The X-Men and the Micronauts #4 (1984) - Printings, Contents and Key Issues

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men and the Micronauts (Marvel, 1984 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: April 1984
Key date: April 1984
On-sale date: December 13, 1983
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.60; 0.25 GBP; 0.75 CAD
Pages: 36

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Why this issue matters

Death on record for: Bioship.

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	Dark Xavier!	cover	1	pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Bob Wiacek; colors: Julianna Ferriter	Acroyear, Bug, Cannonball, Colossus, Sam Guthrie, Huntarr, Logan, Marionette, Dani Moonstar, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Arcturus Rann, Piotr Rasputin, Rahne Sinclair
1	Doppelgänger!	comic story	23	script: Chris Claremont, Bill Mantlo; pencils: Butch Guice; inks: Bob Wiacek; colors: Julianna Ferriter; letters: Rick Parker	Acroyear, Angel, Amara Aquilla, Ariel, Bioship Death, Bug, Cannonball, Colossus, Roberto Da Costa, Dark Phoenix, DeGrayde, Bobby Drake, The Entity, Fireflyte
2	-	in-house column	1	script: Jim Shooter

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Newsstand	price 0.60 USD; barcode 0714860236704
Canadian	price 0.75 CAD; barcode 0714860236704

Before you buy

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

‹ #34 of 4

Sources

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

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