X-Men #1
Legacy #301 · “Fire-Baptized Species” · Cover A by Ryan Stegman · From the Ashes series premiere · original first printing
10 July 2024 release
Original Cover A first printing of the July 2024 X-Men relaunch that opened the principal adjectiveless title of Marvel's post-Krakoa “From the Ashes” publishing era. Marvel described From the Ashes as a fresh start and its preceding Infinity Comic as a bridge leading directly into this issue, where Cyclops establishes a new Alaska-based team.
Read the catalogue note →- Issue
- #1
- Publisher
- Marvel Comics
- State
- Collect Forever Soft Slab · ungraded
- Condition
- Near Mint appearance within Collect Forever Soft Slab — ungraded.
- Completeness
- The comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab. No separate issued premium or supplement is evidenced by the supplied photographs or research; interior pagination, binding and the physically printed bonus-digital-edition details have not been collated.
- Rarity
- Not assessed
Catalogue note
Original Cover A first printing of the July 2024 X-Men relaunch that opened the principal adjectiveless title of Marvel's post-Krakoa “From the Ashes” publishing era. Marvel described From the Ashes as a fresh start and its preceding Infinity Comic as a bridge leading directly into this issue, where Cyclops establishes a new Alaska-based team. The reverse carries a contemporary Marvel Animation X-Men '97 soundtrack / Disney+ advertisement, preserving an unusually neat physical connection between the franchise's 2024 print-comics relaunch and its simultaneous animated-media revival. The Collect Forever label describes a “debut of the Factory”; TMR does not treat that as the literal first appearance of the location because earlier publication evidence places the Orchis Sentinel factory in Avengers #12 before X-Men #1.
Writer: Jed MacKay
Artist: Ryan Stegman; J. P. Mayer (inks); Marte Gracia (colours); VC's Clayton Cowles (letters)
Cover: Ryan Stegman; J. P. Mayer (inks); Marte Gracia (colours)
Edition: Cover A · Legacy #301 · original first printing · UPC 75960620920000111 · followed by confirmed second and third printings
Why this object matters
The MacKay/Stegman From the Ashes launch has strong post-Krakoa publishing significance, reinforced by its contemporary X-Men ’97 advertisement. The Factory is not credited here as a literal first appearance. These concrete connections support 8.2 without near-Gold inflation.
Evidence limits: The comic remains enclosed in its Collect Forever Soft Slab. No separate issued premium or supplement is evidenced by the supplied photographs or research; interior pagination, binding and the physically printed bonus-digital-edition details have not been collated.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 8.2 / 10.
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Recorded contributions · 3
- Jed MacKayWritingCatalogue credit
Writing credit: Jed MacKay Original catalogue credit
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Artwork credit: Ryan Stegman; J. P. Mayer (inks); Marte Gracia (colours); VC's Clayton Cowles (letters) Original catalogue credit
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Cover artwork credit: Ryan Stegman; J. P. Mayer (inks); Marte Gracia (colours) Original catalogue credit
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