I picked a lot of books at the Fan Expo last weekend, the nicest of which was my X-Men #129. This is latest pick up as I endeavor to acquire the entire John Byrne X-men run. The copy I purchased was rated as Fine but I believe it's a bit better that that. It was listed at $40.00 but I managed a bit of a discount so it ended up costing me $35.00. They had a N/M copy on display but the asking price was $100.00, still not a bad price considering Comic Book Realm has it listed for #180.00. This is a pretty seminal book so it's unlikely that you'll find a copy cheap. In addition to it being the first appearance of Kitty Pryde, it's also the first appearance of the Hellfire Club, the White Queen (Emma Frost) the Black King (Sebastian Shaw) and many others. I'm extremely excited about owning this book.
January 1980
Cover Artists: John Byrne, Terry Austin and Jim Costanza.
Writer: Chis Claremont and John Byrne
Carmen Pryde (First appearance)
Theresa "Terri" Pryde (First appearance)
Hellfire Club (First appearance as Hellfire Club)
White Queen (Emma Frost) (First appearance)
Black King (Sebastian Shaw) (First appearance) (Appears in shadow only)
Harry Leland (First appearance) (Appears in shadow only)
Donald Pierce(First appearance) (Appears in shadow only)
Hellfire Club Soldiers (First appearance)
Hellfire Knights (First appearance)
Massachusetts Academy (First mention)
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