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The New Mutants #87

Marvel · Series began 1983 · 1991 (see notes)

first appearance of Cable and Stryfe

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WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT

Cable (Nathan Summers) — introduction
Stryfe (Marvel) — introduction

Dates

Cover date: 1991 (see notes)
Pages: 36

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Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #87 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

Direct edition

Direct

No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
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2nd printing

Second Printing

Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
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Newsstand edition

Newsstand

A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

Barcode 07148602207703
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Publisher’s description

Here comes the man called Cable! This is the first appearance of one of Marvel's most enduring characters!

Reprinted in

Cable and the New Mutants (1992), Marvel Limited: X-Men Famous Firsts (1995), X-Force: Cable & the New Mutants (2010), New Mutants Epic Collection (2017), True Believers: Cable and New Mutants (2017)