"I need to make some room, so I am now selling some of my beloved and well cared for personal collection which I started in the early 1970's".
Marvel Comics
The X-Men.
#119
(Vol. 1)
March 1979
Newsstand Edition
Eagle Award Winning Comic.
"Twas the Night Before Christmas..."
Writer: Chris Claremont, John Byrne.
Artist: John Byrne
Cover: Dave Cockrum, Terry Austin
Great Bronze Age Vintage Comic!
Good Investment, value will only increase.
INVESTMENT GRADE QUALITY.
The perfect issue to have professionally graded and the value significantly increased.
I am not a professional Grader but I would Grade as:-
NM+ (9.6)
All photographs and scans are of the actual Comic, so judge for yourself!
Note: No faults
(Plus see my other grading notes below)
BAGGED AND BOARDED
A Extremely Nice Collectable Comic, and a Piece of Comic History!
Chris Claremont's X-Men is a continuation of the great Stan Lee's & Jack Kirby's original X-Men (Vol. 1).
This title had many creative influences over the years, but Chris Claremont was the force that drove the title through many it its historic changes, therefore truly bringing it from "the world strangest teens" into their new status, a team of mutants fight in a "world that fears and hates them".
During his legendary 15 year run he gave us character and stories such as Phoenix/Dark Phoenix, the Hellfire Club, the New Mutants, X-Factor, the Mutant Massacre and Inferno and numerous other historic heroes and events. This epic run ended after editorial disputes in 1991.
"Twas the Night Before Christmas..." SYNOPSIS:
ThContinued from last issue...
The Kurii islands off the coast of Japan: with Nightcrawler in tow, Storm flies to an especially remote island. When they are in close enough proximity, Nightcrawler teleports to a secret base upon it. After subduing a guard, he enters the base. While penetrating within, he reflects back on the start of the mission.
In a flashback, he recalls how Moses Magnum issued an ultimatum to the government of Japan: Turn the country over to him, or he will use his magnum force to sink the entire country. With the 24-hour deadline quickly approaching, the Prime Minister of Japan has asked the visiting X-Men to help stop him from destroying the country. After getting a briefing on the likelihood of Moses Magnum’s ability to actually do it, the X-Men and Sunfire set out to oppose him. The whereabouts of his secret base having been rooted out by Misty Knight and Colleen Wing.
The group has split into two teams to try and stop Magnum's operation...
A Quote from The Story:
"I warned them, but those senile old fools in Tokyo wouldn't listen. Now they'll learn once and for all... that Moses Magnum is not to be trifled with! " (Moses Magnume)
Recommended Reading:
X-Men #118 - This concludes the Moses Magnum storyline started last issue
Superhero Characters Featured:
The X-Men:- Cyclops (Scott Summers), Storm (Ororo Munroe), Wolverine (Logan), Colossus (Peter Rasputin), Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner), Banshee (Sean Cassidy).
Antagonists/Villain's Featured:
Moses Magnum [Apprent Death].
Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) [Shadow Only).
Supporting Characters Featured:
Phoenix (Jean Grey).
Sunfire (Shiro Yoshida).
Havok (Alex Summers).
Polaris (Lorna Dane).
Dr. Moira MacTaggert.
Multiple Man ( Jamie Madrox).
Mariko Yashida.
Daughters of the Dragon:- Misty Knight, Colleen Wing.
Other Guest Characters:
Angus MacWhirter [Death].
Mr. Osama [Only in flashback].
Unnamed guards.
First Real Appearances:
Proteus (Kevin MacTaggert) [Shadow Only].
Races and Species:
Mutants.
Humans.
Abstract Entities.
Locations: (Visited, Mentioned or Referenced).
Japan: Kuril Islands / Yoshida Manor.
United Kingdom: Scotland: Edinburgh / Muir Island.
Items/Objects:
Cyclops' Visor, ver. 2.
Ruby-Quartz Sunglasses.
Adamantium (On Wolverine's claws).
Mandroid Armor MKII (First Appearance).
Vehicles:
The "Flying Scotsman" Express-train.
Interesting Facts & Trivia from this issue:
Banshee's injuries in this issue cause him to lose his mutant sonic scream and eventually lead to him leaving the team. (He would eventually regain his sonic scream AND rejoin the team in the future, but not for over a decade in real time.)
Banshee mulls over calling Moira in Scotland. Evidently, Moira left her housekeeping position at Xavier's school sometime before Mesmero brainwashed the team before X-Men #111. He fails to follow up on this thought, making it yet one more instance where the X-Men could have revealed to a loved one that they survived the encounter with Magneto back in X-Men #113, yet inexplicably doesn't.
The last time Jean was depicted encountering Havok and Polaris, they were the mind-controlled pawns of the villain Erik the Red and opponents of the X-Men. While it's possible that there was some sort of reconciliation that took place between Havok, Polaris and the X-Men (including Jean) in between issues, it seems odd that such a big plotline would be simply ignored without comment.
Angus MacWhirter becomes the first host to Proteus, following up on a dangling plot thread from X-Men #104.
Trivia
This issue announces that the X-Men comic book has been awarded the Eagle Award (a British comic book fan award) two years in a row for both favorite dramatic comic book and favorite team in 1978 and 1979. Terry Austin was also awarded the favorite inker award.
Moses Magnum's base is remarkably similar to a base used by Blofeld in the James Bond movie "You Only Live Twice" (also set in Japan).
While writer Claremont and artist Byrne had a notoriously contentious working relationship, this issue became a particular sore point between the creators. The panel depicting the explosion of Magnum's island contains a sound blurb "Kra-KOOM"! Byrne wanted the panel to run with no sound caption, believing the art itself was strong enough to convey the destruction. When the finished product contained a sound effect, despite his asking for it not to, he was livid. A full three years later, Byrne was the writer/artist on [1] which showed a similarly large explosion, but the panel contained an editor's note stating how it would insult the intelligence of the reader to depict a sound effect. (Byrne certainly could hold a grudge!)
Movie and TV Appearances relating to this title:-
Apart
from the 10 (Yes Ten) Live Action Fox Movies that this comic title has
generated so far, the MCU (Marvel/Disney) now have the rights back and
are planning to bring the X-men and other Mutant titles back into the
MCU. Best guess is 2023/2024.
Professor X has since made an appaearence in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness.
And Some X-Men have appeared in the Deadpool films
So
X-Men titles will continue to be a really good investment. There have
also of course been numerous Animated films/Series of the X-Men.
Related titles such as "The New Mutants" already been released although not part of the MCU.
The Previously released Fox X-Men films based on this comic series
were: X-Men (2000), X2 (2003), X-men Last Stand (2006), X-Men Origins
(2009), X-Men First Class (2011), The Wolverine (2013), X-Men Days Of
Future Past (2014), X-Men Apocalypse (2016), Logan (2017), X-Men Dark
Phoenix (2019).
Plus Mutant related Titles: Deadpool (2016, and Deadpool 2 (2018).
Famous Actors that have played X-Men Characters in these movies
include:- Patrick Stewart & James McEvoy (Professor Charles Xavier),
Ian McKellen & Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Hugh Jackman
(Wolverine), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique), Famke Janssen and Sophie
Turner (Jean Grey), Halle Berry & Alexandra Shipp (Ororo/Storm),
James Marsden & Tye Sheridan (Cyclops), Kelsey Grammer &
Nicholas Hoult (Beast), Kevin Bacon (Sebastian Shaw), Vinnie Jones
(Juggernaut), Taylor Kitsch (Gambit)Anna Paquin (Rogue), Ryan Reynolds
(Deadpool), Matt Damon, Josh Brolin (Cable), and cameos by Will.i.am,
Brad Pitt and Matt Damon, plus of course Stan Lee himself.
Comic Details
Comic Title: X-Men
Issue Title: "Twas the Night Before Christmas..."
Main Characters: X-Men
Original Character Creators: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Len Wein, Dave Cockrum, Roy Thomas, John Romita, Werner Roth.
Series: The-Xmen
Marvel Universe: Earth-616 (The Original/Main)
Mini Saga: n/a
Issue Number: #119
Volume (Year from): 1 (1963 -)
Issue Date: Mar. 1979
Format: US Comic
Full Colour: Yes
Pagination: 32 Pages
Editor: Roger Stern.
Editor in Chief: Jim Shooter.
Writer/Authors: Chris Claremont.
Artist: John Byrne.
Inker: Terry Austin.
Colourist: Glynis Oliver.
Letterer: John Costanza.
Cover Artwork: Dave Cockrum, Terry Austin.
Variant Cover Version No.: Original
Size: 260 x 170 mms (10" x 6 1/2" Approx.)
Weight: 40 grams (1.6 oz)
Original US Cover Price: $ 0.35
Original UK Cover Price: £ 0.12
Publishers: Marvel Comics
Printed In: U.S.A.
First Print: Yes
Genre: Superhero
EAN: 0714860246102
Direct Edition: No
Bindary/Printing | Cover Ink/Gloss |
| Excellent | High |
| Cover Wear | Cover Creases |
| None | None |
| Soiling/Staining | Dates/Stamps |
| None | None |
| Spine Roll | Spine Split |
| None | None |
| Staples | Staple Tears |
| Bright | None |
| Stress Lines | Corners |
| None | Sharp |
| Centrefold | Interior Tears |
| Secure | None |
| Paper Quality/Colour | Acid Odour |
| Off-white | None |
| Missing Pieces | Amateur Repairs |
| None | None |
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