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Publishers / Marvel / The Uncanny X-Men (1981) / #266
266Late August 1990
$1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP

The Uncanny X-Men #266

Marvel · Late August 1990 · on sale 1990-07

1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The Uncanny X-Men (Marvel, 1981 series)
Issue
#266
Publication date
Late August 1990
Key date
August 1990
On-sale date
1990-07
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics
Price
$1.00; 1.25 CAD; 0.60 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

From the editorial file The first full appearance of Gambit, mid 1990. The record here carries a genuine collector argument: an earlier cameo in X-Men Annual #14 reached some readers first, and which issue counts as the debut has been argued ever since. Both books carry key status.

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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Enter The Mutant Called Gambit!cover1pencils: Andy Kubert; inks: Andy Kubert; letters: Pat BrosseauGambit, Remy LeBeau, Ororo Munroe, Storm
2Gambit: Out of the Frying Pancomic story22script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Mike Collins; inks: Josef Rubinstein; colors: Brad Vancata; letters: Pat Brosseau, OrzechowskiIrene Adler, Valerie Cooper, Raven Darkhölme, Destiny, Amahl Farouk, Gambit, Remy LeBeau, Ororo Munroe, Mystique, Nanny, Orphan-Maker, Shadow King, Lian Shen, Storm
8-in-house column1script: Stan Lee
10-letters page1letters: typeset
11-promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 1.00 USD; barcode 07148602461310

Where to read it

CollectionYear
X-Men Firsts #11996On eBay ›
Gambit & Bishop: Genesis #12001On eBay ›
Gambit Classic #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-3729-0		2009On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #10
ISBN 978-0-7851-6324-4		2012On eBay ›
X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus #1
ISBN 978-0-7851-5822-6		2012On eBay ›
X-Men Origins: Gambit #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-302-90247-6		2016On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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