CATALOG RECORD
Longshot #1
first appearance of Longshot, Spiral and Magog
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
- Longshot (typically from Mojoverse) — first appearance
- Spiral (Rita Wayword, Mojoverse) — first appearance
- Magog (Mojoverse) — first appearance, called Pup by Longshot
- Gog (Mojoverse) — first appearance
Dates
- Cover date
- September 1985
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Direct edition75¢ cover
Direct
No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.
Source ↗ - Newsstand edition75¢ cover
Newsstand
A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.
Barcode 0714860282809 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page - Canadian price edition1.00 CAD cover
Canadian
Printed cover price 1.00 CAD.
Barcode 0714860282809 · shared with another edition
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- A Man Without a Past · 24 pages
Running for his life, Longshot leaps through a portal and arrives on earth with no memory of who he is or where he came from. As he tries to adjust to this strange new world, he is befriended by the dog looking creature, Magog, and the human survivalist nut, Eliot. Longshot and Eliot learn of a woman whose baby has been kidnapped and they decide to rescue her tot. They discover the band of creatures who chased Longshot from his world just as they are preparing to sacrifice the baby to open a portal home. Longshot uses his powers of incredible luck to rescue the baby and escape from Spiral.
Characters
Reprinted in
Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men (2003), The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus (2006), X-Men: Longshot (2008), X-Men: Longshot (2013), Marvel Firsts: The 1980s (2013), Marvel Universe by Arthur Adams Omnibus (2023)