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X-Men #1

Maker
Marvel Comics
Year
1963
Rank
6 of 100

X-Men #1

X-Men #1 by Marvel Comics (1963) is ranked 6 in the FLOAT 100 for Comics. It sold for $185,000. First appearance of the X-Men (and Magneto); the cornerstone of Marvel's most valuable franchise.

What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?

First appearance of the X-Men (and Magneto); the cornerstone of Marvel's most valuable franchise.

X-Men #1, CGC 9.0

What is the best-sourced number for it?

Figure
$185,000
Kind
Realized at auction

CGC 9.0 sold ~$185,000. A CGC 9.0 also realized $156,000 at Heritage's Key Comics Showcase (Aug 2022); a Pacific Coast CGC 9.8 sold $492,938 in 2012 as the all-time high.

This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.

How this is made

The figure
One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
Realized or not
A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
Why no grade ladder
Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
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2026-08-08