A key issue noted for First appearance of Trace. XSE #1 was published by Marvel Comics on November 1, 1996, as part of a series that began in 1996. John Ostrander writes, and art comes from Chris Gardner, Derek Bellman and Terry Austin. This 36-page issue features Cyclops, Storm, Iceman, Colossus and Betsy Braddock, among 21 characters cataloged on VerseDB.