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Title: X-MEN No. 1 [1991 Series] * Lot of Six Copies, Including CGC Signature Series Signed by Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, Jim Lee
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Publisher:Marvel [Indicia: Marvel Comics]
Date Published: October, 1991
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CGC certified: NM (9.4) Signature Series. White pages. Signed on front cover by Stan Lee, Jim Lee, and Chris Claremont on 10/30/17. Included with the lot are five high-grade raw cover variants, each at least 9.4. Covers: Jim Lee. Script: Chris Claremont. Art: Jim Lee and Scott Williams. GPAnalysis: A 9.4 Signature Series signed by Stan Lee, Jim Lee, and Chris Claremont sold for $370 in October 2021.

"On August 16 [1991], the first of four $1.50 editions of Chris Claremont and Jim Lee's X-Men #1 hit the stands. Every week a different cover was shipped to stores, building up to a fifth version, a $3.95 bonanza with a foldout of the previous four covers. When the smoke cleared, nearly 8 million copies had been sold — roughly seventeen copies for every regular comic book reader." — Sean Howe, Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. Harper: 2012, p. 333.

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