Cover: John Byrne & Bob Layton

The X-Men #113

Sep 1978 · Marvel · 0.35 USD

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“Showdown!”

In "Showdown!", the X-Men break free from their prison chairs and confront Magneto in a high-stakes battle beneath the Antarctic ice. As the base collapses and lava floods the tunnels, Phoenix pulls Beast to safety—leaving the rest of the team seemingly lost in the inferno. Written by John Byrne and Chris Claremont, with dynamic art by Byrne and inks by Terry Austin, this 1978 issue features a cover by Byrne and Bob Layton that captures the chaos in bold, striking detail.

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writer, artist John Byrne · writer Chris Claremont · inker Terry Austin · colorist G. Wein · letterer Gaspar Saladino · letterer A. Kawecki · cover John Byrne, Bob Layton

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Cast · 15 characters

Achmed El-Gibar Charles Xavier Colossus Cyclops Hank McCoy Jean Grey John Cheever Kurt Wagner Lilandra Neramani Magneto Nanny Phoenix Sean Cassidy Storm Wolverine

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writer, artist John Byrne

writer Chris Claremont

inker Terry Austin

colorist G. Wein

letterer Gaspar Saladino

letterer A. Kawecki

cover pencils John Byrne

cover inks Bob Layton

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The X-Men escape their prison chairs and face down Magneto himself. During the fight, the controls of Magneto's base are destroyed filling the whole place with lava. Phoenix saves Beast, but the rest of the team are apparently trapped in the molten fire deep beneath the snows of Antarctica.

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).