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X-Men: The Early Years#12
Cover: Adam Hughes
X-Men: The Early Years #12
“The Origin of Professor X!”
writer Stan Lee · artist Jack Kirby · artist Alex Toth · inker Vince Colletta · colorist Evelyn Stein · letterer Sam Rosen · cover Adam Hughes
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Cast · 16 characters
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writer Stan Lee
artist Jack Kirby
artist Alex Toth
inker Vince Colletta
colorist Evelyn Stein
letterer Sam Rosen
cover pencils, inks Adam Hughes
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Cerebro detects a powerful mutant and Xavier fears that he knows who it is. The X-Men prepare the mansion for an all out assault. As the mysterious villain batters his way through the mansion's defenses, Professor X tells his students his origin story and how his stepbrother changed from tormenting bully to an unstoppable Juggernaut.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).