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Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	July 1988
Cover Price	1.00 USD; 1.25 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Ann Nocenti; Bob Harras; Terry Kavanagh (assistant editor); Daryl Edelman (assistant editor); Roger Stern (original material)

Cover Details - "The Origin of Professor X"

Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Arthur Adams
Inks	Arthur Adams
Notes	1st Cover Copy in Classic X-Men

1 page X-Men illustration "Frontispiece"

Characters	Professor X; Amahl Farouk
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Arthur Adams
Inks	Arthur Adams

18 page X-Men story "Psi War"

Characters	FEATURE: X-Men--Professor X (Origin); Cyclops; Phoenix [Jean Grey]; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler; GUESTS: Moira MacTaggert; Lilandra; Misty Knight; VILLAIN: Shadow King [Amahl Farouk]
Synopsis	The X-Men adrift on the ocean are picked up by a Japanese ship; Xavier recounts an early adventure where he first met Storm as a thief in Cairo and did battle with the Shadow King.
Genre	Superhero
Script	Chris Claremont; John Byrne (co-plotter)
Pencils	John Byrne; Kieron Dwyer (new pages)
Inks	Terry Austin
Letters	Clem Robins; Tom Orzechowski (new pages)
Reprinted	from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #117

11 page X-Men story "Nightcrawler's High Adventure"

Characters	Nightcrawler
Genre	Superhero
Script	Chris Claremont
Pencils	John Bolton
Inks	John Bolton
Letters	Tom Orzechowski
Reprinted	in X-Men: Lost Tales (Marvel, 1997 series) #2; in Marvel Magazine (Marvel Italia, 1994 series) #8

1 page X-Men illustration "Pin-Up"

Characters	Wolverine
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Arthur Adams
Inks	Arthur Adams

1 page X-Men illustration "Pin-Up"

Characters	Nightcrawler; Wolverine; Colossus
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Mark Chiarello
Inks	Kent Williams

1 page X-Men cover reprint (on interior page) "Cover to X-Men #117"

Characters	Professor X; Cyclops; Storm; Nightcrawler; Shadow King
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Dave Cockrum
Inks	Terry Austin
Letters	Dan Crespi; Morrie Kuramoto
Reprinted	from X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #117

1 page X-Men illustration

Characters	Nightcrawler
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	John Bolton
Inks	John Bolton
Notes	Back Cover
Reprinted	in X-Men: Lost Tales (Marvel, 1997 series) #2