When were the X-Men first introduced by Marvel?
List of X-Men video games
The X-Men are a fictional superhero team in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe. The group debuted in 1963 in an eponymous comic book series. Beginning in 1989, the characters appeared in video game adaptations for home consoles, handheld game consoles, arcades, and personal computers. An earlier game was planned for home computers in 1985, but the developer went out of business before its launch. The first games were released on 8-bit home platforms, and the series expanded onto handheld consoles and arcades in the early 1990s. Most X-Men games, especially those released in the 2000s, were released on several platforms. Several companies have developed entries in the franchise, including Paragon Software, Software Creations, Konami, and Capcom. The titles are action games that pit the X-Men against Marvel supervillains, typically taking the form of beat 'em up and fighting games. Each game features different groupings of X-Men heroes and villains, and typically allows players to control multiple characters.
Ultimate Marvel
Ultimate Marvel, later known as Ultimate Comics, was an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring re-imagined and updated versions of the company's superhero characters from the Ultimate Universe. Those characters include Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers and the Fantastic Four. The imprint was launched in 2000 with the publication of the series "Ultimate Spider-Man" and "Ultimate X-Men", providing new origin stories for the characters.
Ultimate Comics: X-Men
Ultimate Comics: X-Men was an ongoing monthly comic-book series published by Marvel Comics. It made its debut in September 2011 as part of the second re-launch of "Ultimate Marvel", though was canceled in 2013. Through the "Ultimate Universe Reborn" tagline following the "", and written by Nick Spencer with art by Paco Medina, the series serves as a continuation of earlier titles such as "Ultimate X-Men", "", and the "Ultimate Comics: Fallout" mini-series. This title also exists alongside other relaunched Ultimate Marvel works, including "" and "".
Banshee (comics)
Banshee (Sean Cassidy) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Werner Roth, the character first appeared in "X-Men" #28 (January 1967).
List of X-Men members
The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes, published in comic books by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the X-Men have featured a rotating line up composed of a large number of characters.
Humanity's Last Stand
Humanity's Last Stand is a fictional radical anti-mutant fringe group appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters are depicted as enemies of the X-Men. The group's first appearance was in "Uncanny X-Men Annual 1995".
X-Men (film series)
Set primarily in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the film focuses on the origins of, and relationship between Charles Xavier / Professor X and Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto and their respective teams of mutants, the X-Men and the Brotherhood.
Juggernaut (comics)
The X-Men and Spider-Man proved to be regular foes for the character, who appeared in "Uncanny X-Men" #183 (July 1984), "Marvel Team-up" #150 (February 1985), and "Uncanny X-Men" #194 (June 1985). The Juggernaut guest-starred in "Secret Wars II" #7 (January 1986), battled a new generation of mutants in "X-Men" #217–218 (April & June 1987), appeared in a flashback story in "Marvel Saga" #21 (August 1987), and in a humorous episode in "Excalibur" #3 (December 1988).
Star Trek/X-Men
Produced by Marvel Comics as part of its short-lived Paramount Comics imprint, the book chronicles the first encounter between Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the "Enterprise" (during the five-year mission of ) and members of the X-Men, who traveled through a dimensional rift chasing the mutant Proteus. This was the first of the "Star Trek" comic books produced by Marvel for the Paramount Comics line, and it contains previews for several of the follow-up series.
Quicksilver (comics)
Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in the comic book "X-Men" #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character has since starred in two self-titled limited series, and has historically been depicted as a regular team member in superhero title "The Avengers".
Registration Acts (comics)
This plot point is especially rich and extensively explored in the fictional universes of various comic book stories published by Marvel Comics. The first mention of the broad concept was in "Uncanny X-Men" #141 (January 1981). The term "Registration Act" was first used in "Uncanny X-Men" #181 (May 1984). As their names suggest, "Mutant Registration Act" and "Superhuman Registration Act" deal with the registration of mutants and superhumans respectively. The Mutant Registration Act has also been featured in both the original "X-Men" animated series and the "X-Men" films. Numerous versions of each bill have been proposed at different times and in different jurisdictions in the Marvel Universe. The "Superhuman Registration Act" is a major plot point in Marvel's 2006 crossover limited series "Civil War", which was loosely adapted in the 2016 film "". This version was called the Sokovia Accords.
Wolverine and the X-Men (comics)
Wolverine and the X-Men is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. The title features Wolverine in his role as the headmaster of Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, the students of the school, and various members of the mutant superhero team, the X-Men, who serve as professors of the school.
Cyclops (Marvel Comics)
In Cyclops's first appearance in "X-Men" #1, he is already leading the X-Men under tutelage of Professor X. Later, Scott's origin is first presented in "Uncanny X-Men" #38–42 and later refined in "Uncanny X-Men" #144 and "Uncanny X-Men" #156. In 2010, Marvel released "X-Men Origins: Cyclops" #1 that describes the character's childhood through his joining the X-Men.
Uncanny X-Men 94
"Uncanny X-Men" #94, (originally published simply as "The X-Men"), is a comic book starring the X-Men that was published by Marvel Comics in August 1975. From issues #67–93, cover dated December 1970 to April 1975, the "X-Men" series consisted of reprints due to lack of sales. In May 1975, "Giant-Size X-Men" #1 was published, in which Professor X recruits a new international team to save the X-Men. With issue #94, the magazine was revived, and all of the original X-Men quit, save team leader Cyclops, and are replaced by such "All-New, All-Different" X-Men as Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Colossus. A former X-Men adversary, Banshee, also joins the team at this point. Sunfire returns to Japan in this issue, and Thunderbird dies in issue #95.
The Uncanny X-Men (video game)
The Uncanny X-Men, sometimes referred to as Marvel's X-Men, is an action video game released by LJN for the NES in 1989. It is a licensed game based on the series of X-Men comics of the same name by Marvel Comics. The lineup of characters in the game is very close to those appearing in the 1989 animated pilot "".
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men was a crossover event by Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) and Marvel Comics in 1997 and 1998 that featured WildStorm's WildC.A.T.s meeting Marvel's X-Men. Originally released in four individual comics, each representing a different "age," the series was later collected by Image Comics/WildStorm as a trade paperback () in December 1998.
Essential Marvel
The Essential range launched in October 1996 with the joint release of "Essential X-Men" vol. 1, "Essential Wolverine" vol. 1 and "Essential Spider-Man" vol. 1. While "Essential Spider-Man" started with Spider-Man's first appearance in the Silver Age (collecting "Amazing Fantasy" #15 and "Amazing Spider-Man" #1-20), Marvel chose to skip ahead to "Giant Sized X-Men" #1 and "Uncanny X-Men" #94-119, the relaunch of the title that sparked the X-Men's popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s. The decision to skip the original X-Men in favor of starting with the more well known "All-New, All-Different" X-Men was controversial, though Marvel ultimately went back and began a new collection of Essential volumes, titled "Essential Classic X-Men", to collect the earliest X-Men stories (originally titled "Essential Uncanny X-Men").
Portrayal of black people in comics
There would be no black hero starring in his or her own mainstream comic title until 1972, with Marvel's "Luke Cage, Hero for Hire", followed in 1973 by Marvel's Black Panther title in "Jungle Action". Marvel's Black Goliath was also introduced in the 1970s, as was Marvel's first major African female character, the superhero Storm of the X-Men.
List of X-Men limited series and one-shots
The X-Men are a group of superheroes in the Marvel Comics universe. The X-Men first appeared in the self-titled "X-Men" comic, cover-dated September 1963. Due to the X-Men's immense popularity, Marvel has launched dozens of spin-off limited series.
List of Marvel Comics characters: X
Xi'an (Xi'an Chi Xan) was created for the Marvel 2099 imprint. The character was created by John Francis Moore and Ron Lim, and first appeared in "X-Men 2099" #1. He is the founder and has been a leader and enemy of the 2099 X-Men.
Graymalkin
Graymalkin first appeared in Marvel Comics' 2008 series "Young X-Men" #1 during a prophetic vision by X-Men character Blindfold. His first full appearance was in "Young X-Men" #3. His previously unknown background was explored in "" #3. While featured primarily in the ongoing "Young X-Men" series, Graymalkin has appeared as a background character in various other Marvel X-Men titles, including "Secret Invasion: X-Men" and "Wolverine and Power Pack."
X-Factor (comics)
"X-Factor" launched in 1986 featuring an eponymous team composed of the five original X-Men that debuted in "X-Men" #1 (1963):Original writer Bob Layton wanted "X-Factor" to be a reunion of the original X-Men, an event complicated by the extensive histories of the characters following the initiation of a new team of X-Men in 1975. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Angel, Beast, and Iceman wandered through various superhero teams. By 1985, all three were members of the Defenders. With the monthly "Defenders" series already due to be cancelled, Marvel's editorial staff elected to have the other members of the group killed off in the final issue in order to free up Angel, Beast, and Iceman for X-Factor.
X-Men in television
The X-Men made their first ever animated appearance on "The Marvel Super Heroes" TV series in 1966 with Professor X commanding the original X-Men line-up of the Cyclops, the Beast, Marvel Girl, the Angel, and Iceman. The X-Men appeared in the Sub-Mariner episode "Dr. Doom's Day / The Doomed Allegiance / Tug of Death". Though the episode was adapted from "Fantastic Four" #6 (1962) and "Fantastic Four Annual" #3 (1965), Grantray-Lawrence Animation did not have the rights to the Fantastic Four (their series was produced by Hanna-Barbera), and so instead substituted the X-Men. The X-Men are never referred to in this episode as the "X-Men" but rather as the Allies for Peace. The characters kept their original looks and individual names from the comics.
Marvel Family
The Marvel Family was established in 1942 after the introductions of Captain Marvel's partners, the Lieutenant Marvels ("Whiz Comics" #21, September 1941), Captain Marvel Jr. ("Whiz Comics" #25, December 1941) and Mary Marvel ("Captain Marvel Adventures" #18, December 1942). With Junior and Mary's additions to his adventures, Captain Marvel became the first superhero to have a team of sidekicks who share his powers, abilities, and appearance; a concept later adapted for heroes such as Superman and Aquaman, among others.
X-Force
X-Force is mentioned for the first time outside of the comics in the anime series "Marvel Anime: X-Men". In the second episode, Professor X briefly mentions that X-Force has encountered the U-Men. No other information is given about the team, other than that they gave the X-Men all their intel about the villains.
Marvel Noir
The X-Men of this reality are a group of sociopathic teenagers recruited by discredited psychiatrist Charles Xavier, who ran the "Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters" in Westchester, New York in 1937. There, he took in juvenile delinquents and instead of reforming them, he further trained them in various criminal talents due to his belief that sociopathy was in fact the next state in human behavioral evolution. The paper in which he stated this led to his expulsion from the American Psychological Association and as of the first issue, he is interred at Ryker's Island, awaiting charges after the truth about his reform school was made public. Jean Grey is depicted as the grifter of the X-Men; adept at running scams, she gained a reputation as being able to control the minds of men. In the opening of the series, her body is found washed up near Welfare Island in the East River, covered in slash marks grouped in threes.
Longshot (Marvel Comics)
Longshot is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Ann Nocenti and artist Art Adams, he first appeared in "Longshot" #1 (September 1985), the first issue of a six-issue miniseries that represents the first major work of both Nocenti and Adams. The "Longshot" series established Longshot as an amnesiac fugitive from another dimension who discovers that he has favorable probability outcomes, or "good luck," that protect him when his motives are pure, and that he was a genetically engineered slave who led a rebellion on his dystopian world against his former master and enemy, Mojo.
X-Force
Before the team best known as X-Force debuted, Marvel introduced an unrelated, little-known group also called X-Force. It was a short-lived group that was designed to replace Freedom Force. The members were not mutants, but received their powers artificially and were named after the X-Men. This group was organized by a government agency known as M Branch and only appeared in the pages of "Cloak and Dagger" #9–10 (1990).
X-Men
In 1991, Marvel revised the entire lineup of X-Men comic book titles, centered on the launch of a second X-Men series, simply titled "". With the return of Xavier and the original X-Men to the team, the roster was split into two strike forces: Cyclops's "Blue Team" (chronicled in "X-Men") and Storm's "Gold Team" (in "The Uncanny X-Men").
Professor Xavier and the X-Men
Professor Xavier and the X-Men is an American comic book series featuring the X-Men published by Marvel Comics for 18 issues from November 1995 to April 1997.
Marvel Studios
"Blade" was followed by "X-Men", which was directed by Bryan Singer and was released on July 14, 2000. "X-Men" grossed $157,299,717 in the United States and Canada and $296,250,053 worldwide. "Blade" and "X-Men" demonstrated that widely popular films could be made out of comic book characters not familiar to the general public.
Storm (Marvel Comics)
In April 2013, Marvel debuted a new all-female series simply named "X-Men". Written by Brian Wood with art by Olivier Coipel, "X-Men" features a roster of Storm, Jubilee, Rogue, Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey and Psylocke.
List of X-Men (TV series) episodes
The first "X-Men" animated series debuted on October 31, 1992 on the Fox Network as part of the "Fox Kids" Saturday morning lineup. The plot was loosely adapted from famous storylines and events in the X-Men comics, such as the Dark Phoenix Saga, Days of Future Past, the Phalanx Covenant, and the Legacy Virus. The show features a team line-up similar to that of the early 1990s X-Men comic books: the lineup largely resembles that of Cyclops' Blue Team, established in the early issues of .
Anole (comics)
Anole was featured as a main character beginning in "New X-Men" vol. 2 #37, illustrated by comic book artist Skottie Young. He was later added to the New X-Men as a teammate. Anole was a "pretty early pick" for new additions to the team, according to Yost, who felt that Anole had a decent set of abilities and represented "a kind of level-headed, good, normal kid." Additionally, Yost and Kyle felt adding Anole and the character Pixie to the New X-Men team gave the roster "tonal balance" and the opportunity to slightly "twist and warp" the characters through darker events to come in the series. While alluded to since his first main appearances in the franchise and confirmed off-panel during their run by DiFilippis and Weir and in Marvel character profiles, it was during this series in "New X-Men" (2nd Series) #43 that Anole's gay identity was stated and dealt with explicitly on-panel for the first time.
X-Treme X-Men
X-Treme X-Men is the name of two comic book series published by Marvel Comics, the first from 2001 through 2004, and the second from 2012 through 2013. All 46 issues of the first series were written by Chris Claremont, and featured a globetrotting X-Men team led by Storm. The first 24 issues were drawn by Salvador Larroca, and the final 22 issues were drawn by Igor Kordey.
Rogue (comics)
Rogue was first slated to appear in "Ms. Marvel" #25 (1979) (and artwork for the first half of the story was completed), but the book's abrupt cancellation left her original introduction story unpublished for over a decade until it was printed in "Marvel Super Heroes" #11 in 1992. Rogue's first published appearance was in "Avengers Annual" #10 (1981). She made her first X-Book appearance in "Uncanny X-Men" #158 (1982) and joined the X-Men in "Uncanny X-Men" #171 (1983). Rogue has also had two miniseries and one ongoing title.
X-Men in television
In 2008, Marvel Studios released a new X-Men animated show that featured Wolverine titled "Wolverine and the X-Men". This series used a mesh of 2D/3D animation for characters and backgrounds. Avi Arad, CEO of Marvel Studios, stated "X-Men is one of Marvel's crown jewels and it makes sense to focus on the popular Wolverine character for our second animation project." The series debuted in the United States on January 23, 2009 and in the U.K. in February. It also aired in Latin America and Canada. The team consisted of Wolverine, Emma Frost, Cyclops, the Beast, Storm, Shadowcat, Iceman, Rogue, Nightcrawler, the Angel, Jean Grey and Professor X. The show was cancelled after just one season due to financing issues.
Alpha Flight (comic book)
Created by John Byrne, the team first appeared in "X-Men" #120 (April 1979). The team was originally merely a part of the backstory of the X-Men’s Wolverine but, in 1983, Marvel launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994, lasting 130 issues as well as annuals and miniseries. Three short-lived revivals have been attempted since, most recently an eight-issue limited series in 2011-12, after the resurrection of the team in the one shot comic "Chaos War: Alpha Flight" during the "Chaos War" event.
X-Men (comic book)
The first series was eventually renamed "The Uncanny X-Men" with issue #114 (October 1978). In 1991, a second, companion series debuted, marking the first time, that more than one "X-Men" series would be published. This series took the simpler, earlier name "X-Men", thought it would later be titled "". Volume 3 began publication in September 2010 and for most of its run featured team-ups between the X-Men and other Marvel characters, ended at issue #41 in February 2013. As part of Marvel NOW!, the title was relaunched as a new series (volume 4) written by Brian Wood and featuring an all-female team.
X-Men: Divided We Stand
"X-Men: Divided We Stand" is a 2008 comic book story line published by Marvel Comics as a follow-up story line to the "" story arc. The story started with the issues of the "X-Men"-related titles cover dated April 2008. This included: "The Uncanny X-Men"; "Wolverine" vol. 3; "X-Factor" vol. 3; and "" vol. 2, which was retitled "". It also launched three ongoing titles - "Cable" vol. 2, "X-Force" vol. 3, and "Young X-Men" - and a self-titled, two-issue limited series. Each ongoing series ran a separate story arc with "Divided We Stand" providing an overall theme.
All-New X-Men
Marvel Comics announced "All-New X-Men" by the creative team of Brian Bendis and Stuart Immonen in . Bendis stated that the idea of having the five original members of the X-Men Warren Worthington (Beast, Cyclops, Iceman and Jean Grey) see what has become of the X-Men came to him during a company retreat for "Avengers vs. X-Men", ""Avengers Vs. X-Men" led to it. It was an idea that had been floating around the X-Office for a while and I’m still unclear where exactly it percolated. I’m a big fan of these kinds of stories, "Pleasantville" or "Peggy Sue Got Married", where a character faces the truth about themselves and what their life can mean versus what it does mean." Bendis said that the five original X-Men not only come into contact with the present day Cyclops's team of X-Men but with Wolverine's team of X-Men as well, "We'll have three factions, and all these characters are interacting. It's almost like a Robert Altman movie. Plus, there will also be some new characters that you haven't met before."
Giant-Size X-Men
Giant-Size X-Men #1 was a special issue of the "X-Men" comic book series, published by Marvel Comics in 1975. It was written by Len Wein and illustrated by Dave Cockrum. Though not a regular issue, it contained the first new X-Men story in five years. The issue serves as a link between the original X-Men and a new team. Chronologically it is placed after "X-Men" #66 and before "X-Men" #94. The 68-page book was published with a May 1975 cover date and distributed to newsstands in February of that year.
X-Statix
X-Statix are a team of mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team was specifically designed to be media superstars. The team, created by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred, first appears in "X-Force" No. 116 and originally assumed the moniker X-Force, taking the name of the more traditional superhero team, who appear in No. 117 claiming to be "the real X-Force".
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner is a one-shot comic book published by Marvel Comics in 1968. It is notable for being the first Marvel title to be intentionally published for only one issue, as it existed to use up two half-length stories left over after Marvel began its expansion and the characters were to be given their own solo titles.
X-Men
In 2000, Claremont returned to Marvel and was put back on the primary X-Men titles during the Revolution revamp. He was later removed from the two flagship titles in 2001 and created his spin-off series, "X-Treme X-Men". "X-Men" had its title changed to "New X-Men" and writer Grant Morrison took over. The book is often referred to as the Morrison-era, due to the drastic changes he made, beginning with "E Is For Extinction," where a new villain, Cassandra Nova, destroys Genosha, killing sixteen million mutants. Morrison also brought reformed ex-villain Emma Frost into the primary X-Men team, and opened the doors of the school by having Xavier "out" himself to the public about being a mutant. The bright spandex costumes that had become iconic over the previous decades were replaced by black leather street clothes reminiscent of the uniforms of the "X-Men" films. Morrison also introduced Xorn, who would figure prominently in the climax of his run. "Ultimate X-Men" set in Marvel's revised imprint was also launched, while Chuck Austen began his controversial run on "Uncanny X-Men".
Hepzibah (comics)
Dave Cockrum created the Starjammers with the intent of having them star in their own series. However, when he submitted the concept for Marvel's two try-out series, "Marvel Spotlight" and "Marvel Premiere", he was repeatedly informed that these series were booked for two years solid. Running out of patience, Cockrum showed the Starjammers to "X-Men" writer Chris Claremont, and convinced him to use the characters for this series. She first appeared in "X-Men" #107 (October 1977).
X-Men (film)
Development of "X-Men" began as far back as 1984 with Orion Pictures, with James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow in discussions at one point. The film rights were bought by 20th Century Fox in 1994, and various scripts and film treatments were commissioned from Andrew Kevin Walker, John Logan, Joss Whedon, and Michael Chabon. Singer signed to direct in 1996, with further rewrites by Ed Solomon, Singer, Tom DeSanto, Christopher McQuarrie, and Hayter, in which Beast and Nightcrawler were deleted over budget concerns from Fox. "X-Men" marked the Hollywood debut for Jackman, a last-second choice for Wolverine, cast three weeks into filming. Filming took place from September 22, 1999 to March 3, 2000, primarily in Toronto.
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men
Shortly after this pilot was delivered, Marvel started having financial issues (New World Pictures, who purchased the Marvel Entertainment Group or MEG from Cadence Industries in 1986, sold MEG in January 1989 to the Andrews Group) and stopped work on just about everything but "Muppet Babies". This pilot effectively marked the end of the Marvel animated universe created by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises/Marvel Productions, which began with "Fantastic Four" (1978) and continued with "Spider-Woman" (1979), "Spider-Man" (1981), "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" (1981) and "The Incredible Hulk" (1982). The X-Men themselves had previously guest starred in several episodes of "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends", although that particular series isn't necessarily in the same continuity as "Pryde of the X-Men".
Alpha Flight
The team was originally merely a part of the backstory of the X-Men's Wolverine but, in 1983, Marvel launched an eponymous series featuring the group, which continued until 1994, lasting 130 issues as well as annuals and miniseries. Three short-lived revivals have been attempted since, most recently an eight-issue limited series in 2011–12, after the resurrection of the team in the one shot comic "Chaos War: Alpha Flight" during the "Chaos War" event.
X-Men Forever
Despite the original billing as what "would have been written" by Claremont had he never left, the series quickly diverged from that idea into a more traditional "alternate universe" title. In interviews conducted with "Newsarama" and "Wizard Universe", Claremont acknowledged that what he was doing in "X-Men Forever" would never have been possible in the primary X-Men books because of the corporate needs of Marvel Comics: 
"X-Men Forever Alpha", which was released in May 2009, was largely a reprint of the first three issues of the 1991 "X-Men". The last pages were devoted to a bridge story meant to segue into "X-Men Forever", including a scene that hints at the death of Wolverine. "X-Men Forever" began its run proper the next month, in June 2009. The story starts by leading directly from "X-Men" 1–3, as the team (no longer divided into Blue and Gold Teams) is dispatched by Professor X—as well as by Nick Fury, who has become the team's liaison with S.H.I.E.L.D.—to apprehend Fabian Cortez, who was last seen escaping from a disintegrating Asteroid M. The first five issues take place on the same night, and resolve some long-hanging plot threads left from Claremont's departure from the title in 1991. Among the events that occur in the first issue is the death of Wolverine at the hands of Storm, whose true nature is left undisclosed, outside of a stated allegiance to a group called The Consortium. The series revolves around the team of Cyclops, Jean, Rogue,Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Beast, Sabretooth, and Professor X as they learn about and deal with the anti mutant group the Consortium and a mutant killing condition known as Burnout. The series never explains why Psylocke, Angel, Iceman, Banshee, Forge, Jubilee and Colossus are not part of the team despite being X-Men at the same time in the mainstream continuity. Other major changes from the mainstream continuity included: Sabretooth admitting he was Wolverine's father, Prof X. not being re-crippled by the Shadow King during the Muir Island Saga, and Cyclops's son Nathan not being sent into the future or receiving the legacy virus. Sabertooth incorporates himself into the X-Men by claiming he is seeking revenge for his fallen son, Logan.
X-Men Red
X-Men Red was an ongoing comic book published monthly by Marvel Comics. It is written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Mahmud A. Asrar. The first issue was released February 7, 2018, while the last (#11) was released December 13, 2018. The book followed a new team of X-Men led by Jean Grey following her return in "Phoenix Resurrection".
Jean Grey
Regarding Jean's actual return to the "X-Men" franchise, Marvel indicated that Jean's eventual return is being discussed but stated that the return of Jean Grey was "a story Marvel does not want to rush". Marvel loosely tied questions regarding Jean Grey's eventual return to the events in 2007's "" in which a mutant girl named Hope—who has red hair, green eyes, and immense mutant powers—is born, and 2010's "" which sees both Hope's return as a teenager and the return of the Phoenix Force.
Following the conclusion of "Avengers vs. X-Men" as part of the Marvel NOW! event, a teenage Jean Grey and the four other founding members of X-Men are transported across time to the present day by Beast in the series "All-New X-Men" by Brian Michael Bendis.
X-Men in television
In 1992, the Fox network launched an "X-Men" animated series with the roster of Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Gambit, Jubilee, Jean Grey, and Professor X with secondary background player Morph making occasional appearances. The two-part pilot episode, "Night of the Sentinels" began a five-season series. It was an extraordinary success and helped to widen the X-Men's popularity. The five seasons ended in 1997. It returned to Fox's line-up for several months after the first movie was released in 2000.
Harry Potter influences and analogues
The Marvel Comics superhero team the "X-Men", created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in 1963, are similar to "Harry Potter" in their examination of prejudice and intolerance. Comic book historian Michael Mallory examined the original premise of the comic, in which teenage mutants study under Professor X to learn how to control their abilities, safe from fearful "Homo sapiens", and also battle less benign mutants like Magneto. He argued, "Think about [the comic] clad in traditional British university robes and pointy hats, castles and trains, and the image that springs to mind is Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizard[ry], with Dumbledore, Voldemort and the class struggle between wizards and muggles." He acknowledged that while the "X-Men" was for the longest time "a phenomenon that was largely contained in the realm of comic book readers as opposed to the wider public [such as Rowling]", he argued "nothing exists in a vacuum, least of all popular culture. Just as the creators of "X-Men" consciously or unconsciously tapped into the creative ether of their time for inspiration, so has the "X-Men" phenomenon had an effect on the books and films that has since followed."
Nightcrawler (comics)
Nightcrawler (Kurt Wagner) is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, he debuted in the comic book "Giant-Size X-Men" #1 (May 1975).
Giant-Size X-Men
The "X-Men" title stopped producing new stories after #66 in March 1970. From December 1970 through April 1975, Marvel reprinted many of the older X-Men issues as #67–93. Following the May publication of "Giant-Size X-Men" #1, Marvel began again publishing new issues of "X-Men" with #94 in August 1975.
Uncanny X-Men
The title became twice-monthly from 1988 to 1990, and helped to launch the careers of artists Marc Silvestri and Jim Lee. In 1991 another "X-Men" title was launched, titled simply ""; both titles were now published monthly. Claremont wrote the first three issue of this series, in which the X-Factor and X-Men teams reunited with Professor Xavier at the school. Claremont left Marvel after disputes with Bob Harras and artist Jim Lee (of "X-Men"). Claremont's final issue of "Uncanny" was #279, during the "Muir Island Saga", which is set before those events.
Legacy Virus
The Legacy Virus is a fictional plague appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, in particular those featuring the X-Men. It first appeared in an eponymous storyline running through Marvel Comics titles from 1993 to 2001, during which it swept through the mutant population of the Marvel Universe, killing hundreds and mutating so that it affected non-mutant humans as well.
X-Men
The 1980s began with the comic's best-known story arc, the Dark Phoenix Saga, which saw Phoenix manipulated by the illusionist Mastermind and becoming corrupted with an overwhelming lust for power and destruction as the evil Dark Phoenix. Other important storylines included "Days of Future Past," the saga of Deathbird and the Brood, the discovery of the Morlocks, the invasion of the Dire Wraiths and "The Trial of Magneto," as well as "," the partial inspiration for the 2003 movie "X2: X-Men United."
By the early 1980s, "X-Men" was Marvel's top-selling comic title. Its sales were such that distributors and retailers began using an "X-Men index", rating each comic book publication by how many orders it garnered compared to that month's issue of "X-Men". The growing popularity of "Uncanny X-Men" and the rise of comic book specialty stores led to the introduction of a number of ongoing spin-off series nicknamed "X-Books." The first of these was "The New Mutants", soon followed by "Alpha Flight", "X-Factor", "Excalibur", and a solo "Wolverine" title. When Claremont conceived a story arc, the "Mutant Massacre", which was too long to run in the monthly "X-Men", editor Louise Simonson decided to have it overlap into several X-Books. The story was a major financial success, and when the later "Fall of the Mutants" was similarly successful, the marketing department declared that the X-Men lineup would hold such crossovers annually.
Genetics in fiction
Comic books have imagined mutated superhumans with extraordinary powers. The DC Universe (from 1939) imagines "metahumans"; the Marvel Universe (from 1961) calls them "mutants", while the Wildstorm (from 1992) and Ultimate Marvel (2000–2015) Universes name them "posthumans". 
Stan Lee introduced the concept of mutants in the Marvel X-Men books in 1963; the villain Magneto declares his plan to "make "Homo sapiens" bow to "Homo superior"!", implying that mutants will be an evolutionary step up from current humanity. Later, the books speak of an X-gene that confers powers from puberty onwards. X-men powers include telepathy, telekinesis, healing, strength, flight, time travel, and the ability to emit blasts of energy. Marvel's god-like Celestials are later (1999) said to have visited Earth long ago and to have modified human DNA to enable mutant powers.
Bronze Age of Comic Books
The X-Men were originally created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. However, the title never achieved the popularity of other Lee/Kirby creations, and by 1970 Marvel ceased publishing new material and the title was turned over to reprints. However, in 1975 an "all-new all-different" version of the X-Men was introduced by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum in "Giant-Size X-Men" #1, with Chris Claremont as uncredited assistant co-plotter. Claremont stayed as writer on just about all X-Men related titles, including spinoffs, for the next sixteen years, after which other regular writers such as Louise Simonson, Fabian Nicieza, and Scott Lobdell joined and Claremont eventually left.
Young X-Men
Young X-Men was a comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It lasted for 12 issues, from April 2008 through March 2009. The series was written by Marc Guggenheim.
X-Men: First Class (comics)
X-Men: First Class is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics starring the original X-Men.
Alpha Flight
Alpha Flight is a fictional team of Canadian superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters premiered in "The Uncanny X-Men" #120 (April 1979). Marvel published an "Alpha Flight" comic book series from 1983 to 1994.
X-Men (film)
Marvel Comics writers and chief editors Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas wrote an "X-Men" screenplay in 1984 when Orion Pictures held an option on the film rights, but development stalled when Orion began facing financial troubles. Throughout 1989 and 1990, Stan Lee and Chris Claremont were in discussions with Carolco Pictures for an X-Men film adaptation, with James Cameron as producer and Kathryn Bigelow directing. A story treatment was written by Bigelow, with Bob Hoskins being considered for Wolverine and Angela Bassett being considered for the role of Storm. The deal fell apart when Stan Lee piqued Cameron's interest on a "Spider-Man" film, Carolco going bankrupt, and the film rights reverting to Marvel. In December 1992, Marvel discussed selling the property to Columbia Pictures to no avail. Meanwhile, Avi Arad produced the animated "X-Men" TV series for Fox Kids. 20th Century Fox was impressed by the success of the TV show, and producer Lauren Shuler Donner purchased the film rights for them in 1994, bringing Andrew Kevin Walker to write the script.
X-Men '92
X-Men '92 was originally a limited series as one of the many tie-in titles for Marvel's 2015 "Secret Wars" event and later was released in its second volume as a continuous series in early 2016, starring members of the popular 1990s Fox Kids Saturday morning cartoon, X-Men.
Upstarts (comics)
The Upstarts were a group of fictional supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters have strong ties to the Hellfire Club. They first appeared in "Uncanny X-Men" #281 and were created by Jim Lee and Whilce Portacio.
X-Men in other media
The X-Men is a fictional superhero team created by Marvel Comics that appear in comic books and other forms of media.
The X-Men made their first animated appearance on "The Marvel Super Heroes" TV series in 1966 with Professor X commanding the original X-Men line-up of Cyclops, Beast, Marvel Girl, Angel, and Iceman. In this episode the X-Men are not referred to as the "X-Men" but rather as the Allies for Peace.
Cerebro's X-Men
Cerebro's X-Men are a fictional team of supervillains appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters appeared in both the "Uncanny X-Men" and "X-Men" series. They were created and designed by Spanish artist Carlos Pacheco but he officially drew them just once in the cover of "Uncanny X-Men" No. 360 (1998). The interior art of this issue was done by Chris Bachalo.
Mutant (Marvel Comics)
The modern concept of mutants as an independent subspecies was created and utilized by Marvel editor/writer Stan Lee in the early 1960s, as a means to create a large number of superheroes and supervillains without having to think of a separate origin for each one. As part of the concept, Lee decided that these mutant teenagers should, like ordinary ones, attend school in order to better cope with the world, in this case Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. These mutants first appeared in the superhero series "X-Men", which debuted in 1963. Marvel later introduced several additional mutant superhero teams, including The New Mutants, X-Factor, Excalibur, X-Force, and Generation X.
Mythos (Marvel Comics)
The first Mythos book, "Mythos: X-Men" #1, was released March 2006 and featured an adapted version of the story first seen in "The X-Men" #1 (September 1963), in which Magneto attempts to steal nuclear weapons. However, the themes in the story were slightly altered to match with those that have become the general overall tone of the X-Men comics, with Magneto noting to Professor Xavier that Cape Citadel is actually a facility being used for anti-mutant purposes, a conversation which did not occur in the original story.
Modern Age of Comic Books
The sales boom began to wane in the mid to late 1990s, due to the crash of the speculators' market and the effect it had on the industry. Marvel declared bankruptcy in 1996, and as a result, scaled back all of their franchises, including X-Men. A number of "X-books" were canceled, and the amount of limited series published, as well as general merchandise, was reduced.
In the early 2000s, a series of blockbuster "X-Men" movies have kept the X-Men franchise healthy, and have resulted in a larger market presence outside of comics. In 1999-2000, a new animated series, "" debuted, while new toys have been developed and sold since the success of the first "X-Men" feature film. The comic books themselves have been reinvented in series such as Grant Morrison's "New X-Men" and the "Ultimate X-Men", which, like Marvel's other "Ultimate" series, is an alternative universe story, starting the X-Men tale anew. This was done for "X-Men", and other books, because Marvel feared that the long and complex histories of the established storylines of certain titles were scaring off new readers.
New X-Men (2001 series)
New X-Men was an American comic book ongoing series, written by Grant Morrison and featuring the mutant superhero team, the X-Men. It was a retitling of the ongoing then-second volume of the main "" series, and shares the series' numbering, as opposed to creating a different ongoing series with a new number one issue. During a revamp of the entire "X-Men" franchise, newly appointed Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada spoke of his idea for flagship titles like "X-Men" to regain some of their "former glory," as well as regaining critical acclaim.
Ultimate Marvel
"Ultimate X-Men" was also launched in 2001. It was initially delayed by the search for a creative team, and even Bendis' proposed scripts were rejected. The new title was finally given to Mark Millar, who had a controversial run in DC's "The Authority". The two authors had conflicting styles: Bendis sought to modernize the old superhero tropes, and Millar sought to critique them. While Bendis tried to write atemporal stories, Millar preferred to set his stories amid the political controversies of the time (which, at the time of the Ultimate imprint, was mainly the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and the War on Terror). The first issue of "Ultimate X-Men" sold 117,085 copies in a month. Lacking previous knowledge about the characters, Millar based his general draft of the series on the 2000 "X-Men" film.
All-New X-Men
All-New X-Men is an ongoing comic book series published by Marvel Comics that debuted in November 2012, with the launch of Marvel NOW! The series centers on the five original X-Men, brought from the past to the present to confront their future counterparts. The series replaces "Uncanny X-Men" vol. 2 as the flagship book of the "X-Men" franchise.
Ultimate X-Men
Upon its debut in February 2001, "Ultimate X-Men" was the second comic of the Ultimate Marvel line, preceded a few months by its sister title "Ultimate Spider-Man". The heads of the Ultimate Universe line, Bill Jemas and Joe Quesada, originally tried to hire Brian Michael Bendis to write the title, but he declined. Marvel hired Scottish writer Mark Millar, who was best known at the time for his run on "The Authority" and was largely ignorant of the X-Men franchise. With the 2000 "X-Men" film as his only reference, Millar reinvented the X-Men. As a result, Millar's original X-Men consisted of telepath Professor X, Cyclops, whose eyes shoot concussive beams, telepathic and telekinetic Jean Grey, weather-manipulating Storm, simian genius Beast, metal-skinned Colossus, and cryokinetic Iceman.
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men
X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (commonly known as Pryde of the X-Men) is an animated television pilot originally broadcast in 1989 on the "Marvel Action Universe" television block, featuring Marvel Comics’ mutant superheroes the X-Men. The pilot aired infrequently in syndication, and was later released on video. It later served as the basis for Konami's "X-Men" arcade game.
Marvel Action Universe
To coincide the airings of various shows on the program, Marvel produced a few comics based on some of the shows. In 1989, a "Dino-Riders" comic series was published by Marvel. Also in 1989, Marvel reprinted the original one-shot comic "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends", first published in 1981, retitled as "Marvel Action Universe" #1. In 1990, Marvel published another one-shot comic titled "X-Men Animation Special", an adaptation of "Pryde of the X-Men" that featured cell animation from the cartoon rather than original art. Beginning in 1990, Marvel published a "RoboCop" comic adaption, which lasted two years.
Inhumans vs. X-Men
Inhumans vs. X-Men, also stylized IvX or "IVX", was a 2016 American comic book limited series published by Marvel Comics. The series ran for seven issues, beginning with a prologue issue #0 in November 2016 before officially beginning in December 2016 and ending in March 2017. The series was written by Charles Soule and Jeff Lemire with art from Leinil Francis Yu, Kenneth Rocafort, and Javi Garron. The series features a battle over a biological substance named the Terrigen Mist, which the alien Inhumans need to survive but is deadly to the mutant X-Men and other mutant individuals.
X-Men: Regenesis
X-Men: Regenesis is a comic book branding used by Marvel Comics that ran through the "X-Men" family of books beginning in October 2011, following the end of the "" miniseries. This realignment of the mutant population is ahead of the 2012 Marvel event "Avengers vs. X-Men" which begins during "Regenesis" with the mini series "Avengers": "X-Sanction" and brings back Cable, who was previously thought to be dead following the events of "".
New X-Men
New X-Men is a superhero comic book series published by Marvel Comics within the X-Men franchise.
Spider-Man and the X-Men
Spider-Man and the X-Men is a six-issue superhero limited series written by Elliott Kalan, drawn by Marco Failla, and published by Marvel Comics between December 2014 and April 2015.
Avengers vs. X-Men
In December 2011, Marvel Comics announced the launch of "Avengers vs. X-Men", a 12-issue twice-monthly series featuring writers Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction, debuting in April 2012. The series focuses on the return of the Phoenix Force, the cosmic entity of death and rebirth, as it looks for its new host, believed to be the teenage mutant Hope Summers, who will possess all of its power. Cyclops and the other X-Men want to protect her and prepare her as if she's to be the mutant savior, while Captain America and the Avengers want her handed over to them so they can figure out what to do with her and keep the world safe from a potentially deadly fate. Brubaker described the series as "...one of those legendary ideas: What if the Avengers fought the X-Men?". Marvel's editor-in-chief Axel Alonso said "You've got two populations whose motivations are simple and understandable and defensible. That's part of the beauty of this. You're seeing a story that evolves out of 'What would you do?'"
X-Men: Legacy
The title began its publication in October 1991 as X-Men (vol. 2). From 2001 until 2004 it was published as New X-Men. It had reverted from issue #157 to its original title, but changed again from issue #208 to "X-Men: Legacy". Prior to the name change, the series is usually referred to as "X-Men", vol. 2 because the first series, currently "Uncanny X-Men", was titled "The X-Men" prior to 1981. In addition, a new unrelated ongoing series titled "X-Men" was later released starting in 2010, and is generally referred to as "X-Men", vol. 3.
ResurrXion
"ResurrXion" was initially announced in September 2016 before the storylines "Death of X" and "Inhumans vs X-Men" began and it was stated that it would take place canonically after the "Inhumans vs X-Men" comes to a close. From that time on until March when "ResurrXion" was launched many teasers for each related series were released in the following months. In order to make room for the "ResurrXion" lineup of comics, some of the then-current "Inhumans" and "X-Men" titles were cancelled, including "Extraordinary X-Men", "All-New X-Men", "Uncanny X-Men", "Uncanny Inhumans", and "Mosaic". In March a few weeks before the "ResurrXion" lineup was launched some of the writers at Marvel teased what to expect from some of the characters involved in the upcoming event. The event was officially launched on March 29, 2017 with "Inhumans Prime" and "X-Men Prime".
X-Men (1993 video game)
X-Men is a home console video game produced by Sega for Mega Drive/Genesis in 1993, based on the adventures of the Marvel Comics superhero team, the X-Men. One or two players can play as any of four pre-chosen X-Men. "X-Men" was released in 1993 was followed up by "".
List of X-Men: Evolution episodes
"" is an American animated television series about the Marvel Comics superhero team X-Men. In this incarnation, many of the characters are teenagers rather than adults. The series ran for a total of four seasons (52 episodes) from November 2000 until October 2003 on Kids' WB, which has made it the third longest-running Marvel Comics animated series, behind only Fox Kids' "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" animated series. The series began running on Disney XD on June 15, 2009.
X-Force
X-Force is a fictional team of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, most commonly in association with the X-Men. Conceived by writer/illustrator Rob Liefeld, the team first appeared in "New Mutants" #100 (April 1991) and soon afterwards was featured in its own series called "X-Force". The group was originally a revamped version of the 1980s team, the New Mutants.
X-Men in television
As part of a four-series collaboration between the Japanese Madhouse animation house and Marvel, the X-Men starred in a 12 episode anime series that premiered in Japan on Animax and in the United States on G4 in 2011. The series deals with the X-Men coming to Japan to investigate the disappearance of Armor. The antagonists are reported to be the U-Men.
X-Men
There were many new popular additions to the X-Men in the 1990s, including Gambit, Cable, and Bishop. Gambit became one of the most popular X-Men, rivaling even Wolverine in size of fanbase after his debut in "Uncanny X-Men" #266 (Aug. 1990). Many of the later additions to the team came and went, such as Joseph, Maggott, Marrow, Cecilia Reyes, and a new Thunderbird. Xavier's New Mutants grew up and became "X-Force", and the next generation of students began with "Generation X", featuring Jubilee and other teenage mutants led and schooled by Banshee and ex-villainess Emma Frost at her Massachusetts Academy. In 1998, "Excalibur" and "X-Factor" ended and the latter was replaced with "Mutant X", starring Havok stranded in a parallel universe. Marvel launched a number of solo series, including "Deadpool", "Cable", "Bishop", "X-Man", and "Gambit", but few of the series would survive the decade.
X-Men in other media
As part of a four-series collaboration between the Japanese Madhouse animation house and Marvel, the X-Men and Wolverine both starred in two separate 12 episode anime series that premiered in Japan on Animax and in the United States on G4 in 2011. The X-Men series deals with the X-Men coming to Japan to investigate the disappearance of Armor. The antagonists are the U-Men.Marvel produced motion comics based on "Astonishing X-Men", releasing them on Hulu, iTunes, the PlayStation Store and other video services. These animated episodes were released on DVD through Shout! Factory. It has been announced that Marvel Knights Animation will continue animating Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's run starting with the second storyline of the series "Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous".
List of X-Men video games
One X-Men character, Wolverine, has starred in several eponymous action games; the first game was the 1991 "Wolverine". X-Men characters also frequently appear in Marvel games that focus on several of its comic book franchises, including "" and "". The franchise holds several "Guinness World Records", including most games based on a superhero group, first tag-team fighting game, first superhero first-person shooter, and most number of simultaneous players on an arcade game.
Vanisher
The Vanisher ( Telford Porter) is a fictional character and mutant supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Vanisher's primary ability is teleportation. He is usually depicted as an opponent of the X-Men. The character was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and first appeared in "The X-Men" #2 (November 1963).
Avengers vs. X-Men
"Avengers vs. X-Men" (abbreviated "AvX'" and "AvsX") is a 2012 crossover event that was featured in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The event, consisting of an eponymous limited series and numerous tie-in books, involves the return of the Phoenix Force and the subsequent war between the Avengers and the X-Men. The 12-issue twice-monthly series was first published in April 2012, and features a storyline by Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Jonathan Hickman and Matt Fraction, with a rotating team of artists including John Romita Jr., Olivier Coipel and Adam Kubert.
Amazing X-Men
Amazing X-Men is the name of two X-Men comic book series from Marvel Comics. The first was a limited series published during the "Age of Apocalypse" storyline. The subsequent ongoing series began in November 2013 in the aftermath of Battle of the Atom and was initially written by Jason Aaron with art by Ed McGuinness, featuring a lineup of long-time X-Men characters led by Wolverine. The first story arc features the return of Nightcrawler, who had been dead since the 2010 story line, "X-Men Second Coming". The second series ended in 2015, with issue 19 being the last issue.
X-Men Forever
X-Men Forever is the name of three comic book series published by Marvel Comics featuring the mutant superhero group the X-Men. The first is a 2001 miniseries, unrelated to the others. The second and third are the work of writer Chris Claremont.
X-Men in television
In 1989, Marvel Productions produced a half-hour pilot X-Men episode titled "". It related the story of Kitty Pryde's first adventure with the team of mutants which included Professor X, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Dazzler as they fought against Magneto, the White Queen, the Juggernaut, the Blob, Pyro, and the Toad. The series was never picked up but the single episode aired infrequently in syndication during the "Marvel Action Universe" series and was released on video in 1990.
X-Men Forever
The series, written by veteran "X-Men" author Chris Claremont, was originally advertised as a continuation of the storylines he intended for "Uncanny X-Men" and "X-Men" in 1991, but which never saw print because of his resignation from the title and Marvel Comics following "X-Men" #3.
Exiles (Marvel Comics)
The Exiles are a group of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics commonly associated with The X-Men. They feature in three series, "Exiles", "New Exiles", and "Exiles" vol. 2. The Exiles consists of characters from different universes, or realities, which have been removed from time and space in order to correct problems (often called "hiccups") in various alternate worlds and divergent timelines in the Marvel Multiverse.
Ape-Man
Monk Keefer first appeared in "The Avengers" #12 (January 1965), and was created by Stan Lee and Don Heck. He first appeared as Ape-Man in "Daredevil" #10-11 (October, December 1965) by Stan Lee, Bob Powell, and Wally Wood. The character subsequently appears in "Daredevil" #39-41 (April–June 1968), "Daredevil Annual" #2 (1971), "Marvel Team-Up" #25 (September 1974), "X-Men" #94-95 (August–October 1975), and "Iron Man" #115-116 (October–November 1978), in which he dies. The character appears posthumously in "Iron Man" #139 (October 1980) and "Classic X-Men" #3 (November 1986). Ape-Man appeared as part of the "Ani-Men" entry in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition" #16, and in the "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Master Edition" #24.
Neal Adams
While continuing to freelance for DC, Adams in 1969 also began freelancing for Marvel Comics, where he penciled several issues of the mutant-superhero team title "X-Men" and one story for a horror anthology title. The Marvel "Bullpen Bulletins" column of "Fantastic Four" #87 (June 1969) described Adams as having "one foot planted in our Marvel doorway. We're guessing your ecstatic comments, when you see the way he illustrated our latest "X-Men" bombshell, will transform him into a Marvel madman from head to toe." Such freelancing across the two leading companies was rare at the time; most DC creators who did so worked pseudonymously. Adams recalled in 1976:
He teamed with writer Roy Thomas on "X-Men", then on the verge of cancellation, starting with issue #56 (May 1969). Adams penciled, colored, and, according to Thomas, did most of the plotting, including the entire plot for issue #65. In that issue, his final work on the series, Adams and writer Dennis O'Neil, in one of that creative team's earliest collaborations, revived the Professor X character. While working on the series, Adams was paired for the first time with inker Tom Palmer, with whom he would collaborate on several acclaimed Marvel comics; the duo's work here netted them 1969 Alley Awards for Best Pencil Artist and Best Inking Artist, respectively. Thomas won that year for Best Writer. Though the team failed to save the title, which ended its initial run with #66 (March 1970), the collaboration here and on the "Kree-Skrull War" arc of "The Avengers" #93–97 (Nov. 1971 – May 1972) produced what comics historians regard as some of Marvel's creative highlights of the era. Adams also wrote and penciled the horror story "One Hungers" in "Tower of Shadows" #2 (Dec. 1969), and co-wrote with Thomas, but did not draw, another in "Chamber of Darkness" #2 (Dec. 1969). Thomas and Adams collaborated again along with scripter Gerry Conway and penciler Howard Chaykin to introduce the series "The War of the Worlds" and its central character, Killraven, in "Amazing Adventures" vol. 2 #18 (May 1973).