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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published September 1964
Cover Price 0.12
Pages 36
Editing Stan Lee

Cover Details

Characters The X-Men [Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman]; Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Mastermind; Toad]; Blob
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chic Stone
Colors ? [credited to Carl Gafford, see notes]
Reprinted in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #13; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3; in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #7; in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1

22 page X-Men story "The Return of the Blob"

Characters The X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Beast; Iceman); Brotherhood of Evil Mutants [Magneto; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Mastermind; Toad); Blob; Zelda
Synopsis The X-Men graduate from Xavier's school and the Professor tells them that he is taking a leave of absence; He puts Cyclops in charge while he is away and shows him his new mutant detecting machine, Cerebro; Magneto tracks down the Blob and invites him to join the Brotherhood; During a scuffle, Xavier's mental blocks dissolve and Blob remembers the secret of the X-Men; As this happens, the Blob's name lights up on Cerebro and Scott calls the X-Men away from a day of relaxation and back to battle with the evil mutants; During the battle with the Brotherhood, Magneto shoots missiles at the X-Men, even though the Blob is in the line of fire, and the hefty mutant, feeling betrayed, decides to return to carnival life.
Genre superhero
Script Stan Lee
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Chic Stone
Letters Artie Simek
Notes 1st Cerebro
Reprinted in Marvel Super-Heroes (Marvel, 1967 series) #26; in Amazing Adventures (Marvel, 1979 series) #13; in Marvel Masterworks (Marvel, 1987 series) #3; in X-Men: The Early Years (Marvel, 1994 series) #7; in Essential Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1999 series) #1; in Marvel Special (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #4