Cover: Don Heck & George Tuska

The X-Men #41

Feb 1968 · Marvel · 0.12 USD

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“Now Strikes...the Sub-Human!”

In "Now Strikes...the Sub-Human!", Jack Winters' desperate experiment at the Cyclotron transforms him into the Living Diamond, a man forged of pure crystalline matter. Written by Roy Thomas and illustrated by Werner Roth with inks by John Verpoorten, this 1968 X-Men tale introduces a chilling new threat with a shocking metamorphosis. The cover by Don Heck and George Tuska captures the eerie brilliance of the newly formed diamond man.

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writer Roy Thomas · artist Werner Roth · inker John Verpoorten · letterer Sam Rosen · cover Don Heck, George Tuska

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Cast · 14 characters

Bobby Drake Changeling Charles Xavier Cyclops Grotesk Hank McCoy Jack O'Diamonds Jack Winters Jean Grey Kevin Sidney King Krono Vera Cantor Warren Worthington III Zelda Kurtzberg

Full credits

writer Roy Thomas

artist Werner Roth

inker John Verpoorten

letterer Sam Rosen

cover pencils Don Heck

cover inks George Tuska

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Jack Winters breaks into the Cyclotron and irradiates himself in an effort to turn himself completely into diamond; he succeeds and calls himself the Living Diamond.

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