The X-Men #104 for Sale - First Appearance of Christopher Summers - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #104
Publication date: April 1977
Key date: 1977-04-00
On-sale date: 1977-01-18
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.30
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0714860246104
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Corsair - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Ch'od - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

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	It Had to Happen! The New X-Men Against Magneto Earth's Most Powerful Super-Villain!	cover	1	pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Dave Cockrum; letters: Danny Crespi	Colossus, Cyclops, Erik Lehnsherr, Logan, Magneto, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Piotr Rasputin, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner, Wolverine
2	The Gentleman's Name Is Magneto	comic story	17	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Patterson	Banshee, Sean Cassidy, Ch'od First, Corsair First, Cyclops, Lorna Dane, Eric the Red, Elaine Grey, Jean Grey, John Grey, Havok, Misty Knight, Erik Lehnsherr, Logan
3	-	letters page	1	script: Chris Claremont

Plus 3 pages of advertisements and other matter across 3 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks #12 ISBN 0-87135-628-7	1990	On eBay ›
Classic X-Men #12	1987	On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #1 ISBN 0-7851-0256-6	1996	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #5	1988	On eBay ›
Magneto Ascendant #1	1999	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #2 ISBN 0-7851-1193-X	2004	On eBay ›
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #1 ISBN 0-7851-2101-3	2006	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
Canadian and Whitman editions exist for many bronze books; match the barcode area to the plate.
Look for Mark Jewelers inserts and date stamps - they affect collector preference, not authenticity.

Series context

‹ #103104 of 141#105 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q2385117 (Corsair), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q5065882 (Ch'od), first-appearance property (CC0)

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