GCD :: Issue :: Giant-Size X-Men #2 (original) (raw)
Volume
1
Price
0.50 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Annually
On-sale Date
1975-07-01
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Publisher's Brand
Marvel Comics Group [entire top banner]
Editing
Len Wein (credited) (editor)
On sale date is Library of Congress copyright record publication date. Registration number A710641.
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?
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Genre
superhero
Characters
Cyclops; Marvel Girl; Iceman; Angel; Beast; Sentinels
Reprints
Sources for letters credit are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009).
Script
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Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Sentinels; Living Pharaoh [Ahmet Abdol]; Judge Chalmers; Larry Trask
Synopsis
Lorna is attacked by a Sentinel. Alex is paralyzed by his terrible and destructive new powers as the X-Men try to figure out how to help him. The Egyptian authorities arrive and the Living Pharaoh tells them to arrest the X-Men for the destruction of an ancient temple. Alex takes off in the conflict and is attacked by a Sentinel. Learning of the attack on Lorna, Iceman and Beast head back to the states to investigate. They catch a newscast where the son of Bolivar Trask proclaims to the world that the Sentinels are once again active and hunting for mutants.
Reprints
from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #57 (June 1969)
Script
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Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Havok [Alex Summers] (1st in costume); Lorna Dane [Polaris]; Banshee [Sean Cassidy]; Mesmero; Magneto Robot (destroyed); Living Monolith [Ahmet Abdol]; Larry Trask (villain); Judge Chalmers (villain); Sentinels (villains)
Synopsis
Sentinels attack Beast and Iceman and Bobby sacrifices himself so that Hank can escape. Angel flies back to the states with Cyclops and Jean following close behind. Iceman is taken to Trask's Sentinel base where he meets up with Lorna and Alex, now called Havok with a containment suit built by Trask. Sentinels gather mutants from around the world and bring them to Trask. Fearful of Larry's methods, Chalmers takes the medallion from around his neck and the Sentinels refuse to follow their master as he is revealed to be a mutant.
Reprints
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #58 (July 1969) [page 14 removed]
Script
Pencils
Inks
Colors
Letters
Genre
superhero
Characters
X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Havok [Alex Summers]; Quicksilver [Pietro Maximoff]; Scarlet Witch [Wanda Maximoff]; Toad [Mortimer Toynbee]; Larry Trask; Judge Chalmers; Sentinels; Unus [Gunther Bain]; Blob [Fred Dukes]; Mastermind [Jason Wyngarde]; Karl Lykos [Sauron] (first appearance)
Synopsis
With Larry Trask revealed to be a mutant, the Sentinels refuse to obey him anymore as they continue to capture mutants and prepare to kill them. Cyclops, Jean and Beast mount an offensive to rescue their captured friends. Cyclops, Jean and Hank disguise themselves as Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch and Toad as they battle the Sentinels. Cyclops tricks the Sentinels into flying into the sun. They rescue Havok but he is injured.
Reprints
- from The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #59 (August 1969) [equivalent of 3.5 pages removed.]
Bottom of page 13, 14, top of page 15, 19, and bottom of page 20 edited out.
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