X-Men Red #18 for Sale - First Appearance of Kobak - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: X-Men Red (Marvel, 2022 series)
Issue: #18
Publication date: February 2024
Key date: 2024-02-00
On-sale date: 2023-12-13
Indicia publisher: Marvel Worldwide Inc.
Price: $3.99
Barcode: 75960620212601811
Rating: Rated T+

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Why this issue matters

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

First appearance of Jon Ironfire - 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	-	cover	1	pencils: Stefano Caselli; inks: Stefano Caselli; colors: Jesus Aburtov	Apocalypse, Roberto Da Costa, En Sabah Nur, Fisher King, Jon Ironfire First, Khora of the Burning Heart, Kobak First, Lodus Logos, Ororo Munroe, Nova, Richard Rider, Storm, Sunspot, Syzya

Printings and variants

Edition	How to tell
Leonel Castellani 'X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years Variant'	barcode 75960620212601821

Where to read it

Collection	Year
X-Men: Red by Al Ewing #4 ISBN 978-1-302-95343-0	2024	On eBay ›
X-Men by Al Ewing Omnibus #[nn] ISBN 978-1-302-96642-3	2025	On eBay ›

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Before you buy

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Series context

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Sources

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

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