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Issue Details

Issue #3
Published January 1996
Cover Price 0.99 USD
Pages 36
Editing Kelly Corvese; Matt Idelson (assistant)

Cover Details - "The Blob"

Characters Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; Blob
Genre superhero
Pencils Jan Duursema
Inks Jan Duursema
Letters Typeset

22 page X-Men story "Freak Show"

Characters X-Men--Professor X; Cyclops; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel; Iceman; Beast; VILLAIN: Blob
Synopsis Sideshow fat man, Fred Dukes, is actually a mutant and is invited by Professor X to become one of the X-Men; The Blob scoffs at the offer and returns to the circus to take it over, thanks to the newfound confidence that he is superior rather than inferior as he once believed; Blob leads the circus performers in an attack on X-Mansion but Xavier wipes his mind of the knowledge that he is a mutant and he returns to the life of a circus freak.
Genre superhero
Script Fabian Nicieza
Pencils Jan Duursema
Inks Mike Sellers
Colors Matt Webb
Letters Pat Brosseau
Notes Based on X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #3

1 page X-Men promo (ad from the publisher) "Next Issue"

Characters Magneto; Toad; Quicksilver; Scarlet Witch; Mastermind
Genre superhero
Pencils Jan Duursema
Inks Jan Duursema
Letters Typeset
Notes Promo for issue #4 (this is an original pin-up and not cover art).