Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 150

Uncanny X-Men #150
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Next Issue	(series) Uncanny X-Men #151 (story) King-Size Annual X-Men #5
Art by: Dave Cockrum
Cover Date	October, 1981
Issue Details
Editor-in-Chief	Jim Shooter
Publisher	Marvel Comics

1. "I, Magneto..."
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Chris Claremont
Penciler(s)	Dave Cockrum
Inker(s)	Josef Rubinstein Bob Wiacek
Letterer(s)	Tom Orzechowski Jean Simek
Editor(s)	Louise Jones

Appearing in "I, Magneto..."

Featured Characters:

•  The X-Men 
  • Colossus (Peter Rasputin)
  • Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner)
  • Professor X (Charles Xavier)
  • Sprite (Kitty Pryde)
  • Storm (Ororo Munroe)
  • Wolverine (Logan)

Supporting Characters:

•  Carol Danvers 
•  Cyclops (Scott Summers) (Rejoins Team)
• Dr. Moira MacTaggert
• Dr. Peter Corbeau
• Lee Forrester

Adversaries:

•  Magneto (Magnus) 

Other Characters:

• Dark Phoenix (Only in flashback)
• Ronald Reagan, US President (1980-1988)
• Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet Premier (1964-1982)
• Daniel Arap Moi, Kenyan President (1978-2002)
• Margaret Thatcher, British Prime Minister (1979-1990)
• Deng Xiaoping, Leader of China (1978-89)
• Hu Yaobang, Chinese General Secretary (1980-1987)
• Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, Saudi King (1975-1982)
• King Aziz's unnamed aide
• Leningrad crew - (Killed)
• Soviet naval command
• Nanny

Locations:

• Bermuda Triangle
  • Magneto's Island Base
• Washington, D.C.
  • White House
• London
  • Downing Street
• Russia
  • Moscow
    • Kremlin
  • Varykino
• China
  • Peking
• Saudi Arabia
  • Riyadh
• Kenya
  • Nairobi

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, ver. 2 back-up
• Magneto's Eruption Generator

Vehicles:

• X-Men Blackbird
• S.S. Dejah Thoris II, Peter Corbeau's yacht
• Leningrad, a Russian sub - (Destroyed in this issue)

Synopsis for "I, Magneto..."

• Synopsis not yet written

Notes

• Magneto's wife, Magda, is mentioned for the second time in this issue (the first time is in issue #125).
• This is a double-sized issue (48 pages).
• Pages 1-17 are inked by Josef Rubinstein, 18-39 inked by Bob Wiacek; pages 1-28 were lettered by Tom Orzechowski, while 29-39 were lettered by Jean Simek.
• The nuclear submarine Leningrad appears again in X-Men Vol 2 #1 when Magneto pulls it up from the ocean floor
• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.

Recommended Reading

• X-Men #1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 17, 18, 43, 44, 45, and 63; Avengers #53 - Original team battles vs. Magneto
• X-Men #104 - New team's first battle against Magneto.
• X-Men #112 and 113 - vs. Magneto in his Antarctic volcano base.
• Uncanny X-Men #149 - X-Men return to Magneto's Antarctic base.
• Magneto #0 - some history of Magneto

Links and References

• Uncanny X-Men at Wikipedia.org
• Uncanny X-Men at Marvel Subscriptions
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Comicbookdb.com
• Uncanny X-Men series index at Uncanny X-Men.net
• Uncanny X-Men series index at the Grand Comics Database Project
• Uncanny X-Men at the Complete Marvel Reading Order

• The Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators - accessed on 07/16/2009
• The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men Vol 2 #3 - See for further referencing