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Issue Details

Issue #12
Published July 1965
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Juggernaut
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #7; in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #12

20 page X-Men story "The Origin of Professor X!"

Characters The X-Men [Professor X (Origin); Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Juggernaut [Cain Marko; 1st and Origin]; Kurt Marko (flashback); Sharon Xavier [Professor X's mother; flashback]
Synopsis Cerebro detects a powerful mutant and Xavier fears that he knows who it is; The X-Men prepare the mansion for an all out assault; As the mysterious villain batters his way through the mansion's defenses, Professor X tells his students his origin story and how his step-brother changed from tormenting bully to an unstoppable Juggernaut.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby layouts; Alex Toth pencils
Inks Vince Colletta
Letters Sam Rosen
Notes 1st two part story.
Reprinted in X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #67; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #7; in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #12; in X-Men (K. G. Murray, 1970 series) #2; in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #6