The X-Men 1963 #61 - 7.5 - $70.00

The X-Men battle Sauron, but he gets away, and the heroes do not make the connection between the flying dinosaur and Dr. Karl Lykos. Visiting Lykos, they find Alex restored to health and witness a reunion between Karl and his love, Tanya. Her father arrives and forbids their love as the X-Men slink away from the uncomfortable domestic scene. Karl drains energy from Lorna and turns into Sauron once again. Once he changes back into Lykos, he confronts Tanya at their old mountain cabin and seemingly falls to his death as he runs away, afraid of trying to drain energy from the woman he loves.

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

• On the Wings of Death! - Palmer inks per Carl Gafford and Michael Evans; Neal Adams per the original indexer and Nick Caputo. Inks are attributed to Adams in 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). Possible Adams colors per Nick Caputo.
• - Inside front cover. Ad for weight lifting equipment, instructions and consumables.
• - Located after page 9 of the "Monsters Also Weep!" feature. Includes the "Mighty Marvel Checklist."
• - Located after page 9 of the "Monsters Also Weep!" feature. Promo to join the Marvelmania International club.
• - Letters from: Iain Jull, David Strickland, Joey Denham, and Lucky Clark.
• - Ad for the Academy for Home Study.
• - Inside back cover. Ad to sell greeting cards for the Cheerful Card Company.
• - Back cover. Ad for the Famous Artists School.