COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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X-Men 49 Universal
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Grade:
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7.0
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Certification #:
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1306067006
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Owner:
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ADAMANTIUM
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
1st Polaris. (Lorna Dane) 1st Mesmero. A needed copy, any copy, before they were all gone. I got this and it has a Thorpe and Porter Pence Stamp that gives it class, while still being a "cents" copy, as I believe this issue did not carry a "pence distribution!" It's a 2 in 1?!? Still, very happy with this added addition as a part of my collection. A wonder of the white covers is that a lot of these are around VF. Some interesting plot twists, some extras to see, and that Steranko cover isn't too bad to look at either. An easy on the eye's composition, but just what is the plot afoot? Are the mysterious X-men on solid footing? Will Cyclops finally get some purpose? There is no Pence copy of this issue, so the Thorpe and Porter stamp is purely decorative, but a nice something-something for a niche. Even if it's all you can find and is affordable at the time you are interested.
 Iceman prominently displayed on this cover, now in Jim Lee style for comparison. Similar to the Silver Surfer and comparatively to X-men issue #1, Iceman has gone through transformation in artist style, from bulky and clumpy to silky smooth!
Complete with a back cover picture of issue #45, with an origin of Iceman, and it too has stamps on the cover that show the way retail used to be! By contrast you can see how ordering books from a collection, and or store, that it can be sometimes different with how books were processed, now compared to the past.
Grader Notes:
Full Top Front Cover Finger Bends;
Left Top Back Cover Bend;
Right Bottom Front Cover Crunch Breaks Color;
Spine Multiple Bend.
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