X-Men #24 - First Appearance of Iron Lad, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: X-Men (Marvel, 2021 series)
Issue: #24
Publication date: September 2023
Key date: September 2023
On-sale date: July 5, 2023
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 75960609999302411
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Iron Lad - 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: Joshua Cassara; inks: Joshua Cassara; colors: Marte Gracia	Cyclops, Jean Grey, Magik, Marvel Girl, Pogg Ur-Pogg, Illyana Rasputina, Scott Summers
1	The Walls Are Closing In	recap	2	pencils: Joshua Cassara, Juan Frigeri; inks: Joshua Cassara, Juan Frigeri	Irene Adler, Anna Marie, Cable, Cyclops, Destiny, Bobby Drake, Firestar, Forge, Jean Grey, Iceman, Angelica Jones, Laura Kinney, Magik, Marvel Girl
2	-	text story	1	script: Gerry Duggan
3	Once an X-Man	comic story	20	script: Gerry Duggan; pencils: Joshua Cassara; inks: Joshua Cassara; colors: Frank Martin; letters: VC's Clayton Cowles	Irene Adler, Anna Marie, Cable, Cyclops, Lorna Dane, Destiny, Bobby Drake, Firestar, Forge, Jean Grey, Iceman, Angelica Jones, Laura Kinney, Magik
4	From the Desk of the Time Variance Authority	text story	1	script: Gerry Duggan
5	From the Shadows!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Joshua Cassara; inks: Joshua Cassara
6	Bryan Hitch	in-house column	1	pencils: Bryan Hitch, Andrew Currie; inks: Bryan Hitch; colors: Alex Sinclair	Captain America, Colossus, Giant-Man, Hulk, Iron Lad First, Magik, Omega Red, Hank Pym, Piotr Rasputin, Illyana Rasputina, Arkady Rossovich, Thor, Wasp, Tony Stark
7	Spider-Man #11	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Mark Bagley; inks: Mark Bagley; colors: Edgar Delgado	Bailey Briggs, Peter Parker, Spider-Boy, Spider-Man
8	Death of the Venomverse	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Björn Barends; inks: Björn Barends; colors: Björn Barends	Agent Venom, Andi Benton, Carnage, Cletus Kasady, Silence, Anne Weying

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Russell Dauterman 'Trading Card Variant' Cover	barcode 75960609999302441
Mark Brooks 'Corner Box Variant'	barcode 75960609999302451
Stormbreakers - Elena Casagrande	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Hellfire Gala - Mahmud Asrar	See the GCD record for identification notes.
Miguel Mercado Cover	barcode 75960609999302416
SDCC Mark Brooks Dark Phoenix Variant Cover	barcode 75960609999302419
Miguel Mercado Virgin Art Cover	barcode 75960609999302417
SDCC Mark Brooks Venomized Phoenix Cover	barcode 75960609999302422
SDCC Mark Brooks White Phoenix Variant Cover	barcode 75960609999302420

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men by Gerry Duggan #4 ISBN 978-1-302-94720-0	2023	On eBay ›
X-Men by Gerry Duggan Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96143-5	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #2324 of 35#25 ›

Sources

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

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