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Issue Details

Issue #4
Published September 1972
Cover Price 0.20 USD
Pages 36
Editing Roy Thomas

Cover Details - "The Mark of the Mutants!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Frank Giacoia
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #234 (February 1990) [interior]; in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #7; in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 [black & white]; in Essential Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2010 series) #1

20 page Spider-Man and the X-Men story "And Then--The X-Men!"

Characters Spider-Man [Peter Parker]; X-Men [Professor X [Charles Xavier]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Hank McCoy [Beast]]; Harry Osborn; Professor Hans Jorgenson; Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (flashback; cameo); Lizard [Dr. Curt Connors] (flashback; cameo); Dr. Michael Morbius (fourth appearance; villain)
Synopsis Spidey has been injected with the deadly Morbius serum and he and the X-Men have to quickly take down the Living Vampire to save old Webhead's life.
Genre Superhero
Script Gerry Conway
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Steve Mitchell; Frank Giacoia (flashback art); John Romita (flashback art)
Letters John Costanza
Notes Frank Giacoia and John Romita inks are from the flashback art.
Reprinted in Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #18 (1978); in Spider-Man Megazine (Marvel, 1994 series) #4 (January 1995); in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #234 (February 1990); in Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men (Marvel, 2003 series) #7; in Essential Classic X-Men (Marvel, 2006 series) #3 [black & white]; in Essential Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2002 series) #1 [black & white]; in Marvel Masterworks: Marvel Team-Up (Marvel, 2010 series) #1

1 page Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan's Lee's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist promo (ad from the publisher) "Marvel Bullpen Bulletins; Stan Lee's Soapbox [September 1972]"

Script Stan Lee; ?
Letters typeset
Notes Stan Lee editorial regarding Phase Two at Marvel Comics. Marvel checklist for comics dated September 1972.

1 page Mail it to Team-Up letters page "Mail it to Team-Up"

Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - David McDonnell, Joseph Randisi, Jr., Nancy O'Brien, B. Lobe and Rick Keefe.