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    The X-Men » The X-Men #43 - The Torch Is Passed...! released by Marvel on April 1, 1968.

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    Funeral of Xavier 0

    The X-Men #43 - The Torch Is Passed...! by byzantine on April 13, 2011

    This is the final issue of Roy Thomas' first run of the title. It includes a funeral for Professor X, a set-up of the X-Men's new situation and a reintroduction to the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. A Pretty good issue. But lets see what we have here. - The issue opens with the funeral of Xavier. Taking place in an unnamed graveyard under constant rain. A Reverend Brown is presiding. Only Angel, Beast, Cyclops,  Iceman, and Marvel Girl bothered to turn up and mourn for him. Jean offers an explanat...

    3 out of 4 found this review helpful.

    Funeral Interruptus 0

    The X-Men #43 - The Torch Is Passed...! by uncas007 on July 08, 2012

    Roy Thomas bows out the same way he came in: bringing back old villains and doing not that much with them. Magneto is back to being a maniacal, static character with facial expressions straight out of C horror movies, though he does have some interesting lines about being Pietro's friend (which he quickly dismisses in his own tyrannical interior monologues). Thomas does a decent job depicting Pietro and Wanda, though on the further reflection they seem to be back where they were when we first me...

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