The X-Men #50 - First Appearance of Conquistador, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #50
Publication date: November 1968
Key date: November 1968
On-sale date: September 10, 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 Conquistador - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Magneto (android) - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Chico - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: Jim Steranko; colors: Jim Steranko; letters: Jim Steranko	Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Lorna Dane, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington III
2	City of Mutants	comic story	15	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: John Tartaglione; letters: Herb Cooper	Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Lorna Dane, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Magneto (android) First, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Mesmero, Scott Summers, Vincent, Warren Worthington III
3	This Boy--This Bombshell!	comic story	5	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Werner Roth; inks: John Verpoorten; letters: Herb Cooper	Beast, Chico First, Conquistador First, Edna McCoy, Hank McCoy, Norton McCoy, Robert McCoy
4	A Plethora of Pronouncements Up for Grabs	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	Angel
5	-	letters page	2	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: John Tartaglione; letters: Sam Rosen	Cyclops; Iceman
6	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Mr. Fantastic; Green Goblin; Human Torch; Spider-Man; Thing

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 Visionaries: Jim Steranko #[nn] ISBN 0-7851-0944-7	2002	On eBay ›
Essential Classic X-Men #2 ISBN 0785121161	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #4950 of 141#51 ›

Sources

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

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