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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published 1976
Cover Price 0.50
Pages 52
Editing Archie Goodwin

Cover Details

Genre superhero
Pencils Dave Cockrum
Inks Dave Cockrum
Letters Dan Crespi?
Reprinted in Uomo Ragno, L' [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #209

35 page Spider-Man; X-Men story "The Lords of Light and Darkness!"

Characters FEATURE: Spider-Man; X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Jean Grey; Banshee; VILLAINS: Dharma Yama; Brahma; Shiva; Mara; Kali; Vishnu; Agni; Rakks
Synopsis Spidey and the X-Men are attending a secret airborn summit on man made mutation when their plane is brought down by a band of researchers transformed into aspects of Hindu gods by a nuclear meltdown.
Genre superhero
Script Chris Claremont (plot); Bonnie Wilford (plot); Bill Mantlo (plot, script)
Pencils Sal Buscema (breakdowns); Mike Esposito (finished art)
Inks Mike Esposito
Colors Jim Novak
Letters Hugh Paley
Notes 1st App. of the New X-Men outside of their own title
Reprinted in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #235; in Marvel Tales (Marvel, 1966 series) #236; in Uomo Ragno, L' [Collana Super-Eroi] (Editoriale Corno, 1970 series) #209