Description: MARVEL COMICS Marvel StudiosMarvel AnimationX-MEN '97 SE01 (2024) The adjectiveless X-Title that broke records and launched X-Men: The Animated Series (1992-1997)Increasingly collectable, X-Men (1991) is one of the most influential comics on all X-Men content that has come afterward, especially Marvel Studios' recent X-Men '97 streaming series! Awesome GATEFOLD VARIANT COVER by superstar JIM LEE! Flashback to San Diego Comic-Con in 2010, where -- at the biggest annual gathering of the comics industry and fans anywhere in the world -- the news came that the series premiere issue of Marvel Comics' 1991 X-MEN series has earned itself a place in the latest edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's X-Men #1 was comics triumphant BANG! that signaled the end of the then-current Copper Age, the Modern Era just over the horizon. The premiere issue hit in late August of 1991 (cover date October) with FIVE different Variant covers (the first four covers able to be combined to make a single image represented in the fifth, double gatefold cover edition which was only released on the Direct Market), and the release of the issue created a comics-buying and comics-collecting frenzy across the nation. When the dust settled, total sales of X-Men #1 topped 8.1 MILLION copies. It was the best-selling comic book of all time -- and holds a record that, to this day, remains unchallenged. Needless to say, X-Men #1 represented how incredibly popular Marvel's mutant heroes had become. For them, the sky was the limit -- and what followed, from new comics series to the now-classic Fox animated series and the live-action X-Men movies that propelled Hugh Jackman to fame as Wolverine, is but a part of the X-Men's continuing story and, indeed, their evolution. So, X-MEN collectors and all fans of the most excellent X-MEN '97 Animated Series: Bring home Jim Lee's GATEFOLD VARIANT of the best-selling X-Men issue of all time --- because the time to give your collection what it deserves is today! X-MEN #1-E (VOL 2, OCT 1991)First Appearance: X-Men Gold (Team)First Appearance: X-Men Blue (Team)First Appearance: The Acolytes (Team)Jim Lee Combined Art Variant w/ Gatefold CoverDirect EditionFirst Printing ADDITIONAL DETAILS _______________ Copies of X-MEN #1 GATEFOLD VARIANT are New and Unread First Prints with Variant Art Cover. Copies exhibit minor cover wear, so please be sure to review all scans (above). All books are double-bagged and boarded for protection. Comics ship via USPS Economy OR USPS Ground Advantage (recommended). Buyer selects their shipping preference at time of checkout. GRADE ESTIMATED: VERY FINE / NEAR-MINT (9.0, VF/NM) Comic Book shown (above) is Identical in condition to the copy that you will receive. Please review all images to assess Grade of Item for yourself and to also determine if you are fully satisfied with the Item's Condition. If you have any questions about this X-MEN item, please be sure to contact our eBay store at any time. THANK YOU! ____________SASQUATCH COMICS EXCHANGEWe Have MUCH Un-Common.
Price: 6.99 USD
Location: Portland, Oregon
End Time: 2024-11-15T07:35:46.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Variant Type: Cover Variant - E
Tradition: US Comics
Vintage: Yes
Format: Single Issue
Language: English
Superhero Team: X-Men
Style: Color
Features: First Printing, Boarded, Key Issue, Variant Cover
Artist/Writer: Chris Claremont, Jim Lee
Character: Angel (Warren Worthington III), Beast, Cyclops, Gambit, Jean Grey, Magneto, Professor X, Rogue (Anna Marie), Wolverine (Logan), Jubilee, Psylocke
Signed: No
Cover Artist: Jim Lee
Series Title: X-Men
Universe: Marvel Comics Universe
Grade: 9.4 Near Mint
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Intended Audience: General Audience
Story Title: "Rubicon"
Publication Year: 1991
Type: Comic Book
Issue Number: #1
Era: Copper Age (1984-1991)
Genre: Superheroes
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
