Comics:X-Men Vol 1 42

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"If I Should Die...!"

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X-Men Vol 1 #42
March, 1968

Cover Artists

Don Heck

Writers

Roy Thomas

Pencilers

Don Heck

Inkers

George Tuska

Letterers

Sam Rosen

Editors

Stan Lee

"The End... or the Beginning?"

Editors

Stan Lee

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Appearing in "If I Should Die...!"

Featured Characters:

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

Supporting Characters:

• Changeling, death, masquerading as Professor X

Villains:

• Grotesk

Other Characters:

• Living Diamond, first

Locations:

• Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
• a laboratory

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, version 1

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "If I Should Die...!"

Cyclops and Beast fight the Grotesk while the others are ordered by the Professor to remain in the mansion. Grotesk feels another man-made earthquake and leaves our heroes to go and investigate. Cyclops and Beast rejoin the others at the mansion, meanwhile the Grotesk breaks into the room with the device. Professor X has been using it as a lure, and psionically calls his students to him. The Grotesk gets the machine running to create a quake that will destroy the world despite Professor X's interference, and then the X-Men arrive. The X-Men hold off Grotesk while Professor X and Jean mentally disable the device, but at the last moment Grotesk gets through and mortally injures the professor!

Appearing in "The End... or the Beginning?"

Featured Characters:

• Professor X (Charles Xavier)
• Scott Summers

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

• Living Diamond

Other Characters:

Locations:

• a laboratory

Items:

Vehicles:

Synopsis for "The End... or the Beginning?"

The continuing origin of Cyclops. Professor X and Cyclops confront the Living Diamond, stunning him, allowing Professor X access to a nearby building. The Living Diamond follows them in, and is about to attack Professor X when Scott activates a machine that ends up destroying the Living Diamond unintentionally. Scott joins Professor X at his School for Gifted Youngsters.

Notes

• No special notes.

Trivia

• The Mark Twain quote Prof X is referencing in the origin story is "The report of my death was an exaggeration."

See Also

• Discuss X-Men Vol 1 42 on the forums
• Cover gallery for the X-Men series

Recommended Reading

• The first story is the conclusion of a two-part story that began last issue.

Links and References

• Mark Twain quote: http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/authors/mark-twain/