The X-Men #42 for Sale - First Appearance of Living Diamond - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #42
Publication date: March 1968
Key date: 1968-03-00
On-sale date: 1968-01-09
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 Living Diamond - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

Death on record for: Jack Winters, Living Diamond.

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 Death of Professor X	cover	1	pencils: John Buscema, John Verpoorten; inks: John Buscema, John Verpoorten; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Sam Rosen	Angel, Beast, Changeling, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington III, Kevin Sidney
2	If I Should Die...!	comic story	15	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Don Heck; inks: George Tuska; letters: Sam Rosen	Angel, Beast, Changeling, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Grotesk, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington III, Kevin Sidney
3	Statement of Ownership	statement of ownership	0.3	letters: typeset
4	The End...Or the Beginning?	comic story	5	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Herb Trimpe; letters: Al Kurzrok	Cyclops, Living Diamond First, Scott Summers, Jack Winters Death, Professor X, Charles Xavier
5	-	in-house column	1	script: Stan Lee
6	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas	Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Jack O'Diamonds; Marvel Girl; Professor Xavier

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

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The X-Men #90	1974	On eBay ›
Amazing Adventures #5	1980	On eBay ›
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #4	1986	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #2	1987	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #4 ISBN 0-7851-1607-9	2004	On eBay ›

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

Before you buy

Check spine ticks and cover gloss in the photos; silver-age Marvels chip at the edges easily.
Look for tanning at the page edges and transfer stains on the inside covers.
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Series context

‹ #4142 of 141#43 ›

Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Wikidata, Q3157285 (Living Diamond), first-appearance property (CC0)

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