The first panel of the first page of the story is inspired by the painting "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper resp. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Nighthawks" by Gottfried Helnwein. The second panel of the second page is inspired by the painting "James Dean, Boulevard of Broken Dreams", also by Gottfried Helnwein.
In X-Force (I) #7 Marat Mychaels is credited as "helping Rob out on the last few issues"; Mychaels and Murray pencilled over Liefeld's layouts (read this).
Within this story the letters S, E and X can be found hidden in the art in many different positions. Go to http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/article/showquestion.asp?faq=4&fldAuto=77 to see the complete list.
The major part of the issue is the Mutant Database of O*N*E with info about most of the surviving mutants. There is a picture for each, physical description, abilities and the threat level they represent (which are: Low-General-Significant-High-Severe). Each page has the data for three mutants.
| Character/Comment | Page(s) |
|---|---|
| A press release detailing O*N*E (Office of National Emergency) and a mail to Val Cooper. | 1 |
| Alchemy (Low); Anole (Low); Archangel (High) | 1 |
| Arclight (Significant); Aurora (Significant); Avalanche (Severe) | 1 |
| Beast (Significant); Beautiful Dreamer (Low); Big Bertha (General) | 1 |
| Bishop (High); Black Box (Severe); Blindfold (General) | 1 |
| Bling! (Low); Braddock, Jamie (Severe); Bruiser (Low) | 1 |
| Cable (Severe); Caliban (Significant); Cannonball (Significant) | 1 |
| Cargill, Joanna (General); Catiana (General); Cheney, Lila (Significant) | 1 |
| Collective Man (High); Colossus (Significant); Cyclops (High) | 1 |
| Dark Beast (High); Dazzler (Significant); Diamond Lil (General) | 1 |
| Domino (High); Dragoness (General); Dust (General) | 1 |
| Elixir (General); Empath (Significant); Erg (General) | 1 |
| Ernst (Significant); Exodus (Severe); Fever Pitch (Severe) | 1 |
| Firestar (Significant); Flatman (General); Forge (High) | 1 |
| Frost, Emma (Severe); Gambit (High); Gateway (Significant) | 1 |
| Glob Herman (General); Havol (High); Hellion (Significant) | 1 |
| Husk (General); Icarus (General); Iceman (High) | 1 |
| Ichiki, Hisako (General); Jazz (Low); Jeffries, Madison (High) | 1 |
| Johansson, Martha (Significant); Justice (Significant); Karma (Significant) | 1 |
| Kylun (General); Lady Mastermind (Significant); Leech (Low) | 1 |
| Lifeguard (Significant); Litterbug (Significant); Living Monolith (Severe) | 1 |
| Loa (General); Lorelei (Low); M (Significant) | 1 |
| Magma (Severe); Mammomax (General); Marvel Girl (Severe) | 1 |
| Match (Significant); Mentallo (High); Mercury (Significant) | 1 |
| Micromax (General); Mr. M (Severe); Multiple Man (High) | 1 |
| Mystique (Severe); Nightcrawler (Significant); Nixon, Kiden (Significant) | 1 |
| Nocturne (Significant); Northstar (Significant); Omega Red (High) | 1 |
| Onyxx (Significant); Outlaw (General); Peepers (Low) | 1 |
| Persuasion (Significant); Pixie (Low); Prism (General) | 1 |
| Pryde, Kitty (Severe); Psylocke (High); Quill (Low) | 1 |
| Quire, Quentin (Severe); Random (Significant); Rasputin, Mikhail (High) | 1 |
| Rhapsody (General); Richards, Franklin (Severe); Ricochet (General) | 1 |
| Rockslide (General); Rogue (Severe); Sabra (High) | 1 |
| Sabretooth (Severe); Sack (High); Sage (Severe) | 1 |
| Scalphunter (High); Scrambler (High); Selene (Severe) | 1 |
| Shatterstar (High); Shaw, Sebastian (Severe); Shaw, Shinobi (Significant) | 1 |
| Silver Samurai (High); Siryn (Significant); Skein (General) | 1 |
| Smith, Tabitha (Significant); Squirrel Girl (Low); Stepford Cuckoos (High) | 1 |
| Storm (Severe); Strong Guy (General); Sunspot (High) | 1 |
| Surge (General); Tempo (Significant); Thunderbird (Significant) | 1 |
| Toad (Significant); Trance (Low); Ursa Major (General) | 1 |
| Vanguard (Significant); Voght, Amelia (High); Wallflower (General) | 1 |
| Warpath (Significant); Whedon, Evangeline (Significant); Whirlwind (Significant) | 1 |
| Wisdom, Pete (High); Wither (Significant); Wolf Cub (General) | 1 |
| Wolfsbane (Significant); Wolverine (Severe); X-23 (Severe) | 1 |
| Val Cooper | 1 |
| Lazer, General Demetrius (Director of O*N*E); Reyes, Colonel Miguel (Commanding Officer Xavier Institute Security Team); Rhodes, James (Combat Instructor Sentinel Squad O*N*E) | 1 |
| Sentinel Squad O*N*E (Alexander "Lex" Lexington, Jake "Slayer" Slayton, Nathanial "Bulletproof" Briggs, Randall "Stilts" Nixon, Rajani "Joni" Dhama, Jeremiah "Meld" Muldoon, Tracy "Sky" Skylark) | 1 |
| Sentinel designs | 1 |
In these final two issues of Adventures of the X-Men (TV), the makers gave us a brief-but-comprehensive episode guide to the entire series, from the first show to the final shows yet to air.
Season One
| Number | Title | Episode number | Airing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| #0 | Pryde of the X-Men | - | 1989 |
| #1 | Night of the Sentinels Pt. 1 | XM-101 | 10-31-92 |
| #2 | Night of the Sentinels Pt. 2 | XM-102 | 11-7-92 |
| #3 | Enter Magneto | XM-103 | 11-27-92 |
| #4 | Deadly Reunions | XM-104 | 1-23-93 |
| #5 | Captive Hearts | XM-105 | 1-30-93 |
| #6 | Cold Vengeance | XM-106 | 2-6-93 |
| #7 | Slave Island | XM-107 | 2-13-93 |
| #8 | The Cure | XM-109 | 2-20-93 |
| #9 | Come the Apocalypse | XM-110 | 2-27-93 |
| #10 | The Unstoppable Juggernaut | XM-108 | 3-6-93 |
| #11 | Days of Future Past Pt. 1 | XM-111 | 3-13-93 |
| #12 | Days of Future Past Pt. 2 | XM-112 | 3-20-93 |
| #13 | The Final Decision | XM-113 | 3-27-93 |
Season Two
| Number | Title | Episode number | Airing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| #14 | Till Death Do Us Part Pt. 1 | XM-201 | 10-23-93 |
| #15 | Till Death Do Us Part Pt. 2 | XM-202 | 10-30-93 |
| #16 | Whatever It Takes | XM-203 | 11-6-93 |
| #17 | Red Dawn | XM-204 | 11-13-93 |
| #18 | Repo Man | XM-205 | 11-20-93 |
| #19 | X-Ternally Yours | XM-206 | 12-4-93 |
| #20 | Time Fugitives Pt. 1 | XM-207 | 12-11-93 |
| #21 | Time Fugitives Pt. 2 | XM-208 | 12-18-93 |
| #22 | A Rogue’s Tale | XM-209 | 1-8-94 |
| #23 | Beauty and the Beast | XM-210 | 1-15-94 |
| #24 | Mojovision | XM-211 | 2-5-94 |
| #25 | Reunion Pt. 1 | XM-212 | 2-12-94 |
| #26 | Reunion Pt. 2 | XM-213 | 2-19-94 |
Season Three
| Number | Title | Episode number | Airing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| #27 | Out Of The Past Pt. 1 | XM-301 | 7-?-94 |
| #28 | Out Of The Past Pt. 2 | XM-302 | 8-?-94 |
| #29 | The Phoenix Saga Pt.1: Sacrifice | XM-303 | 9-5-94 |
| #30 | The Phoenix Saga Pt.2: Dark Shroud | XM-304 | 9-6-94 |
| #31 | The Phoenix Saga Pt. 3: Cry of the Banshee | XM-305 | 9-7-94 |
| #32 | The Phoenix Saga Pt. 4: Stajammers | XM-306 | 9-8-94 |
| #33 | The Phoenix Saga Pt. 5: Child of Light | XM-307 | 9-9-94 |
| #34 | Savage Land, Savage Heart Pt. 1 | XM-312 | 9-10-94 |
| #35 | Savage Land, Savage Heart Pt. 2 | XM-313 | 9-17-94 |
| #36 | Obsession | XM-309 | 9-24-94 |
Last issue in Adventures of the X-Men (TV), the makers began a complete episode guide of Fox TV’s most popular mutant cartoon series, X-Men. They left off at midway through Season Three, so they picked up there and took us all the way to the end of the upcoming season!
Season Three (continued)
| Number | Title | Episode number | Airing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| #37 | The Dark Phoenix Saga Pt. 1: Dazzled | XM-314 | 11-12-94 |
| #38 | The Dark Phoenix Saga Pt. 2: Inner Circle | XM-315 | 11-12-94 |
| #39 | The Dark Phoenix Saga Pt. 3: Dark Phoenix | XM-316 | 11-19-94 |
| #40 | The Dark Phoenix Saga Pt. 4: The Fate of the Phoenix | XM-317 | 11-26-94 |
| #41 | Cold Comfort | XM-311 | 2-4-95 |
| #42 | Orphan’s End | XM-318 | 2-25-95 |
| #43 | The Juggernaut Returns | XM-319 | 5-6-95 |
| #44 | Nightcrawler | XM-320 | 5-13-95 |
Season Four
| Number | Title | Episode number | Airing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| #45 | One Man’s Worth Pt. 1 | XM-408 | 9-9-95 |
| #46 | One Man’s Worth Pt. 2 | XM-409 | 9-16-95 |
| #47 | Courage | XM-406 | 9-23-95 |
| #48 | Proteus Pt. 1 | XM-410 | 9-30-95 |
| #49 | Proteus Pt. 2 | XM-411 | 10-7-95 |
| #50 | Weapon X, Lies, and Videotape | XM-321 | 10-14-95 |
| #51 | Sancturay Pt. 1 | XM-403 | 10-21-95 |
| #52 | Sancturay Pt. 2 | XM-404 | 10-28-95 |
| #53 | Beyond Good & Evil Pt. 1: The End Of Time | XM-415 | 11-4-95 |
| #54 | Beyond Good & Evil Pt. 2: Promise Of Apocalypse | XM-416 | 11-11-95 |
| #55 | Beyond Good & Evil Pt. 3: The Lazarus Chamber | XM-417 | 11-18-95 |
| #56 | Beyond Good & Evil Pt. 4: End and Beginning | XM-418 | 11-25-95 |
| #57 | Have Yourself A Morlock Little Christmas | XM-414 | 12-23-95 |
| #58 | The Lotus and The Steel | XM-413 | 2-3-96 |
| #59 | Love In Vain | XM-401 | 2-10-96 |
| #60 | Secrets Not Long Buried | XM-407 | 2-17-96 |
| #61 | Xavier Remembers | XM-405 | 4-27-96 |
| #62 | Family Ties | XM-412 | 5-4-96 |
Season Five
| Number | Title | Episode number | Airing date |
|---|---|---|---|
| #63 | The Phalanx Covenant Pt. 1 | XM-419 | 9-7-96 |
| #64 | The Phalanx Covenant Pt. 2 | XM-420 | 9-7-96 |
| #65 | A Deal With The Devil | XM-402 | 9-14-96 |
| #66 | No Mutant Is An Island | XM-430 | 9-21-96 |
| #67 | Longshot | XM-431 | 10-5-96 |
| #68 | Bloodlines | XM-423 | 10-26-96 |
| #69 | Storm Front Pt. 1 | XM-421 | 11-2-96 |
| #70 | Storm Front Pt. 2 | XM-422 | 11-9-96 |
| #71 | Jubilee’s Fairy Tale Theatre | XM-502 | 11-16-96 |
| #72 | The Fifth Horseman | XM-501 | unscheduled |
| #73 | Old Soldiers | XM-503 | unscheduled |
| #74 | Hidden Agendas | XM-504 | unscheduled |
| #75 | Descent | XM-505 | unscheduled |
| #76 | Graduation Day | XM-506 | unscheduled |
Note: While possible mini-series for the X-Men or solo characters are in discussion, episode #76 is for now the final episode of X-Men.
Thanks for help on this article go to Patrick Connelly, David McDermott, Janice Aguilar, Sidney Iwanter, Tom McLaughlin, Will Meugniot and Larry Houston.
In November 1971 the 10th Anniversary Fantastic Four (I) #1 was celebrated by publishing many magazines with about 50% more story pages.
From FantaCo Chronicles #3: "Back in 1971, when 32 page comics were selling for 15 cents, DC comics suddenly switched over to 48 pages for a quarter, filling out the balance of their books with reprint material. It took Marvel a few months to react, but with their books cover dated November 1971, they too switched over to the new size and did DC one better by printing all new 34 page stories." (Thanks to Dan Sanders for the quote.)
Barry Pearl adds to this: "The conversion to giant-size was a costly and unprofitable thing to do. Marvel let everyone know that this was the permanent way they were going. DC signed long terms contracts to produce 25 cent comics for a year and they lost a bundle. Goodman quickly reverted back
to the smaller size BUT made his comics more profitable to the retailers. This hurt DC hugely. Boy, was DC angry at Marvel."
On the other hand, the price for the extra-sized issues was raised from ¢15 to ¢25. The next issue had the normal page size again, but a prize tag of ¢20, which caused Marvel some problems because of the Wage and Price Freeze during the Nixon administration.