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CATALOG RECORD

Classic X-Men #19

Marvel · Series began 1986 · March 1988

Dates

Cover date
March 1988
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #19 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 07148602430903

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Arthur Adams, John Byrne, Kieron Dwyer, John Boltoninks: Terry Austin, John Bolton, Bob Laytonscript: Chris Claremont, John Byrnecolors: Petra Goldberg, Nel Yomtovletters: Annette Kawecki, Tom Orzechowski, Danny Crespi

Stories

  • Showdown! · 20 pages

    The X-Men escape their prison chairs and face down Magneto himself. During the fight, the controls of Magneto's base are destroyed filling the whole place with lava. Phoenix saves Beast, but the rest of the team are apparently trapped in the molten fire deep beneath the snows of Antarctica.

  • I, Magneto · 12 pages

Characters

LoganWolverineScott SummersCyclopsOroro MunroeStormJean GreyPiotr RasputinColossusKurt WagnerNightcrawlerCharles XavierProfessor XErik LehnsherrMagnetoSean CassidyBansheePhoenixLilandra NeramaniNannyAchmed El-Gibar

Reprinted in

X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection (2018), Magneto: The Twisting of a Soul (1993)

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