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X-Teams
A categorical listing of X-Teams curated by Key Collector Comics.
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- 🏅 #3 on the Hot 10
- 1st team appearance of the X-Men: Cyclops, Jean Grey aka Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, Beast, Professor X and Magneto
- Homo Superior concept, coined by Magneto to describe humans born with special abilities introduced in this issue
- Many collectors who are interested in purchasing high-end keys know that the big Blue Chip books are going to become far more unattainable rather than head in the other direction
- X-Men #1 is one such key
- Take a look the trajectory of X-Men #1 for average sales of books graded 8.0:
- 2002-2005 sold for $4,500
- 2006-2008 sold for $6,500
- 2009-2017 sold for $12k
- 2018 - 2020 sold for $25k
- 2021 sold for $50k
- This week a Heritage Auction sale closed at $50,400 which is an astounding 68% increase over the all-time high of $30k in 2019
- Also this week, a 9.0 graded copy with white/off white pages sold for $78,000, +50% higher than the previous record of $52k
- CGC 2.5 sold for $7,200, +22% higher than 2020’s all-time high sale of $5,880
- And a 1.0 graded copy inched up $100 from December’s $3,100 sale
- 10 years ago a 1.0 had a high sale of $523
- 5 years ago a 1.0 hit $1,000 for the first time
- 2020 and 2021 both posted $3k+ sales
- But this book is still charging up and when it’s ready to take-off, it’s going to be a rocket
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- 1st team appearance of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants led by Magneto
- 1st appearance of Scarlet Witch
- 1st appearance of Quicksilver
- 1st appearance of Mastermind, later assumes the identity of Jason Wyngarde
- 1st appearance of Toad
- 2nd appearance of Magneto
- Although the Scarlet Witch's costume is colored green on the cover, it is red in the story
- [December 2020 - Evan Peters listed as a cast member in WandaVision via Chrome TV lends greater credence to the rumor that he'll appear as Quicksilver]
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- 1st team appearance of New Mutants: Cannonball (1st), Psyche (1st), Wolfsbane (1st), Karma (1st), Sunspot (1st)
- Psyche aka Dani Moonstar later becomes Mirage (top female Marvel character)
- 1st appearance of the White Rook, a member of the Hellfire Club
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- 1st appearance of Puck, a superb fighter with no mutant powers
- 1st appearance of Marrina, wife of Namor
- 1st appearance of Tundra, a member of the Great Beasts
- 1st cameo appearance of Wild Child
- 1st appearance of Madison Jeffries
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- 1st team appearance of Excalibur: Captain Britain, Meggan, Rachel Summers as Phoenix, Kitty Pryde, Lockheed, Nightcrawler
- *note: there are two first print versions: one is more scarce (pictured) and doesn't display a price. The other shows a price of $3.25. Everything $3.50 and above are later printings
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- 1st team appearance of X-Force: Cable, Shatterstar, Feral, Cannonball, Boom Boom, Domino, Warpath
- The New Mutants become X-Force, renamed by Cable
- Stryfe is revealed to be a clone of Cable
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- 1st appearance of the X-Men Gold team: Storm, Archangel, Colossus, Iceman and Jean Grey
- 1st team appearance of the X-Men Blue team: Cyclops, Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, Psylocke and Beast
- 1st team appearance of The Acolytes: Fabian Cortez, Annie-Marie Cortez, Chrome, Nance Winters, Delgado
- Best-selling comic of all-time with sales of 8.1 million copies
- Preview of Omega Red, character sketch in the final pages of the issue
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- 1st cover and cameo appearance of Bishop (final panel)
- 1st cameo team appearance of the X.S.E., the Xavier Security Enforcers: Bishop, Malcolm, Randall
- *increased momentum of sales for Bishop's first appearance presumably due to speculation surrounding his connection to time travel and the recent rumor that Kang will be introduced to the MCU
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- 1st team appearance of the Ultimate X-Men: Professor X, Marvel Girl, Cyclops, Storm, Colossus, Beast, Iceman
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- 1st team appearance of the Exiles, an often alternating roster of out-of-place heroes from different dimensions
- 1st full appearance of Morph, a character who transforms into other characters for comedic effect, introduced in the X-Men animated series briefly but with an unrecognizably different visual design
- 1st full appearance of Nocturne, the daughter of Nightcrawler from an alternate reality
- 1st appearance of the Timebroker, the entity who gathered the Exiles together
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- 1st appearance of Nova, Sam Alexander
- 1st appearance of Kaine as the Scarlet Spider
- Death of Terrax the Tamer
- 1st team appearance of X-Terminated: Horror Show, Fiend, Deadeye, Prophet, Goodnight
- [January 2021 - on a podcast, Kevin Feige answered a question about Nova appearing in the MCU, echoing a statement from three years ago that there are still plans to include Rider and Alexander in a project but gave no definitive answer as to when]