He Must Have Entered through the Endless Abyss!

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Amphibus, Ka-zar, Magneto, Neal Adams, Roy Thomas, Sauron, Savage Land, X-men, Zabu

Sauron has been bugging the X-Men for longer than some of us have been alive. Here are some scenes from when they first met, long ago, at the hands of creative team Roy Thomas and Neal Adams.

Also guest starring in this magnum opus, Magneto and his strange “little friend” Amphibus the frog freak! Whatever that guy’s power is, we don’t want to know!

Collector’s Guide:
– Originally Printed in Uncanny X-Men #57-63
– Reprinted in X-Men Classics (1983) #1-3

A Dreaded Death Struggle between Primordial Reptiles!

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dinosaur, Neal Adams, Roy Thomas, Sauron, X-men

Sauron has been bugging the X-Men for longer than some of us have been alive. Here are some scenes from when they first met, long ago, at the hands of creative team Roy Thomas and Neal Adams.

Collector’s Guide:
– Originally Printed in Uncanny X-Men #57-63
– Reprinted in X-Men Classics (1983) #1-3

The Only Place You’re Gonna Rule… Is in Hades!

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Chris Claremont, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Ka-zar, pterosaur, Sauron, Savage Land, tyrannosaurus rex, Wolverine, X-men, X-men covers

Wolverine and Sauron. One nasty mammal and one hideously evil reptile. Something tells us they are never going to get along! Here’s a touching scene from their first meeting in Uncanny X-Men #115.

Collector’s Guide:
– From Classic X-Men 21. This reprint added gnarly dinosaur art to the interior and back covers, with a fun back up story: Colossus versus a Tyrannosaur!

Dear Lord Preserve Me, I’m Changing!

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Chris Claremont, Classic X-men, dinosaur, John Byrne, jungle, Sauron, Savage Land, Wolverine

 

Here are two sequences from Uncanny X-Men #114 (reprinted in Classic X-Men #20.)

You gotta love how John Byrne draws Wolverine taking out a giant flying dinosaur! That’s good comics! Storm plays a classic role as a bathing beauty menaced by a horrible evil.

Inert Matter has No Power Over One Such as This!

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dinosaur, pteranodon, Sauron, Savage Land, Wolverine

Wolverine and the evil Pteranodon-headed Sauron just can’t seem to get along! Here, all hell breaks loose underground – and then the dinosaurs stampede! Artist Dwayne Turner really turns up the heat for this blow-out. WOW!

Collector’s Guide:
– From Wolverine #70, Marvel Comics 1992.