| Issue | #61 |
| Published | October 1969 |
| Cover Price | 0.15 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Stan Lee |
| Notes | Disputed inker credit--Tom Palmer per Carl Gafford and Michael Evans; Neal Adams per the original indexer. |
| Characters | Angel; Sauron |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Neal Adams |
| Inks | Tom Palmer? |
| Letters | Typeset |
| Notes | Disputed inker credit--Tom Palmer per Carl Gafford and Michael Evans; Neal Adams per the original indexer. |
| Reprinted | in X-Men Classics Starring the X-Men (Marvel, 1983 series) #2 |
| Characters | FEATURE: X-Men--Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; GUESTS: Havok; Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Tanya Anderssen; Dr. Anderssen; VILLAIN: Sauron |
| Synopsis | The X-Men battle Sauron and his hypnotic powers but the villain gets away and the heroes do not make the connection between the flying dinosaur and Dr. Karl Lykos; Visiting Lykos, they find Alex restored to health and witness a reunion between Karl and his love, Tanya; Tanya's father arrives and forbids their love as the X-Men slink away from the uncomfortable domestic scene; Karl drains energy from Lorna and turns into Sauron once again; Once he changes back into Lykos, he confronts Tanya at their old mountain cabin and seemingly falls to his death as he runs away, afraid of trying to drain energy from the woman he loves. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Roy Thomas |
| Pencils | Neal Adams |
| Inks | Tom Palmer |
| Colors | Neal Adams |
| Letters | Sam Rosen |
| Reprinted | in X-Men Classics Starring the X-Men (Marvel, 1983 series) #2 [part 1]; in X-Men Classics Starring the X-Men (Marvel, 1983 series) #3 [part 2] |