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X-MEN #5 - Blowback (Marvel, 1991 Series) - Good

$4.99

Wolverine goes claw-to-tendril with Omega Red while flashing back to his old covert missions alongside Sabretooth and Maverick. Jim Lee art throughout, and the first appearance of Maverick (in flashback).

This listing is for X-MEN #5, “Blowback”, released December 17, 1991 (February 1992 cover date), in Good condition.

Publisher: Marvel Comics

Series: X-Men (Marvel, 1991 series)

Writers: John Byrne and Jim Lee

Pencils: Jim Lee

Inks: Joe Rubinstein, Art Thibert, Bob Wiacek and Scott Williams

Colors: Joe Rosas

Letters: Lois Buhalis and Tom Orzechowski

Cover artists: Jim Lee and Scott Williams

Format: Single-issue comic

Release date: December 17, 1991

Cover date: February 1992

Original cover price: $1.25 USD

Condition: Good (raw, ungraded back issue; not professionally graded)

Packing: Ships in a Gemini comic book mailer inside a poly bag.

Cover scan shown for reference; it is not a photograph of the individual copy.