RobHW Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 I'm having a difficult time identifying the nice Mystique covers, especially early ones. It seems she had many early appearances with no cover representation at all, or at best a minor showing. I see Avengers Annual 10 is her first cover. Nice, but one of many on a busy cover. Can I get some help? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Qalyar Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 (edited) On 11/1/2022 at 10:37 AM, RobHW said: I'm having a difficult time identifying the nice Mystique covers, especially early ones. It seems she had many early appearances with no cover representation at all, or at best a minor showing. I see Avengers Annual 10 is her first cover. Nice, but one of many on a busy cover. Can I get some help? Thanks! For a character that has made as big an impact as she did, it sure took awhile for Mystique to get a cover appearance that isn't, as you said, "busy". Frankly, it's sort of surprising how often she's a major factor in an issue but doesn't get cover space at all. I may have missed a few (this is harder to search for than I'd expected it to be), but I think all of her pre-1990 cover appearances are: Avengers Annual 10 Rom 31 (also the first Rogue cover) Rom 32 *Avengers Annual 15 X-Factor 8 *X-Factor 9 *New Mutants 65 *Captain America 346 *Uncanny X-Men 225 *New Mutants 78 Uncanny X-Men 255 * EDIT: I missed these on my first pass. I may have finally found them all, although odds are good there's a tiny Mystique in the back, like on Cap 346, in some issue I didn't snag. There are a lot more in the 90s -- including Sabretooth 2, X-Men Unlimited 4, and... I'm not even going to try to find them all. I think her first solo cover is X-Factor 108, followed by X-Factor 127 (oof, I do not like this cover), and X-Factor 130. Don't take that as gospel, though! Edited November 1, 2022 by Qalyar MetalPSI 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetalPSI Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Sabertooth 2 is one of my favorites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theCapraAegagrus Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 11/1/2022 at 12:52 PM, Qalyar said: For a character that has made as big an impact as she did, it sure took awhile for Mystique to get a cover appearance that isn't, as you said, "busy". Frankly, it's sort of surprising how often she's a major factor in an issue but doesn't get cover space at all. I think that Mystique is simply one of those characters who is difficult to sell on the cover alone. The most interesting look would probably be a shot of her transitioning into another character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 On 11/1/2022 at 12:07 PM, theCapraAegagrus said: I think that Mystique is simply one of those characters who is difficult to sell on the cover alone. The most interesting look would probably be a shot of her transitioning into another character. I think X-Men Adventures 14 is the first cover that canonically depicts Mystique in a form other than Mystique's natural one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qalyar Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 Also, apparently by the mid-90s, even Marvel concluded that Mystique-centric stories should actually have the character on the cover, because when they reprinted Uncanny X-Men 177 as X-Men Classic 81, JRJR gave it a new cover to do just that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillOnly25Cents Posted November 1, 2022 Share Posted November 1, 2022 All covers are Mystique covers if you just imagine she is taking the form of whatever character is pictured Qalyar and Lazyboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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speedcake Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 i can't tell what's going on with Mystique's shoulders on that Sabretooth #2 cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 2:43 PM, speedcake said: i can't tell what's going on with Mystique's shoulders on that Sabretooth #2 cover. She's make a great second row in a rugby union team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2 Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 On 11/2/2022 at 2:54 AM, Cat said: She's make a great second row in a rugby union team. It was the 90s, shoulder pads were a thing Dr. Balls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Why is she holding what looks like a disposable lighter in the first image? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
