X-Men #50 Oakland Pedigree (Marvel, 1968) CGC NM/MT 9.8 Off-white to white pages....
Auction amount: $7,200.00
Sold: Nov 19, 2023
X-Men #50 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1968
About X-Men #50
Origin of the Beast. Second appearance of Polaris and her first cover. Mesmero appearance. Classic Jim Steranko cover and art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Pencils: Jim Steranko (signed)
Inks: Jim Steranko (signed)
Colors: Jim Steranko
Letters: Jim Steranko (logo design)
Notes: Possible Steranko color credit by Nick Caputo. Steranko colors credit is corroborated by The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981) and The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1987).
STORY DETAILS
Characters: X-Men [Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Marvel Girl [Jean Grey]; Angel [Warren Worthington III]; Iceman [Bobby Drake]; Beast [Hank McCoy]]; Polaris [Lorna Dane]; Mesmero (Villain); Demi-Men (Villain); Magneto Robot (Villain; Introduction)
Pages: 15.000
Script: Arnold Drake
Pencils: Jim Steranko
Inks: John Tartaglione
Letters: Herb Cooper
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
Universal |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 41 | 78 | 104 | 159 | 179 | 187 | 275 | 330 | 291 | 261 | 313 | 212 | 167 | 137 | 77 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2902 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 59 | 68 | 47 | 50 | 42 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 538 |
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 58 | 102 | 129 | 209 | 230 | 240 | 344 | 408 | 347 | 317 | 364 | 254 | 183 | 161 | 89 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3540 |
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