The X-Men #54 for Sale - First Appearance of Alex Summers - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue: #54
Publication date: March 1969
Key date: 1969-03-00
On-sale date: 1969-01-09
Indicia publisher: Magazine Management Co.
Price: $0.12
Pages: 36
Rating: Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

Origin story on record for: Angel, Warren Worthington III.

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	Cyclops Must Die!	cover	1	pencils: Barry Windsor-Smith, John Romita; inks: Vince Colletta, John Romita; colors: Marie Severin	Ahmet Abdol First, Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Living Pharaoh First, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington III
2	Wanted: Dead or Alive -- Cyclops!	comic story	15	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Don Heck, Werner Roth; inks: Vince Colletta; letters: Jean Izzo	Ahmet Abdol First, Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Living Pharaoh First, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington III, Havok First, Alex Summers First
4	Marvel Plastic Pillows; Marvel T-Shirts; Merry Marvel Marching Society Membership Kit	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	script: ? (promo copy)
10	The Million Dollar Angel	comic story	5	script: Arnold Drake; pencils: Werner Roth; inks: Vinnie Colletta; letters: Artie Simek	Angel Origin, Curtis, Kathryn Worthington, Warren Worthington III Origin, Warren Worthington Jr.
13	Fabulous Facts and Frivolous Fables for Frantic Fans, Faithful Friends, and Fiendish Foes!	in-house column	1	script: Smiley	Beast; Marvel Girl
16	-	letters page	2	script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Jim Steranko; inks: John Tartaglione	Angel; Beast; Cyclops; Iceman; Magneto; Marvel Girl
17	-	statement of ownership	0.3	script: John F. Hayes
18	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.7	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Frank Giacoia	Captain America [Steve Rogers]; Red Skull [Johann Shmidt]; Sub-Mariner [Namor]

Plus 10 pages of advertisements and other matter across 13 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Marvel Saga the Official History of the Marvel Universe #5	1986	On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #3	1987	On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #6 ISBN 0-7851-2056-4	2006	On eBay ›
Essential Classic X-Men #3 ISBN 978-0-7851-3060-4	2009	On eBay ›
The X-Men Omnibus #2 ISBN 978-0-7851-5307-8	2011	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

‹ #5354 of 141#55 ›

Sources

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

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