The X-Men #98 for Sale - First Appearance of Amanda Sefton - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #98
Publication date: April 1976
Key date: 1976-04-00
On-sale date: 1975-12-16
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.25
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

First appearance of Julius Schwartz - 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 Sentinels Are Back!	cover	1	pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Dave Cockrum; letters: Danny Crespi	Colossus, Cyclops, Logan, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Piotr Rasputin, Sentinel, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner, Wolverine
2	Merry Christmas, X-Men...	comic story	17	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Sam Grainger; colors: Janice Cohen; letters: Joe Rosen	Banshee, Sean Cassidy, Chris Claremont First, Colossus, Peter Corbeau, Cyclops, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, Nick Fury, Jean Grey, Clark Kent, Jack Kirby, Lois Lane, Steven Lang, Stan Lee
3	-	letters page	0.75	script: Chris Claremont
4	-	statement of ownership	0.25	letters: typeset

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

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
30¢	price 0.30 USD
British	price 0.09 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks #11 ISBN 0-87135-597-3	1989	On eBay ›
Classic X-Men #6	1987	On eBay ›
X-Men #109	2001	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 ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #1 ISBN 0-7851-1192-1	2003	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

‹ #9798 of 141#99 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q3613591 (Amanda Sefton), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q111310248 (Elisabeth Wilford), first-appearance property (CC0)

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