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Cover of Classic X-Men #20
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CATALOG RECORD

Classic X-Men #20

Marvel · Series began 1986 · April 1988

Dates

Cover date
April 1988
On sale
December 29, 1987
Pages
36

Editions and covers (2)

Copies of #20 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 07148602430904

    This edition’s page

Creators

pencils: Arthur Adams, John Byrne, Kieron Dwyer, John Boltoninks: Terry Austin, John Boltonscript: Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Jo Duffycolors: Petra Goldbergletters: Jean Simek, Tom Orzechowski

Stories

  • Desolation · 21 pages

    Beast and Jean are rescued from Antarctica but have to tell Xavier that the X-Men are dead. The very alive remaining X-Men make their way to the Savage Land where they relax a little with the Fall People. Cyclops begins to wonder about his possible connection to Corsair. Lykos siphons Storm's power to once again become Sauron.

  • Mother of the Bride · 12 pages

    Storm discovers that the Twelvetrees Chemical Company has been covering up a terrible industrial accident that turned some of their workers into mindless undead slaves.

Characters

LoganWolverineSteve RogersCaptain AmericaScott SummersCyclopsOroro MunroeStormHank McCoyBeastPiotr RasputinColossusKurt WagnerNightcrawlerCharles XavierProfessor XAlex SummersSean CassidyBansheeLilandra NeramaniChristopher SummersKarl LykosSauronPhoenixKatherine Summers

Reprinted in

X-Men Classic: The Complete Collection (2018)

Run and key data from the Grand Comics Database (comics.org), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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