Where it all started!

Ok the next issue on the list is not an OAK, and I could replace it if I had to at some point, but because of what it represents, I would just hate to have to give it up.

#4 on the list...

Marvel Graphic Novel #4 9.8

Yes, yes it is the first appearance of my beloved New Mutants. There were only eleven 9.8 copies of this big, beautiful book for years until recently when a few more showed up. Even now there are only 17 of them making this a tougher item to acquire.

The black cover, especially on the back, as well as the large and cumbersome size make it a very hard issue to have in high quality grade. It has sold for around $225 to $250 every time I have seen it purchased.

While this was not the first New Mutants comic I ever owned, it WAS the very first time these characters appeared anywhere. This was also the very first Mutant team established by Professor X after the X-Men, who he thought to be dead at the time.

I had just started collecting comics when I got a copy of this. So I thought it was neat to be able to read a popular series from the ground up.

I plan on having an SS 9.8 copy at some point and when I do, it will replace this copy in this spot on the list. But for now, this one aint goin nowhere!

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