The X-Men #28 for Sale - First Appearance of Sean Cassidy - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #28
Publication date: January 1967
Key date: 1967-01-00
On-sale date: 1966-11-03
Indicia publisher: Canam Publishers Sales Corp.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Sean Cassidy - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

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

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

First appearance of Brian Dunlap - 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	The Wail of the Banshee!	cover	1	pencils: Werner Roth; inks: John Tartaglione; colors: Stan Goldberg, Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen, Morrie Kuramoto	Banshee First, Beast, Sean Cassidy First, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Mimic, Calvin Rankin, Scott Summers
1	The Wail of the Banshee!	comic story	20	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Werner Roth; inks: John Tartaglione; letters: Artie Simek, Sam Rosen	Angel, Banshee First, Beast, Sean Cassidy First, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Brian Dunlap First, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Mimic, Ogre First, Calvin Rankin
2	The Latest Low-Down on Marvel's Light-Hearted Luminaries for Literature Lovers at Large!	in-house column	1	letters: typeset	Beast
3	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas	Beast; Iceman; Cyclops

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
British	price 10d [0-0-10 GBP]

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The X-Men #76	1972	On eBay ›
Marvel Milestone Edition: X-Men #28 #[nn]	1994	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #2	1987	On eBay ›
Essential Classic X-Men #2 ISBN 0785121161	2006	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #2728 of 141#29 ›

Sources

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

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