The X-Men #8 for Sale - First Appearance of Unus the Untouchable - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #8
Publication date: November 1964
Key date: 1964-11-00
On-sale date: 1964-09-01
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 Unus the Untouchable - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

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

First appearance of Charlie Buchanan - 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	The Uncanny Threat of Unus, the Untouchable!	cover	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Unus the Untouchable First, Warren Worthington III, Gunther Bain First
1	The Uncanny Threat of... Unus, the Untouchable!	comic story	20	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: S. Rosen	Angel, Beast, Charlie Buchanan First, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Mastermind, Hank McCoy, Maxwell Shiffman, Scott Summers, Unus the Untouchable First, Warren Worthington III
2	The Beast	illustration	1	script: Stan Lee; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Chic Stone; colors: Stan Goldberg; letters: Sam Rosen	Beast, Hank McCoy
3	-	letters page	2	script: Stan Lee

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Super-Heroes #21	1969	On eBay ›
Marvel Super-Heroes #27	1970	On eBay ›
Amazing Adventures #2	1980	On eBay ›
Amazing Adventures #14	1981	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks #3 ISBN 0-87135-308-3	1987	On eBay ›
X-Men: The Early Years #8	1994	On eBay ›
Essential Uncanny X-Men #1 ISBN 0-7851-0730-4	1999	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #1 ISBN 0871352168	1987	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q1141527 (Unus the Untouchable), first-appearance property (CC0)

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