| Characters |
FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUESTS: John Grey; Elaine Grey; VILLAINS: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants--Magneto; Toad; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Mastermind |
| Synopsis |
With Xavier's mental powers gone, the X-Men try to decide how they will function without his leadership; Trying to ferret out the X-Men, Magneto has the Toad enter an atheletic event where he leaps to victory; With the crowd turning hostile due to the Toads amazing abilities, the X-Men arrive on the scene to capture him; Magneto snags Angel and whisks him away to Asteroid M; In an attempt to trade the Toad for Angel, the X-Men arrive on Asteroid M where they battle the Brotherhood once again; On their safe return to earth, Xavier revels that his power loss was a ruse to test his students. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
Stan Lee |
| Pencils |
Jack Kirby |
| Inks |
Paul Reinman |
| Letters |
Sam Rosen |
| Notes |
First Appearance of Magneto's Asteroid M. Prof's loss of powers just a test. |
| Reprinted |
in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #24 (January 1970); in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #9 (August 1980) [pp. 1-13]; in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #10 (September 1980) [pp. 14-24]; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3; in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #5; in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1; in X-Men No. 5 (Marvel, 2005 series) #[nn]; in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #4 |