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118February 1979
$0.35

The X-Men #118

Marvel · February 1979

First appearance: Mariko YashidaFirst appearance: Osama2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#118
Publication date
February 1979
Key date
1979-02-00
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.35
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860246102
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Osama - 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.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Side-By-Side With Sun-Fire!cover1pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Terry Austin; letters: Dan CrespiColossus, Cyclops, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Piotr Rasputin, Storm, Scott Summers, Sunfire, Kurt Wagner, Shiro Yoshida
2The Submergence of Japancomic story17script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Ric Villamonte; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: Tom OrzechowskiBanshee, Sean Cassidy, Colossus, Cyclops, Iron Fist, Misty Knight, Logan, Moses Magnum, Ororo Munroe, Lilandra Neramani, Nightcrawler, Osama First, Professor X, Danny Rand
3-letters page1letters: typeset
4-in-house column1script: Stan LeeShang-Chi

Plus 5 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 0.12 GBP
WhitmanSee the GCD record for identification notes.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks #24
ISBN 0-87135-991-X		1993On eBay ›
Classic X-Men #241988On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #1
ISBN 0-7851-0256-6		1996On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #61988On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #3
ISBN 0-7851-1194-8		2004On eBay ›
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #1
ISBN 0-7851-2101-3		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #117118 of 141#119 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q3293073 (Mariko Yashida), first-appearance property (CC0)

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