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Issue: Classic X-Men #21
Publication Date: May 1988
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Issues: #21 of 45 Issues (101 Printings)
Title:
Variant: Direct
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Publisher: FlagMarvel
Brand: MarvelView Brand Images3
Indicia Publisher: Marvel Comics
On Sale Date: 01/28/1988
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN:
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 CAD
£0.50 GBP
$1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency: Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Content Items: 6 (2 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #135.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In4
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Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): X-Men [Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Storm; Cyclops; Colossus]; Ka-Zar; Zabu
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Per Glen Whitmore, this was his "first coloring job on a mainstream comic".
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Two Classic Tales of the Uncanny X-Men

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (illustration)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover
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Visions of Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; Phoenix [Jean Grey]]; Ka-Zar; Zabu; Nereel; Fall People; Sauron (villain); Zaladane (villain); Garokk (villain); Iceman (cameo flashback); Marvel Girl [Jean Grey] (cameo flashback); Beast (cameo flashback)
Synopsis: The X-Men fight Sauron until he transforms back to Karl Lykos. Ka-Zar shows up, and he and Karl tell the X-Men the tale of Zaladane awakening Garokk. Cyclops decides to leave the Savage Land rather than help as he fears for Xavier's safety. The way back to the surface world is blocked by ice as the Savage Land begins to undergo a terrible change.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagEl Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta #77 published October 1989
as Visiones de Muerte [Story on Interior Page(s)]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #115 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1978
was Visions of Death! [Story on Interior Page(s)]added pages
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 20
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First Love

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Colossus; Nereel; Fahe; Shakani (death); X-Men [Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Storm; Banshee] (cameo)
Synopsis: Colossus saves two women of the Fall People from dinosaur attacks, then agrees to become better acquainted with them, according to their custom.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagStar Magazine #22 published July 1992
as Primo Amore [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagX-Men: Lost Tales #2 published May 1997
as First Love [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: This story expands upon the X-Men story in the previous issue.
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Covers to X-Men #114 and 115

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; Beast]; Sauron
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #114 [U.S. Cover Price] published October 1978
was The Day the X-Men Died! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
From Content Item: FlagThe X-Men #115 [U.S. Cover Price] published November 1978
was Enter: Sauron! [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Colossus
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagX-Men: Lost Tales #2 published May 1997
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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