X-Men: Forever #4 - First Appearance of Spider-Goblin, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: X-Men: Forever (Marvel, 2024 series)
Issue: #4
Publication date: July 2024
Key date: July 2024
On-sale date: May 15, 2024
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Pages: 32
Barcode: 75960620835700411
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Spider-Goblin - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance (promotional) of Nightguard - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

First appearance of Nightcrawler Mutate - 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: Mark Brooks; inks: Mark Brooks; colors: Mark Brooks	Hope Summers
1	-	recap	2	pencils: Luca Maresca, Mark Brooks; inks: Luca Maresca, Mark Brooks	Irene Adler, Raven Darkhölme, Destiny, Nathaniel Essex, Exodus, Jean Grey, Mr. Sinister, Mystique, Nightcrawler Mutate First, Bennet du Paris, Phoenix, Hope Summers, Charles Xavier
2	No Hope	comic story	20	script: Kieron Gillen; pencils: Luca Maresca; inks: Luca Maresca; colors: Federico Blee; letters: VC's Clayton Cowles	Irene Adler, Eva Bell, Caliban, Dark Phoenix, Raven Darkhölme, Destiny, Elixir, Nathaniel Essex, Exodus, Joshua Foley, Jean Grey, David Haller, Kafka, Legion
3	Rise of the Powers of X 05	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: R. B. Silva; inks: R. B. Silva	Dark Phoenix, Jean Grey
4	Blood Hunt Who Will Bite It?	promo (ad from the publisher)	2	pencils: Greg Land, Marcelo Ferreira, Humberto Ramos, Rod Reis, Cafu, Ben Harvey; inks: Greg Land, Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Poggi, Humberto Ramos, Rod Reis, Cafu; colors: Frank D'Armata, Rachelle Rosenberg, Edgar Delgado, Rod Reis, Cafu, Ben Harvey	Germán Aguilar, Bruce Banner, Kate Bishop, Blade, Johnny Blaze, Bloodline, Elsa Bloodstone, Brielle Brooks, Eric Brooks, The Captive, Joseph Chapman, Curt Connors, Daredevil, Darkhold
5	The Amazing Spider-Man #52	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Ed McGuinness; inks: Ed McGuinness; colors: Marcio Menyz	Peter Parker, Spider-Goblin First
6	Venomverse Reborn #1	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Tony S. Daniel; inks: Tony S. Daniel; colors: Marcelo Maiolo

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Jim Rugg Cover	barcode 75960620835700431
Quiet Council - Phil Noto	See the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men Forever ISBN 978-1-302-95801-5	2024	On eBay ›
Fall of the House of X / Rise of the Powers of X Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-95657-8	2025	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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

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