| Characters |
X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus [Piotr Rasputin]; Banshee [Sean Cassiday]; Nightcrawler [Kurt Wagner]]; GUESTS: Ka-Zar; Zabu; Nereel; Fall People; Tandy Snow [Queen Tandylla]; VILLAINS: Sauron; Zaladane; Garokk; CAMEO FLASHBACK: Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Beast [Henry McCoy] |
| Synopsis |
The X-Men fight Sauron until he transforms back to Karl Lykos; Ka-Zar shows up and he and Karl tell the X-Men the tale of Zaladane awakening Garokk; Cyclops decides to leave the Savage Land rather than help as he fears for Xavier's safety; The way back to the surface world is blocked by ice as the Savage Land begins to undergo a terrible change. |
| Genre |
superhero |
| Script |
John Byrne (Co-plot); Chris Claremont |
| Pencils |
John Byrne |
| Inks |
Terry Austin |
| Colors |
Francoise Mouly |
| Letters |
Rick Parker |
| Notes |
Picks up plot threads from the cancelled Ka-Zar series. Tandy Snow [Queen Tandylla] appearance added per note in Jeff Christianson's Master List (http://www.marvunapp.com/master/sn.htm). |
| Reprinted |
in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #21; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #24 (1990); in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #1; in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #7 |