Dates
- Cover date
- January 1988
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (2)
Copies of #17 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 07148602430901
This edition’s page
Creators
pencils: Jon Bogdanove, John Byrne, Kieron Dwyer, John Bolton, Dave Cockruminks: Terry Austin, John Bolton, Dave Cockrumscript: Chris Claremontcolors: Petra Goldbergletters: Tom Orzechowski, Irv Watanabe, Danny Crespi
Stories
- Mindgames · 19 pages
Beast comes a calling and finds X-Mansion empty so he tracks the X-Men to a carnival in Texas where they are performing as sideshow freaks. Mesmero is uncovered as the culprit, but once his hold is broken over the team, Magneto shows up to crash the party.
- A Taste for Vengeance! · 13 pages
Mesmero makes the X-Men turn on each other and then decides to humiliate them by turning them into sideshow freaks.
Characters
LoganWolverineScott SummersCyclopsOroro MunroeStormHank McCoyBeastJean GreyPiotr RasputinColossusKurt WagnerNightcrawlerErik LehnsherrMagnetoSean CassidyBansheePhoenixMesmeroVincent
Reprinted in
X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), X-Men: Lost Tales (1997)