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The X-MEN #45 was cover-dated June (1968), but I didn't get it 'til December of that year - after I'd already read the tale when it was reprinted in FANTASTIC #87 in October. Why did I want the original US ish then? Because it was in colour - and my brother paid for it, along with SUPERBOY #146. I bought X-Men #93 (published back in 1975) a goodly number of years ago, and recently re-acquired #45 - as well as purchasing MARVEL TRIPLE ACTION #45, which reprinted the tale in 1978 - with three extra pages involving a flashback. (I'd already re-acquired Fantastic #87 back in the '80s or '90s.) It appeared yet again in 1979 in MARVEL COMIC #s 351 & 352, with the image adorning the latter number
I therefore have the same cover image five times over in my collection (and that's only individual issues, not counting reprints in book collections), so thought you might like to see them all. You do? Well, okay then - here they are. Which version (if any) do you prefer, o conscientious Crivvies? Feel free to tell us in the comments section.
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| Issues 67-93 reprinted previous tales, with #93 being the last ish. A new team debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1 the next month, and continued in #94 when the regular title was revived three months later |
