Giant-Size X-Men Vol 1 1

Alternate Covers: File:GSXM1 Gil Kane Layout.jpg Gil Kane layout File:Classic X-Men Vol 1 1 Bonus 002.jpg Orig. Cover from Classic X-Men #1 Giant-Size X-Men Vol 1 #1 May, 1975 Editor-in-Chief Marv Wolfman Cover Artists Gil Kane Dave Cockrum Danny Crespi Publisher Marvel Comics "Deadly Genesis!" Writers Len Wein Pencilers Dave Cockrum Inkers Dave Cockrum Peter Iro Colourists Glynis Wein Letterers John Costanza Editors Len Wein "Call Him...Cyclops" Writers Roy Thomas Pencilers Werner Roth Inkers John Verpoorten Letterers Artie Simek Editors Stan Lee "I, the Iceman" Writers Arnold Drake Pencilers Werner Roth Inkers John Verpoorten Letterers Joe Rosen Editors Stan Lee "The Female of the Species!" Writers Linda Fite Pencilers Werner Roth Inkers Sam Grainger Letterers Sam Grainger Editors Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue (story) X-Men #66 (series) Giant-Size X-Men #2 (story) X-Men #94

Appearing in "Deadly Genesis!"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  •  Angel  (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Banshee  (Joins Team)
  • Colossus  (First appearance) (Joins Team)
  •  Cyclops  (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Havok  (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Iceman  (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Lorna Dane  (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Marvel Girl  (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Nightcrawler  (First appearance) (Joins Team)
  •  Professor X  (Appears in flashback and main story)
  •  Storm  (First appearance) (Joins Team)
  •  Sunfire  (Joins Team)
  •  Thunderbird  (First appearance) (Joins Team)
  •  Wolverine  (Joins Team)

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Rasputin  (First appearance)
• Mrs. Rasputina  (First appearance)
• Illyana  (First appearance)
• Major Chasen (First appearance)
• Beast (Splash Page Only)

Adversaries:

• Krakoa  (First appearance) (Appears in flashback and main story) (Origin revealed)

Other Characters:

• Unnamed Winzeldorf mob
• Various Grand Ole Opry attendees
  • Dave Cockrum  (First appearance)
  •  Glynis Wein 
  •  Len Wein 
• Unnamed Kenyans
• Unnamed Russian farmhands
• Reed Richards (Mentioned)

Locations:

• Winzeldorf, Germany
• Quebec, Canada
  • Secret government airbase
• Nashville, Tennessee
  • Grand Ole Opry (First appearance)
• Kenya, Africa
• Osaka, Japan (First appearance)
  • Garden estate of Shiro Yoshida
• Lake Baikal, Siberia
  • Ust-Ordynsky (First appearance) collective farm
• Camp Verde, Arizona
• Westchester County, New York
  • Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
• Krakoa

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, Version 2 (First appearance)
• Cerebro

Vehicles:

• X-Men Stratojet
  
  

Synopsis for "Deadly Genesis!"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Call Him...Cyclops"

Featured Characters:

• Cyclops

Other Characters:

• The Vanisher - (Cameo)
• The Blob - (Cameo)
• Tyrannus - (Cameo)
• The Hulk - (Cameo)

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, Version 1
  
  

Synopsis for "Call Him...Cyclops"

Cyclops demonstrates the extent of his mutant powers.

Appearing in "I, the Iceman"

Featured Characters:

• Iceman
• Human Torch - (Cameo)
  
  

Synopsis for "I, the Iceman"

Iceman shows off what he can do with his powers.

Appearing in "The Female of the Species!"

Featured Characters:

• Jean Grey
  
  

Synopsis for "The Female of the Species!"

Marvel Girl demonstrates the many and varied uses of her powers, including a demonstration of her least known but perhaps most important power of "being able to turn heads without really trying."

Notes

• The cover art has been homaged in:
  • Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (1986)

• • What If? #23 (March 1991)

File:What If Vol 2 23.jpg

• • X-Men Vol 2 #70 (1997)

• • X-Statix #1 (September 2002)

• • Giant-Size X-Men #3 (2005)

• • X-Men: Deadly Genesis #1 (January 2006)

• • Astonishing X-Men #32 (Super Hero Squad Variant) (January 2010)

• • X-Men: Legacy #233 (Deadpool Variant) (April 2010)

• • X-Men: Giant-Size #1 (July 2011)

• references: Incredible Hulk #181
  

Trivia

• Peter Iro inked several backgrounds in this story and is not mentioned in the credits.
• This cover has been the inspiration for many other Marvel comic covers.
• The Banshee would have been attending the Opry at the "new" Opryland facility which opened in 1974.
• The first story in this issue is reprinted in trade paperback.

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