Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the leader's call to the team, short enough to shout across a battlefield and warm enough to mean you belong. Debuting in the first issue and then lying dormant, it came back as the sound of the X-Men acting as one, and it is now the line writers, cartoons and films reach for when the team has to pull together.
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In context
Spoilers for X-MenShow the scene
The cry debuts on the last page of The X-Men #1 (September 1963), written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby. Professor X has sent his five students, Cyclops, Angel, Iceman, Beast and the newly arrived Marvel Girl, to Cape Citadel, where Magneto has seized a missile base. The team beats the master of magnetism, and Xavier calls them back to him with the line. It later became a standard rally from Cyclops, as in Astonishing X-Men #23.
Sources (2)
- Marvel Database, X-Men Vol 1 1Synopsis and Notes sections; credits box (Lee, Kirby)Reference checked
- Wikiquote, Astonishing X-MenIssue 23 quotationsReference checked
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