| Issue | #96 |
| Published | December 1975 |
| Cover Price | $0.25 |
| Pages | 36 |
| Editing | Marv Wolfman |
| Notes | Letters page replies by Chris Claremont. Disputed penciller and inker credits--Sal Buscema pencils and Al Milgrom inks with the Storm figure penciled and inked by Dave Cockrum per Steve Whitaker; Dave Cockrum pencils with Sal Buscema inks (with work done by John Romita on Cyclops, Colossus, and Professor X) per Nick Caputo; Marvel's Official Index to the X-Men #2 gives the penciller as Marie Severin and the inker as Sal Buscema; Sal Buscema pencils and unknown inks per the original indexer. |
| Characters | Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Kierrok |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Sal Buscema; Dave Cockrum (Storm figure only) |
| Inks | Al Milgrom (?); Dave Cockrum (Storm figure only) |
| Letters | Annette Kawecki |
| Notes | Letters page replies by Chris Claremont. Disputed penciller and inker credits--Sal Buscema pencils and Al Milgrom inks with the Storm figure penciled and inked by Dave Cockrum per Steve Whitaker; Dave Cockrum pencils with Sal Buscema inks (with work done by John Romita on Cyclops, Colossus, and Professor X) per Nick Caputo; Marvel's Official Index to the X-Men #2 gives the penciller as Marie Severin and the inker as Sal Buscema; Sal Buscema pencils and unknown inks per the original indexer. |
| Reprinted | in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #4; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #11 (1989); in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #1; in X-Men Vol. 1, No. 96 (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #60 |
| Characters | FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Moira MacTaggert (1st); Michael Rossi (1st); VILLAINS: Kierrok (1st & D); Stephen Lang (1st); CAMEO FLASHBACK: Thunderbird; Count Nefaria; N'Dare Munroe; CAMEOS: Beast; Jean Grey (both photos) |
| Synopsis | Scott's violent mourning for Thunderbird unleashes an alien demon on the X-Men; Moira comes to stay at X-Mansion; Lang tries to kill Rossi to keep Project Armageddon on track. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Bill Mantlo (Co-Plot); Chris Claremont |
| Pencils | Dave Cockrum |
| Inks | Sam Grainger |
| Colors | Phil Rachelson |
| Letters | Dave Hunt |
| Notes | 1st time Wolverine goes into a berserker rage; 1st mention of Storm's claustrophobia. |
| Reprinted | in Classic X-Men (Marvel, 1986 series) #4; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #11 (1989); in Essential X-Men (Marvel, 1996 series) #1; in X-Men Vol. 1, No. 96 (Marvel, 2004 series) #[nn]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #59 [part 1, as reprinted and modified in Classic X-Men #4]; in Uomo Ragno, L' (Edizioni Star Comics, 1987 series) #60 [part 2, as reprinted and modified in Classic X-Men #4]; in X-Men Classic (Marvel Italia, 1995 series) #2 |