children of the Atom (2019), Phoenix Omnibus (2021)