Gambit #8 for Sale - First Appearance of New Son - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Gambit (Marvel, 1999 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: September 1999
Key date: 1999-09-00
On-sale date: 1999
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $1.99; 2.99 CAD
Pages: 36
Barcode: 75960604735200811
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of New Son - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	To Learn the Secret of the Shattering-- --The Ragin' Cajun Faces Sabretooth!	cover	1	pencils: Mat Broome; inks: Sean Parsons	Victor Creed, Gambit, Sabretooth
1	Destined to Repeat It	comic story	22	script: Fabian Nicieza; pencils: Mat Broome; inks: Sean Parsons; colors: Joe Rosas, Gina Going, Matt Hicks; letters: Comicraft, RS, LA	Gambit, Anna Marie, Apocalypse, Courier, Victor Creed, Cyclops, Victor Von Doom, Doctor Doom, En Sabah Nur, Nathaniel Essex, Fontanelle, Jacob Gavin, Jr., Jean Grey, John Greycrow
2	-	in-house column	0.75	script: Stan Lee
3	Bullpen Bits #12	comic story	0.25	script: Chris Giarrusso; pencils: Chris Giarrusso; inks: Chris Giarrusso; colors: Chris Giarrusso; letters: Chris Giarrusso	Norrin Radd, Silver Surfer, Thanos
4	Dealer's Choice	letters page	1	letters: Comicraft, EW

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 00928103187109

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men: Gambit - The Complete Collection #1 ISBN 978-0-7851-9685-3	2016	On eBay ›
X-Men vs. Apocalypse: The Twelve Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-92287-0	2019	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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