The X-Men #121 for Sale - First Appearance of John Byrne - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #121
Publication date: May 1979
Key date: 1979-05-00
On-sale date: 1979
Indicia publisher: Marvel Comics Group
Price: $0.35
Pages: 36
Barcode: 0714860246105
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of John Byrne - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Garson - 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	Alpha Flight Attacks!	cover	1	pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Terry Austin; letters: Dan Crespi	Colossus, Cyclops, James MacDonald Hudson, Walter Langkowski, Ororo Munroe, Narya, Piotr Rasputin, Sasquatch, Snowbird, Storm, Scott Summers, Vindicator
2	Shoot-Out at the Stampede!	comic story	17	script: John Byrne, Chris Claremont; pencils: John Byrne; inks: Terry Austin; colors: Glynis Wein; letters: John Costanza, Diana Albers	Aurora, Banshee, Jean-Paul Beaubier, Jeanne-Marie Beaubier, John Byrne First, Sean Cassidy, Colossus, Cyclops, Garson First, James MacDonald Hudson, Misty Knight, Walter Langkowski, Logan, Ororo Munroe
3	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee	Thor [Dr. Don Blake]
5	-	letters page	1	letters: typeset

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
Classic X-Men #27	1988	On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #2 ISBN 0-7851-0298-1	1997	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #6	1988	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #3 ISBN 0-7851-1194-8	2004	On eBay ›
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #1 ISBN 0-7851-2101-3	2006	On eBay ›

Reading the story costs a fraction of owning the issue. Both routes are on every file.

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

‹ #120121 of 141#122 ›

Sources

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

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