Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, Leland first appeared in The Uncanny X-Men #132 (April 1980).
kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd baɪ ɹˈaɪɾɚ kɹˈɪs klˈɛɹmɔnt ænd ˈɑːɹɾɪst slˈæʃ kˈoʊɹˈaɪɾɚ dʒˈɑːn bˈaɪən, lˈɛlənd fˈɜːst ɐpˈɪɹd ɪnðɪ ʌŋkˈæni ˈɛksmˈɛn hˈæʃ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi tˈuː ˈeɪpɹəl nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi.