Sunday, November 26, 2023

The X-Men #7: The Yaffa edition

Page Publications' The X-Men #7 was published c.September-October 1981:


The cover is from Marvel Comics' The X-Men #19:


The contents:
[Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic!], originally published in The X-Men #19, April 1966

I, Lucifer..., originally published in The X-Men #20, May 1966 

From Whence Comes... Dominus?, originally published in The X-Men #21, June 1966

The first story omits the first page, so the title of the story is also omitted. The other two stories appear to be intact.

Even without checking the contents of this issue I could have reasonably guessed it would reprint The X-Men #'s 19-21, given Yaffa editions tend to carry three consecutive issues of the relevant series.

However in this instance my job was made easier courtesy of the notes made by the previous owner of my first copy of this issue:




As you can see, the original sources of the reprinted stories have been documented with stamped references. I'm often attracted to handwritten marginalia in such secondhand comics but rarely have I found copies with such neat, almost formal annotations. I suspect the original owner may have done this for the other issues in this series - I'd love to find another one from this owner.