Many of you on this site are probably familiar with the “Copper Age,” but for those of you who aren’t: it’s 1984 through 1991, basically bookended by Marvel’s Secret Wars and Jim Lee’s X-Men and Rob Liefeld’s X-Force. (Read all about it in Sean Howe’s excellent Marvel Comics: The Untold Story.)Īnyway, if you were collecting comics during that 1984 – 1991 era, you’ll clearly remember the notable runs of Marvel’s “Rock Star Trio” during the Copper Age: Todd McFarlane on Hulk and then Amazing Spider-Man (and then “adjectiveless” Spider-Man), Jim Lee on Punisher War Journal and Uncanny X-Men (and then “adjectiveless” X-Men), and of course Rob Liefeld on New Mutants (that relaunched as X-Force.) Yep, then 1992 was the start of the “Modern Age,” kicked-off when a group of seven high profile Marvel artists bolted to start Image Comics.
New Mutants 87, Cable's first full appearance.Okay, at the tail end of 1989, Rob Liefeld starts his run on New Mutants with issue 86, instantly reviving sales of the book. But it’s the next issue (that’d be issue 87, check our math on that), that Cable was introduced, prominently on the cover, with cover inks by Todd McFarlane no less. It was quickly apparent to collectors, dealers, and speculators that Cable was being positioned as a major player in the Marvel Universe – especially the mutant books – and that New Mutants 87 was (or would be) an important first appearance back issue it quickly hit the $10 to $25 range during that time, and after years of plateauing at that value, now has crept up to the $50 to $100 range.
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