X-Men Vol 1 8

X-Men Vol 1 #8 November, 1964 Editor-in-Chief Stan Lee Cover Artists Jack Kirby Chic Stone Sam Rosen Publisher Marvel Comics "The Uncanny Threat of...Unus, the Untouchable!" Writers Stan Lee Pencilers Jack Kirby Inkers Chic Stone Letterers Sam Rosen Editors Stan Lee Previous Issue Next Issue X-Men #7 X-Men #9

Appearing in "The Uncanny Threat of...Unus, the Untouchable!"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men

•  Angel 
•  Beast 
•  Cyclops 
•  Iceman 
•  Marvel Girl 

•  Professor X 

Adversaries:

• Brotherhood of Evil Mutants
  • Magneto (Behind the scenes)
  •  Mastermind 

• Lucifer (Mentioned)
• Unus the Untouchable  (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Susan Storm (Mentioned)
• Maxie, Unus' trainer
• Unnamed bank robbers
  •  Charlie 
• Tommy (First appearance), a boy
• Unnamed father of Tommy
• Wrestling spectators

Locations:

• New York

• Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
• New York City

• Corner of Broadway & 46th St. (First appearance)
• Wrestling stadium

• Europe

• Bulgaria

• Balkan Mountains

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, version 1
• Cerebro
• Mutant Power Enhancer (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Professor X's cave exploring wheelchair (First appearance)
• X-Men's twin-rotor helicopter
  
  

Synopsis for "The Uncanny Threat of...Unus, the Untouchable!"

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Notes

• Refers to X-Men #7 in regards to Magneto's disappointment in the Blob.
• Marvel Girl changes her mask back to her original one.
• Iceman takes his transparent ice form for the first time. This becomes the standard look for the character from this point on.
• Issue offers a full-page pin-up of the Beast, by Jack Kirby, Chic Stone and Sam Rosen.
• This issue is reprinted in many other comics and books, see references for more info.
• credits:
  • Produced by Marvel's Fantastic Foursome...
  • Stan Lee, Writer
  • Jack Kirby, Artist
  • Chic Stone, Inker
  • S. Rosen, Letterer
    

Trivia

• The Beast temporarily leaves the team to become a wrestler. His pseudonym is "The Beast".
• Cyclops' last name is misspelled as "Sommers".
• Cyclops calls the Angel "Bobby" mistakenly.
• Lucifer is mentioned. He is seen for the first time next issue.
• This issue is cited in All-New X-Men #1 by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) and Stuart Immonen (penciler).
• This issue contains the very first assault of Homo sapiens on Mutants in the original run of the series.

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