The X-Men #108 - First Appearance of Modt, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #108
Publication date: December 1977
Key date: December 1977
On-sale date: September 20, 1977
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0714860246112
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Modt - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

First appearance of Jahf - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

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	Armageddon Now!	cover	1	pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Dave Cockrum; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Annette Kawecki	Banshee, Sean Cassidy, Colossus, Cyclops, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Piotr Rasputin, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner, Modt First
1	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1		Spider-Man; Hulk; Iron Man; Thing; Thor; Captain America; Dr. Strange; Daredevil; Human Torch; Stan Lee
2	Armageddon Now!	comic story	17	script: Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Andy Yanchus; letters: Orz, Wohl	Banshee, Beast, Black Panther, Captain America, Jimmy Carter, Sean Cassidy, Ch'od, Colossus, Peter Corbeau, Corsair, Cyclops, D'ken Neramani, Firelord, Gladiator
3	-	letters page	1	script: John Byrne; pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Dan Green; colors: Andy Yanchus	X-Men [Storm; Phoenix; Wolverine [Logan]; Colossus; Cyclops; Nightcrawler; Banshee]
4	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	Torpedo

Plus 4 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 0.12 GBP

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Marvel Masterworks #12 ISBN 0-87135-628-7	1990	On eBay ›
Classic X-Men #15	1987	On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #1 ISBN 0-7851-0256-6	1996	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #5	1988	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #2 ISBN 0-7851-1193-X	2004	On eBay ›
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #1 ISBN 0-7851-2101-3	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

Check the price box: Marvel ran 30-cent and 35-cent test-market price variants in 1976-77.
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

‹ #107108 of 141#109 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q111509930 (Modt), first-appearance property (CC0)
Wikidata, Q111509765 (Jahf), first-appearance property (CC0)

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