X-Force #20 - First Appearance of Phoenix, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: X-Force (Marvel, 2020 series)
Issue: #20
Publication date: August 2021
Key date: August 2021
On-sale date: June 2, 2021
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 75960609467702011
Rating: Parental Advisory

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Phoenix - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (reprint) of Doc Sasquatch - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Charlene McGowan - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

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	-	cover	1	pencils: Joshua Cassara; inks: Joshua Cassara; colors: Dean White	Beast, Domino, Teresia Karisik, Kid Omega, Logan, Hank McCoy, Quentin Quire, Sage, Neena Thurman, Wolverine
1	Invite Only	recap	2	pencils: Joshua Cassara; inks: Joshua Cassara	Beast, Domino, Teresia Karisik, Kid Omega, Logan, Hank McCoy, Quentin Quire, Sage, Neena Thurman, Wolverine
2	The Secret Garden	comic story	22	script: Benjamin Percy; pencils: Joshua Cassara; inks: Joshua Cassara; colors: Guru-eFX; letters: VC's Joe Caramagna	Angel, Anna Marie, Kayla Ballantine, Beast, Black Panther, Bling!, Cannonball, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Joanna Cargill, Colossus, Cyclops, Cypher, Carol Danvers
3	Beast's Argument	text story	1	script: Benjamin Percy
4	-	text story	1	script: Benjamin Percy
5	Next: Slaughter House	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joshua Cassara; inks: Joshua Cassara
6	Heroes Return #1	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Leinil Francis Yu; inks: Leinil Francis Yu; colors: Sunny Gho	Black Panther, Blade, Eric Brooks, Captain America, Maya Lopez, Thor Odinson, Phoenix First, Steve Rogers, Brandy Selby, Starbrand, T'Challa, Thor
7	Juann Cabal	in-house column	1	script: Al Ewing; pencils: Juann Cabal; inks: Juann Cabal	Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers, Doctor Strange, Arthur Douglas, Drax the Destroyer, Gamora, Hercules, Hyperion, Nova, Peter Parker, Professor X, Rocket Raccoon, Spider-Man, Star-Lord
8	Gamma Flight #1	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Leinil Francis Yu; inks: Leinil Francis Yu; colors: Sunny Gho	Absorbing Man, Crusher Creel, Doc Sasquatch First, Eugene Judd, Mary MacPherran, Charlene McGowan First, Puck, Leonard Samson, Titania
9	Planet Size X-Men	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Dauterman Connecting Gala Variant	barcode 75960609467702041
Joshua Cassara 'Character Design' Cover	barcode 75960609467702031

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Force by Benjamin Percy #3 ISBN 978-1-302-92721-9	2021	On eBay ›
X-Men: Hellfire Gala - The Red Carpet Collection #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-93156-8	2021	On eBay ›
Reign of X #12 ISBN 978-1-302-94498-8	2022	On eBay ›
X-Force by Benjamin Percy #2 ISBN 978-1-302-95002-6	2023	On eBay ›

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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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