{"id":64,"date":"2013-09-01T05:10:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T05:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/comics\/?p=64"},"modified":"2013-10-25T15:09:38","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T22:09:38","slug":"x-men-books-in-and-around-issue-137","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/comics\/?p=64","title":{"rendered":"X-Men books in and around Issue 137"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"XMen_137\"<\/a>I started collecting comics in the fall of 1985. \u00a0It was actually a great time to get into the hobby. \u00a0Books were still fairly cheap compared to today’s standards, and Golden Age valuations were only starting to go up significantly. \u00a0The first comic I ever bought was a book called “Robotix”. \u00a0It was a toy promotion comic…but it as the first issue…so I bought it. \u00a0Needless to say, it didn’t last…so I soon gravitated to other titles, one of which was the X-Men.<\/p>\n

Hearing stories about how great the title had been in the past…I started gather up back issues…soon building a complete collection from issue 94 (intro of the new X-Men) to present. \u00a0Today I have them all, back to issue 1, and there are few interesting stories to tell regarding rarity and these books.<\/p>\n

Today let’s take a quick look at issues 134 thru 141. \u00a0You may recall that issue 137 is the death of Phoenix<\/a>. \u00a0A fairly popular issue…and giant size to boot. \u00a0Issues 141 and 142 (which is technically an “uncanny X-Men” issue) contain the alternative timeline \"X-Men_134_142\"<\/a>issue where Kitty Pride is depicted in both 1980…and the “far off” time of, you guessed it, 2013, where mutants are practically extinct. \u00a0She is transported back into the consciousness of her 1980 self to prevent the murder of a pivotal political figure and save the future for mutant kind! \u00a0Great stuff indeed…<\/p>\n

Rarity wise…the chart here doesn’t have as clear a story to tell as some of the other charts I have presented, but there are still facts to take away. Because of the popularity of these issues…there are plenty (hundreds) of issues 137, 141 and 142 in 9.8 or higher. \u00a0In fact…while I did not plot it here, there have been 6 copies of issue 137 graded at 9.9! \u00a0So…if you are so inclined, you may be able to find one of those. \u00a0Second…it is worth noting that compared to the other books, issues 134 and 139 have fewer 9.8 graded books. \u00a0There have still been over a hundred issues of each graded 9.8, but this compares to 274 for issue 137, 305 for issue 141 and 299 for issue 142.<\/p>\n

Bottom line here…getting an issue of X-Men 137 in CGC 9.8 should not be hard (there are several copies<\/a> on eBay right now). \u00a0Finding other issues around #137 should also not be difficult, but realize that some of them will be significantly less common.<\/p>\n

Until next time…<\/p>\n

P.S. Looking for X-Men 137 in CGC 9.8?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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