Comics:X-Men Vol 1 38

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"The Sinister Shadow of... Doomsday!"

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X-Men Vol 1 #38
November, 1967

Writers

Roy Thomas

Pencilers

Don Heck

Inkers

George Bell

Editors

Stan Lee

"A Man Called... X"

Editors

Stan Lee

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Appearing in "The Sinister Shadow of... Doomsday!"

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
  • Angel (Warren Worthington III)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy)
  • Iceman (Robert Drake)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

• Factor Three
  • Mutant Master
  • Changeling
  • Blob
    
  • Vanisher
  • Unus the Untouchable
  • Mastermind

Other Characters:

• East German soldiers

Locations:

• East Germany, Europe
• Cape Citadel

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, version 1
• Suitcase Bomb

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The Sinister Shadow of... Doomsday!"

The X-Men are in the Factor Three base in the Alps, but their captors have fled and the base is primed to explode! They barely escape in Factor Three flying saucers as the base explodes behind them. Elsewhere, Changeling and the Mutant Master have an argument, and then Mutant Master reveals the full scope of his plan: to start a nuclear exchange between the US and the USSR!

The X-Men return to the X-Mansion to plot their moves, then quickly use the flying saucers to split up. Warren, Hank, and Jean head to Eastern Europe, Scott and Bobby to a US missile base. The Eastern europe team fights their way past the soviet guards and run into Vanisher and Blob attempting to set a bomb to blow up a conference of high-ranking military officers. Iceman and Cyclops have similar luck in the US when they fail to convince the base's commanding officer that the Factor Three plot is real. They spring into action, and attempt to disable all the base's missiles. Back in Eastern Europe, our heroes manage to gas Vanisher and Blob, but then are apprehended by the soviet troops!

Appearing in "A Man Called... X"

Featured Characters:

• Professor X (Charles Xavier)
• Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Supporting Characters:

• Fred Duncan

Villains:

Other Characters:

Locations:

• New York City
• an FBI office building

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "A Man Called... X"

The first story in the origin of Cyclops. Scott Summers power reveals itself in public, and Professor X reads about it in the paper. He goes to the FBI to get in on the investigation, and persuades Fred Duncan to allow him to help with the investigation.

Notes

• This issue starts the supplementary origin stories.

Trivia

• No trivia.

See Also

• Discuss X-Men Vol 1 38 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the X-Men series

Recommended Reading

• This is the penultimate issue of the Factor Three storyline that began in X-Men Vol. 1 #28 and concludes next issue.

Links and References

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