X-Men Vol 1 22

X-Men #22
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Cover Date	July, 1966

1. ""Divided... We Fall!""
Appearances · Synopsis
Writer(s)	Roy Thomas
Penciler(s)	Werner Roth
Inker(s)	Dick Ayers
Letterer(s)	Artie Simek
Editor(s)	Stan Lee

 I'm unleashing my power beam! 

—Cyclops (Scott Summers)

Appearing in ""Divided... We Fall!""

Featured Characters:

• X-Men
  • Cyclops (Scott Summers)
  • Marvel Girl (Jean Grey)
  • Angel (Warren Worthington III)
  • Beast (Hank McCoy)
  • Iceman (Robert Drake)
• Professor X (Charles Xavier)

Supporting Characters:

Villains:

• Count Nefaria
  
• Unicorn
  
• Scarecrow
  
• Eel
  
• Plantman
  
• Porcupine
  
• Maggia goons
• Colosso

Other Characters:

• Zelda
• Vera Cantor

Locations:

• Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
• New York City
  • Central Park
• Nefaria's stronghold

Items:

• Cyclops' Visor, version 1

Vehicles:

• a freighter

Synopsis for ""Divided... We Fall!""

Professor Xavier has designed a new training program for the X-Men. As they have recently faced several robotic menaces, he designed a huge robot called Colosso. He effectively blocks and countermeasures what the young mutants throw at him, until finally Cyclops again proves himself as a good leader and figures out Colosso’s weakness. Xavier is proud of his team’s performance and grants them a two week vacation. Hank and Bobby go to see their girlfriends, while Jean plans to visit her sister in Albany. Before she leaves, Warren invites her to dinner, and Jean asks Scott to come along as she wishes to be with him instead of Warren. Secretly Scott loves her, but does not dare to admit it. After the trio parts ways, mysterious X-Men sightings are reported in vicinity of Central Park. Curious, the five mutants check it out individually and, indeed, there are some holographic illusions looking like them. All five teenagers fall prey to a bunch of super-villains, by the names of Plantman, Unicorn, Eel, Porcupine and Scarecrow, working together with the Maggia. The X-Men are tied up and shackled and brought aboard a freighter that takes them to a hidden fortress of Count Nefaria, the mastermind behind it all. He reorganized the Maggia and brought in the five villains as his lieutenants. Nefaria is aware that each of them would like to take over his position, but as they mistrust each other too much, they won’t dare to unite against him. Locked away in a prison, the X-Men wonder what Nefaria has in store for them as it seems very important that they are all unharmed and well.

Notes

• Werner Roth penciled this issue under the pseudonym Jay Gavin

See Also

• 10 image(s) from X-Men Vol 1 22
  • 1 reprint(s) of X-Men Vol 1 22.jpg
• 15 reprint(s) of X-Men Vol 1 22

Recommended Reading

• This is the start of a two-part story-arc that concludes next issue.
• Avengers Vol. 1 #13 - first appearance of Count Nefaria.
• Tales of Suspense #51 - first appearance Scarecrow.
• Strange Tales #112 - first appearance Eel.
• Strange Tales #113 - first appearance Plantman.
• Tales to Astonish #48 - first appearance Porcupine.
• Tales of Suspense #56 - first appearance Unicorn.