The X-Men are legends, but it didn’t start out that way. The X-Men debuted in 1963, making a minor splash at a time when Marvel was at the height of its powers. However, X-Men was almost certainly the least popular Marvel book of the Silver Age and eventually was relegated to a reprint book. However, all of that would change with Giant-Size X-Men #1, by Len Wein, David Cockrum, Peter Iro, Glynis Wein, and John Constanza.The book was a success and it led to X-Men being restarted as a book with original stories with issue #94. It also led to Chris Claremont taking over as the book’s writer. Claremont would write the book for the next seventeen years, from 1974 to 1991, and took the X-Men to the stars in more ways than one.Giant-Size X-Men #1 wasn’t a Claremont-written comic, but it was the genesis for his entire run. The story began with the original X-Men — Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Havok, and Polaris — being captured by the mutant island of Krakoa on a mission from Xavier. Cyclops escaped and Professor X decided it was time to recruit an all-new, all-different team of X-Men to save his former students from the living island. Of course, the new X-Men saved the old and afterward, only Cyclops stayed with the X-Men. It was an entirely new age for the team.RELATED: Why Wolverine Should Rejoin The Avengers After Fall Of X
The X-Men are legends, but it didn’t start out that way. The X-Men debuted in 1963, making a minor splash at a time when Marvel was at the height of its powers. However, X-Men was almost certainly the least popular Marvel book of the Silver Age and eventually was relegated to a reprint book. However, all of that would change with Giant-Size X-Men #1, by Len Wein, David Cockrum, Peter Iro, Glynis Wein, and John Constanza.
The book was a success and it led to X-Men being restarted as a book with original stories with issue #94. It also led to Chris Claremont taking over as the book’s writer. Claremont would write the book for the next seventeen years, from 1974 to 1991, and took the X-Men to the stars in more ways than one.
Giant-Size X-Men #1 wasn’t a Claremont-written comic, but it was the genesis for his entire run. The story began with the original X-Men — Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Beast, Angel, Havok, and Polaris — being captured by the mutant island of Krakoa on a mission from Xavier. Cyclops escaped and Professor X decided it was time to recruit an all-new, all-different team of X-Men to save his former students from the living island. Of course, the new X-Men saved the old and afterward, only Cyclops stayed with the X-Men. It was an entirely new age for the team.
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