#9

Synopsis

Xavier has tracked down Lucifer, who cost him the use of his legs, but finds his foe's heartbeat is rigged to a giant thermal bomb. The X-Men arrive in Bavaria and run across the Avengers who have also just arrived. The X-Men have to stop the Avengers from defeating Lucifer since by defeating Lucifer, the world will be destroyed. After Xavier gives Lucifer a mind blast that renders him unconscious, he contacts his team for help and the Avengers agree to let the X-Men clean up the current crisis on their own. Cyclops uses his eye beams to disable Lucifer's thermal bomb.

Credits

Script

Stan Lee, Archie Goodwin

Pencils

John Buscema, Jack Kirby, George Tuska, Wally Wood, Gene Colan

Inks

John Romita, Chic Stone, Johnny Craig, Wally Wood, Dan Adkins, Frank Giacoia, Vince Colletta

Editor

Claude Vistel