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64January 1970
$0.15

The X-Men #64

Marvel · January 1970 · on sale 1969-11-18

First appearance: Shiro YoshidaFirst appearance: SunfireFirst appearance: Tomo Yoshida1 variant
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Identification plate

Series
The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#64
Publication date
January 1970
Key date
1970-01-00
On-sale date
1969-11-18
Indicia publisher
Magazine Management Co. Inc.
Price
$0.15
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

First appearance of Saburo Yoshida - 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
0When Sunfire Strikes!cover1pencils: Sal Buscema; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Herb CooperAngel, Beast, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Sunfire First, Warren Worthington III, Shiro Yoshida First
2The Coming of Sunfire!comic story20script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Don Heck; inks: Tom Palmer; colors: Tom Palmer; letters: Artie SimekAngel, Beast, Cyclops, Bobby Drake, Jean Grey, Iceman, Marvel Girl, Hank McCoy, Scott Summers, Sunfire First, Warren Worthington III, Saburo Yoshida First, Shiro Yoshida First, Tomo Yoshida First
3Mixed-up Mementos Modestly Garnished with Machiavellian Memorabilia!in-house column1script: Stan Lee
4-letters page2script: Roy Thomas; pencils: Neal Adams; inks: Tom PalmerCyclops

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Britishprice 1/- [0-1-0 GBP]

Where to read it

CollectionYear
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #31987On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #6
ISBN 0-7851-2056-4		2006On eBay ›
Marvel Visionaries: Roy Thomas #[nn]
ISBN 0-7851-2088-2		2006On eBay ›
Essential Classic X-Men #3
ISBN 978-0-7851-3060-4		2009On eBay ›
The X-Men Omnibus #2
ISBN 978-0-7851-5307-8		2011On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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