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113September 1978
$0.35

The X-Men #113

Marvel · September 1978

First appearance: John Cheever1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#113
Publication date
September 1978
Key date
1978-09-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860246109
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of John Cheever - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0When Falls Magneto!cover1pencils: John Byrne; inks: Bob Layton; letters: Dan CrespiBanshee, Sean Cassidy, Colossus, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Logan, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Phoenix, Piotr Rasputin, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner, Wolverine
2Showdown!comic story17script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: G. Wein; letters: Gaspar Saladino, A. KaweckiBanshee, Beast, Sean Cassidy, John Cheever First, Colossus, Cyclops, Achmed El-Gibar, Jean Grey, Erik Lehnsherr, Logan, Magneto, Hank McCoy, Ororo Munroe, Nanny
3-letters page1script: Chris Claremont
4-in-house column1script: Stan LeeDaredevil [Matt Murdock]; Hulk [Bruce Banner]

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.12 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks #24
ISBN 0-87135-991-X		1993On eBay ›
Classic X-Men #191988On eBay ›
X-Men: The Movie #[nn]2000On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #1
ISBN 0-7851-0256-6		1996On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #61988On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #3
ISBN 0-7851-1194-8		2004On eBay ›
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #1
ISBN 0-7851-2101-3		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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