The X-Men 1963 #60 - 5.0 - $48.00

The X-Men take an injured Havok to be treated by one of Xavier's old buddies, Dr. Karl Lykos. Lykos is an energy vampire and drains mutant life energy from Havok, turning himself into the evil Sauron. Angel takes off to investigate the flying dinosaur and is hypnotized by Sauron's powers.

On-sale date from 1969 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress with a correction factor of plus 28 days.

• In the Shadow of... Sauron - Palmer inks per Steve Whitaker, Nick Caputo, Carl Gafford, and Bob Ford; Neal Adams per the original indexer. Also crediting Adams with inks are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994), and Official Index to the Marvel Universe (Vandal et al. 2009). The X-Men logo created by Jim Steranko in issue #50 is adjusted a bit beginning with this issue to become the standard version. Who did this adjustment is in dispute. Letters (excluding the logo) are credited to Adams in The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (1987) and Official Index to the Marvel Universe.
• - Inside front cover. Ad for a variety of novelty items from the Johnson Smith Company.
• In the Shadow of... Sauron! - Lorna Dane asks to stay with the X-Men and begins living with them at the X-Mansion. Karl Lykos adopts the name of Sauron after J.R.R. Tolkien's villain from the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
• The Latest and Greatest Goodies from Maniacal Marvel! - Items; Stan's Soapbox; The Mighty Marvel Checklist.
• - Letters from: Donald F. McGregor (future comics writer), Ed Shea, Richard Yarmy, Michael R. Arndt, and Eric Nash; Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.
• - Ad for the Famous Artists School.
• - Inside back cover. Ad for the American Basic Science Club, Inc.
• - Back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards for Wallace Brown, Inc.