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NYCC ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2023

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Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Store Exclusive ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2022

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Marvel ⋅ 1971

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Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Australian Edition ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1993

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Key Facts

Cover art by Frank Miller

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1st team appearance of the New Hellfire Club: Reeva Payge as White Queen, Benazir Kaur as Black Queen and B. Kine as White King, all first appearances

Appearance of Shinobi Shaw as Black King

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1979

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1994

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Origin of Nightcrawler

First meeting of the new X-Men and Dr. Strange

1st appearance of Margali Szardos, the adoptive mother of Nightcrawler

1st appearance of Stefan Szardos, the adoptive brother of Nightcrawler

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1980

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Marvel ⋅ 1981

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1981

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Marvel ⋅ 1982

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1982

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Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1983

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Canadian ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1984

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Marvel ⋅ 1984

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1984

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Canadian ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1984

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1st appearance of Stormcaster, created by Loki and given to Storm

Cover inspired by Journey Into Mystery #83 (1962)

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1985

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1st appearance of the X-Babies, the X-Men transformed into children

Later official 1st appearance in X-Men Annual #12

Longshot joins the X-Men

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1986

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Marvel ⋅ 1987

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1987

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1st official team appearance of the X-Babies, childlike clones created by Mojo

Previous appearance of the X-Babies were the actual X-Men de-aged by Mojo

Origin of the High Evolutionary

1st cameo appearance of Matthew Plunder as a baby, the son of Ka-Zar and Shanna the She-Devil

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1988

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1st cover and 2nd appearance of Jubilee

Debut of Jubilee's classic ruby red sunglasses

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Gambit

⚠️ Debatable Firsts: this issue is often cited as a cameo of Gambit which would imply that the appearance is brief although he appears in 15 panels throughout the book with at least 10 instances of dialogue

This includes a full page-and-a-half interaction with Storm where she addresses him by name and refers to him as a thief (see images by tapping cover and swiping left)

Later Gambit appears in his classic suit and then again in an X-Men uniform

This issue went on sale June 19th whereas X-Men #266 went on sale July 10th

Uncanny X-Men #266 was written as if it were to be published prior to the annual

CGC recognizes this issue as a cameo appearance of Gambit and Uncanny X-Men #266 as his first full appearance

Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1990

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Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1991

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Marvel ⋅ 1995

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Newsstand ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 1995

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Marvel ⋅ 1996

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Marvel ⋅ 1997

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Marvel ⋅ 1999

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Marvel ⋅ 2000

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Crossover revisiting the Age of Apocalypse which spawned the following titles: Astonishing X-Men, Amazing X-Men, X-Calibre, Weapon X, Factor X, Gambit and the X-Ternals, Generation Next, and X-Man

1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025

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Variant cover art by Joe Madureira

1:100 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025

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1:200 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025

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Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025

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Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025

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Variant ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025

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