The New Mutants Annual #6 for Sale - First Appearance of Cable - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The New Mutants Annual (Marvel, 1984 series)
Issue: #6
Publication date: 1990
Key date: 1990-00-00
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $2.00; 2.50 CAD
Pages: 68
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

First appearance of Gaveedra Seven - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

First appearance of Scrapper - 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	Days of Future Present Part Three	cover	1	pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Scott Williams	Boom-Boom, Cannonball, Roberto Da Costa, Sam Guthrie, Franklin Richards, Rahne Sinclair, Tabitha Smith, Sunspot, Wolfsbane
1	-	credits, title page	1	script: David B. Schwartz	Boom-Boom, Cannonball, Roberto Da Costa, Sam Guthrie, Julio Richter, Rictor, Rahne Sinclair, Tabitha Smith, Sunspot, Warlock, Wolfsbane
2	The Once and Future Mutant	comic story	39	script: Louise Simonson; pencils: Terry Shoemaker, Chris Wozniak; inks: Williams, Milgrom, Thibert, Harry Candelario; colors: Brad Vancata; letters: Joe Rosen	Ahab, Banshee, Boom-Boom, Cable First, Roderick Campbell, Cannonball, Sean Cassidy, Roberto Da Costa, Sam Guthrie, Invisible Woman, Mister Fantastic, Franklin Richards, Scrapper First, Reed Richards
3	Tribute the Second	comic story	10	script: Peter David; pencils: Gavin Curtis; inks: Panosian; colors: Tom Vincent; letters: Joe Rosen	Cypher, Rahne Sinclair, Wolfsbane, Doug Ramsey
4	A Glimpse into the Future!	illustration	2	pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Rob Liefeld	Amara Aquilla, Boom-Boom, Cable First, Cannonball, Roberto Da Costa, Sam Guthrie, Magik, Magma, Illyana Rasputina, Julio Richter, Rictor, Shatterstar First, Rahne Sinclair, Tabitha Smith
5	Cable	illustration	1	pencils: Rob Liefeld; inks: Rob Liefeld	Cable First, Nathan Summers

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	barcode 07148602826005

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men: Days of Future Present #[nn] ISBN 0871357399	1991	On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #10 ISBN 978-0-7851-6324-4	2012	On eBay ›
X-Force: A Force to Be Reckoned With #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-4984-2	2011	On eBay ›
Into the Time Stream ISBN 978-0-7851-8895-7	2014	On eBay ›
X-Men: Days of Future Past #[nn] ISBN 978-0-7851-8442-3	2014	On eBay ›
Cable ISBN 978-1-302-92523-9	2020	On eBay ›
X-Factor by Peter David Omnibus #1 ISBN 978-1-302-93065-3	2021	On eBay ›
X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96011-7	2024	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #56 of 7#7 ›

Sources

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

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