Astonishing X-Men #4 for Sale - First Appearance of Kruun - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Astonishing X-Men (Marvel, 2004 series)
Issue: #4
Issue title: Unstoppable
Publication date: [June] 2008
Key date: 2008-06-18
On-sale date: 2008-06-18
Indicia publisher: Marvel Publishing Inc.
Price: $19.99; 21.00 CAD
Pages: 204
Barcode: 978078512254851999
ISBN: 978-0-7851-2254-8
Rating: T+

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Kruun - 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	2	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Angel, Anole, Armor, Beast, Victor Borkowski, Abigail Brand, Cannonball, Colossus, Cyclops, Doctor Strange, Bobby Drake, Dust, Emma Frost, Gentle
1	Graphic Novels	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Cassaday, Billy Tan; inks: John Cassaday, Danny Miki; colors: Laura Martin, Frank D'Armata
2	-	illustration	1
3	-	credits, title page	2	letters: typeset
4	Previously:	recap	1	letters: typeset
5	19	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Beast, Colossus, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Logan, Hank McCoy, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin, Shadowcat, Scott Summers, Wolverine
6	Unstoppable [Part One]	comic story	23	script: Joss Whedon; pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin; letters: Joe Caramagna	Beast, Abigail Brand, Colossus, Cyclops, Danger, Emma Frost, Hisako Ichiki, Laura Kinney, Hank McCoy, Ord, Kruun First, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin, Shadowcat
7	20	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Colossus, Piotr Rasputin
8	Unstoppable Part Two	comic story	23	script: Joss Whedon; pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Armor, Beast, Abigail Brand, Colossus, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Hisako Ichiki, Lockheed, Logan, Hank McCoy, Ord, Kruun First, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin
9	21	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Armor, Hisako Ichiki
10	Unstoppable Part Three	comic story	23	script: Joss Whedon; pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Armor, Beast, Abigail Brand, Colossus, Cyclops, Danger, Emma Frost, Hisako Ichiki, Logan, Hank McCoy, Ord, Kruun First, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin
11	22	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Cyclops, Scott Summers
12	Unstoppable Part Four	comic story	23	script: Joss Whedon; pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Armor, Beast, Abigail Brand, Colossus, Cyclops, Danger, Emma Frost, Hisako Ichiki, Lockheed, Logan, Hank McCoy, Kruun First, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin
13	23	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Logan, Wolverine
14	Unstoppable Part Five	comic story	23	script: Joss Whedon; pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Armor, Beast, Abigail Brand, Colossus, Cyclops, Danger, Emma Frost, Hisako Ichiki, Lockheed, Logan, Hank McCoy, Kruun First, Kitty Pryde, Piotr Rasputin
15	24	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Cyclops, Scott Summers
16	Unstoppable Part Six	comic story	23	script: Joss Whedon; pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Armor, Beast, Abigail Brand, Colossus, Cyclops, Danger, Emma Frost, Hisako Ichiki, Lockheed, Logan, Hank McCoy, Ord, Kruun First, Kitty Pryde
17	-	illustration	1
18	Giant-Size 1	cover reprint (on interior page)	2	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Angel, Anole, Armor, Beast, Victor Borkowski, Abigail Brand, Cannonball, Colossus, Cyclops, Doctor Strange, Bobby Drake, Dust, Emma Frost, Gentle
19	Gone	comic story	43	script: Joss Whedon; pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin; letters: Chris Eliopoulos	Angel, Anole, Armor, Beast, Victor Borkowski, Abigail Brand, Cannonball, Colossus, Cyclops, Danger, Doctor Strange, Bobby Drake, Dust, Emma Frost
20	19 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Cyclops, Scott Summers
21	20 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Beast, Hank McCoy
22	21 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Emma Frost
23	22 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Logan, Wolverine
24	23 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Colossus, Piotr Rasputin
25	24 Variant	cover reprint (on interior page)	1	pencils: John Cassaday; inks: John Cassaday; colors: Laura Martin	Lockheed, Kitty Pryde, Shadowcat
26	Can't Miss X-Men Collections!	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: John Cassaday, Billy Tan, Ryan Sook, Chris Bachalo; inks: John Cassaday, Danny Miki, Ryan Sook, Tim Townsend; colors: Laura Martin, Frank D'Armata, José Villarrubia, Antonio Fabela

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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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