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X-Men 96 Cover by Sal Buscema (and Dave Cockrum + John Romita Sr.)

Owner: Fisch  Benz
Artists: Sal  Buscema (All) ,  Dave  Cockrum (Assistant) ,  John  Romita (Assistant)


X-Men 96 Cover by Sal Buscema (and Dave Cockrum + John Romita Sr.) Comic Art
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Title: X-Men 96 Cover by Sal Buscema (and Dave Cockrum + John Romita Sr.)
Artist: Sal  Buscema (All)
Artist: Dave  Cockrum (Assistant)
Artist: John  Romita (Assistant)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Cover
Views: 2,701
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Added to Site: 9/11/2025

Description

Well...this one is special to me.

There are 3 reasons I collect comic art:

1) Personal Nostalgia
2) Beautiful Imagery
3) Historic Importance

(If I were to be completely honest, I'd add in a number 4 where I talk about possible future value, but that's gauche, so it's verboten here!)

Most of the pages I own in my relatively small collection satisfy numbers 1 and 2 above and that's always made me very happy. It's not often I've gotten the chance at number 3, and when I have, it's usually made impossible by going up against the big guns in the hobby.

I really believe this cover satisfies all 3.

I first held this cover in hand in 2018...and when I did, the owner (who's become a friend that I chat with often and who's advised me plenty) promised that one day he'd sell it to me. 7 years later and it's in my collection. (It's good I had 7 years because it took that amount of saving up!). A promise kept by one of the best men I know.

It's surreal to own a cover that I've seen a thousand times on walls of comic dealers and in Wizard magazines. It's here! The original is here in my collection! I can't believe it still.

Insofar as the cover itself, Sal Buscema knocked it out of the park. Grand Comics Database says that Cockrum and Romita had a part in it; who knows. But it doesn't really matter to me. I love it and I'm OVERJOYED to own it.

Now the question is, as a collector, where the heck do I go from here? (A cardboard box on the street?)

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Fisch  Benz
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