X-Men #97 (Marvel, 1976) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $5,040.00
Sold: Oct 10, 2022
X-Men #97 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1976
About X-Men #97
Brief first appearance of Lilandra, although her face is not shown. Re-intro of Havok and Polaris. Eric the Red appearance. Dave Cockrum art.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: X-Men [Cyclops; Storm; Colossus; Nightcrawler; Havok]
Pencils: Rich Buckler (signed)
Inks: Dave Cockrum (signed)
Letters: Dan Crespi
STORY DETAILS
Characters: X-Men [Professor X; Cyclops; Jean Grey; Storm; Wolverine; Colossus; Banshee; Nightcrawler]; GUESTS: Lilandra (introduction); Havok; Polaris; Moira MacTaggert; VILLAIN: Eric the Red (introduction); CAMEO: Stephen Lang
Synopsis: Eric the Red controls Havok and Polaris and sends them up against the X-Men. After having strange dreams of an outer space battle, Xavier leaves for vacation. Jean re-joins the team.
Pages: 18.000
Script: Chris Claremont
Pencils: Dave Cockrum
Inks: Sam Grainger
Letters: Annette Kawecki [as Annette Kaye]
Notes: In a faulty use of powers, Storm uses her lightning bolt to change into costume. Sources for identification of letterer are The Marvel Comics Index (Olshevsky 1981), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Olshevsky 1988), and The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men (Ward 1994).
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | NG | PG | CVR | 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 |
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Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 38 | 43 | 62 | 93 | 81 | 131 | 169 | 188 | 267 | 246 | 255 | 277 | 194 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 2183 |
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Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
|
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 124 |
|
CGCxJSA |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
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Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 42 | 49 | 63 | 107 | 91 | 152 | 194 | 210 | 296 | 267 | 272 | 296 | 215 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 2411 |
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