Publishers / Marvel / The X-Men (1963) / #99
99June 1976
$0.25

The X-Men #99

Marvel · June 1976 · on sale 1976-03-02

First appearance: Tom CassidyFirst appearance: Black Tom2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series)
Issue
#99
Publication date
June 1976
Key date
1976-06-00
On-sale date
1976-03-02
Indicia publisher
Marvel Comics Group
Price
$0.25
Pages
36
Barcode
0714860246106
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Black Tom - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character. An independent public reference records the same first appearance.

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
0Deathstar Rising!cover1pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Dave Cockrum; letters: Irv WatanabeBanshee, Sean Cassidy, Colossus, Cyclops, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Piotr Rasputin, Storm, Scott Summers, Kurt Wagner
2Deathstar, Rising!comic story17script: Chris Claremont; pencils: Dave Cockrum; inks: Frank Chiara; colors: Michele W.; letters: Gaspar Saladino, Irv WatanabeBanshee, Black Tom First, Sean Cassidy, Tom Cassidy First, Colossus, Peter Corbeau, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Steven Lang, Logan, Marvel Girl, Ororo Munroe, Nightcrawler, Piotr Rasputin
3-in-house column0.5letters: typeset
4-letters page1letters: typeset
5News Notes, Nifty Narration, and Nutty Nonsense Not for the Narrow-Minded!in-house column1script: Stan Lee

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

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
30ยขprice 0.30 USD
Britishprice 0.10 GBP

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Marvel Masterworks #11
ISBN 0-87135-597-3		1989On eBay ›
Classic X-Men #71987On eBay ›
Essential X-Men #1
ISBN 0-7851-0256-6		1996On eBay ›
The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #51988On eBay ›
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #1
ISBN 0-7851-1192-1		2003On eBay ›
The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #1
ISBN 0-7851-2101-3		2006On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #9899 of 141#100 ›

Sources

  • Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)
  • Wikidata, Q2236431 (Black Tom), first-appearance property (CC0)

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