X-Men '97 #1 Tyler Kirkham Exclusive Virgin Variant 📕 Unknown Comics lumberjack_illustration This is not a shadowy

This is not a shadowy

Around the turn of the century

Lore passed down among collectors of mid-century dime-store badges holds that these carded toy badges were sometimes purchased in bulk by local merchants and civic organizations to give to children at parades

Utica in the Depression era was also a city of practical thrift and strong neighborhood identity

expressive cover work gives the Fall of X debut issue a visual gravity that matches the historical weight of what this series represents — the beginning of the end for the most ambitious X-Men publishing initiative in decades

X-Men '97 #1 Tyler Kirkham Exclusive Virgin Variant 📕 Unknown Comics lumberjack_illustration This is not a shadowyThe X Men we grew up with back on screen, and back on the page. X Men '97 #1 is the official comic tie in to the Marvel Studios animated series that brought back the classic X Men animated universe and broke hearts in the best possible way and Tyler Kirkham's Unknown Comics exclusive virgin variant presents his cover artwork completely free of trade dress for the purest, most display worthy version of this milestone debut issue. This is the X Men '97