X-Men, Vol. 1 #89 (1999)
VF/NM
$4.00
$4.00
Condition
Description
Yesterday's News
The X-Men return from an alternate universe to find themselves on a planet with patches similar to Earth. They split into teams to seek out medical attention for Marrow. Storm and Wolverine track down medical supplies, but are stopped by the Human Torch, who doesn't respond as expected to Storm's winter wind. Thing shows up to press the attack, but Wolverine faces him, and both fall over a cliff. Meanwhile, Shadowcat and Nightcrawler encounter Thunderbird and other dead heroes, as well as duplicates of themselves. Shadowcat ambushes and replaces her own duplicate, while Nightcrawler takes the duplicate back to Professor X. Shadowcat infiltrates the imposters, who are impersonating almost all of the Earth's heroes (including Spider-Man), and behaving in a manner consistent with media portrayals rather than the actual individuals. When she tries to escape, she is captured by duplicates of Captain Marvel, Thunderbird and Adam Warlock. Elsewhere, the Professor digs through the psychic shields on the duplicate Shadowcat, and realizes that they have been displaced in time and space, and that the X-Men are on the Skrull homeworld, shortly before Galactus arrives to devour it.
Release Date: 1999
THE HIGH GRADES (Investment Quality)
- 9.9 – 10.0 MINT: Near perfect. No discernible defects.
- 9.8 NM/MT: High-end; negligible stress or bindery tears.
- 9.6 NM+: Nearly perfect; very minor surface wear.
- 9.4 NM: Standard high-grade; minor corner blunting.
- 9.2 NM-: Excellent; small stress lines (no color break).
- 9.0 VF/NM: Great eye appeal; minor spine stress.
THE MID GRADES (Collector Quality)
- 8.5 VF+: Clean copy; small amount of wear/creasing.
- 8.0 VF: Very attractive; minor surface wear or foxing.
- 7.5 VF-: Slight accumulation of defects; minor blunting.
- 7.0 FN/VF: Solid copy; minor creases or color breaks.
- 6.0 FN: Average mid-grade; small spine splits or tears.
- 5.0 VG/FN: Significant wear; small pieces may be missing.
THE LOW GRADES (Reader Quality)
- 4.0 VG: Average used copy; heavy creasing or scuffing.
- 3.0 GD/VG: Heavily read; major creases or staple rust.
- 2.0 GD: Well-worn; covers may be detached but present.
- 1.0 FR: Heavily damaged; large chunks missing.
- 0.5 PR: Fragile; missing pages or severe degradation.
Our raw grading is an opinion based on 30+ years of experience. We do not guarantee a specific numeric grade from 3rd party services (CGC/CBCS) but strive for maximum accuracy.
