#12,516: X-Men (1963) #15
"Prisoners of the Mysterious Master Mold!"
Title: X-Men (v1)
Editor-in-Chief:
Stan Lee
Editor:
Stan Lee
Writer:
Stan Lee
Inker:
Dick Ayers
Letterer:
Artie Simek
Cover Date: December 1965
Release Date: October 1965
Pages: 20
Cover Price: $0.12
Times Read: 2,490
Times Rated: 1,234
Plot Flags:
Universe:
Earth-616
Issue Blurb
The X-Men discover the meaning of the mysterious Master Mold as they plan a full frontal attack on the Sentinel base. Things go awry when the Beast and Iceman are taken prisoner by the Sentinels, who are looking to use their creator to make them an army of Sentinels. Can the team save Hank McCoy before he reveals too much under their enemies' truth ray?
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MickTheNerd
Feb 8, 2026
WITNESS true believers, as the reader gets confused by from Beast's backstory, in how old Hank is when we learn from his back story that he got a scholarship to college...despite finishing Professor X's finishing school which is usually BEFORE college!
Maybe his first run at college was an early...
RikerDonegal
Sep 3, 2020
Clever idea for a Christmas story. Very funny. The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Willie Lumpkin. By mistake! She was supposed to visit J. Jonah Jameson but she got lost. Anyway, poor old Willie (the nicest guy in the world) gets taken to the past, present and future.
The joke is that, at the end,...
RikerDonegal
Nov 25, 2017
Fresh, interesting. Action-packed.
The Beast origin story is nicely woven into the story-in-progress, and used to give a guest character some development.
But it's an action-driven issue.
Not just fighting, either. Plenty of variety as the team face defenses, as well as foes. And two of the team...
specialque
Jul 30, 2014
This issue was pretty good, but the standout part for me is Beast's childhood. It's not terribly deep or anything, but it's these nice insights into where the characters come from that make the Marvel universe as rich as it is. As goofy as it is, I also liked Professor X using his astral image to break into the Sentinel's lair. Fun stuff.
bastos
Mar 19, 2014
It ain't Shakespeare, that's for certain. But the book has come a long way. It isn't good yet - but it is better.
Hank's origin is nearly a waste of space and time. People said, wow. He's different. And SCENE!
But the Sentinels are becoming the cornerstone around what will save...
