The X-Men #49 - First Appearance of Lorna Dane, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #49
Publication date: October 1968
Key date: October 1968
On-sale date: August 13, 1968
Indicia publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Robert McCoy - 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	Who Dares Defy -- the Demi-Men?	cover	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko; colors: Jim Steranko	Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington III
2	Who Dares Defy... the Demi-Men?	comic story	15	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Don Heck, Werner Roth; inks: John Tartaglione; letters: Herb Cooper	Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Lorna Dane First, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Erik Lehnsherr, Magneto, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Mesmero First, Scott Summers, Vincent First
3	A Beast Is Born	comic story	5	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Werner Roth; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: I. Watanabe	Beast, Edna McCoy, Hank McCoy, Norton McCoy, Robert McCoy First
4	Stop the Presses! Here's Some Scoops and Scuttlebutt to Knock You Outta Your Teepee!	in-house column	1	script: Smiley	Beast
5	-	letters page	2	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: John Tartaglione; letters: Sam Rosen	Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Marvel Girl
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Spider-Man; Green Goblin

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Amazing Adventures #17	1973	On eBay ›
X-Men: Mutations #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0197-7	1996	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #3	1987	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #5 ISBN 0-7851-1787-3	2005	On eBay ›
Marvel Comics Presents the X-Men #[nn]	1988	On eBay ›
Marvel Visionaries: Jim Steranko #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0944-7	2002	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #4849 of 141#50 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q3162951 (Mesmero), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q111384939 (Robert McCoy), first-appearance property (CC0)

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