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X-Men

October 1991 56 pages 1.50 USD; 1.80 CAD; 0.80 GBP

Synopsis

Magneto forms the Acolytes and declares Asteroid M a mutant haven, but the world sees it differently.

Credits

Writer

Jim Lee , Chris Claremont

Penciller

Jim Lee

Inker

Scott Williams

Colorist

Joe Rosas

Letterer

Tom Orzechowski

Characters

Collected In

X-Men: Mutant Genesis Trade Paperback

Collects X-Men (1991) #1-7

X-Men: Mutant Genesis Trade Paperback

Collects X-Men #1-7.

X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus #2 Omnibus

Collects Uncanny X-Men #270-280, X-Factor #63-70, and X-Men #1-3. The X-Tinction Agenda, Muir Island Saga, and the launch of adjectiveless X-Men.

X-Men: Mutant Genesis 2.0 Trade Paperback

Collects X-Men #1-7. Jim Lee and Chris Claremont launch the adjectiveless X-Men with Magnetos return and the Blue/Gold team split.

X-Men Epic Collection #19 Epic Collection

Collects The New Mutants Annual #7 and material from 8 other series. Dawn of the 90s X-Men - Jim Lee and Claremont launch X-Men #1 plus the Muir Island Saga.

X-Men: The Adamantium Collection Trade Paperback

Collects landmark X-Men issues spanning decades. A prestige sampler of the franchises greatest hits from X-Men #1 through All-New X-Men.

X-Men XXL by Jim Lee Trade Paperback

Collects Uncanny X-Men #256-277 and X-Men #1-3. Jim Lee's iconic run that redefined the X-Men's visual identity in the early '90s.

In Reading Orders

90s X-Men

Mutant Genesis — The X-Men Relaunch (1991)

Jim Lee's blockbuster relaunch. X-Men #1 sold 8.1 million copies — still the best-selling single issue ever. Magneto and his Acolytes attack a space station. The X-Men split into Blue and Gold squads. The art is gorgeous and the writing is bombastic. This is peak early-90s spectacle and it works.

Chris Claremont's X-Men

X-Men #1-3 — Claremont's Final Issues (1991)

Jim Lee co-plots; Magneto and his Acolytes; the last Claremont X-Men issues (best-selling comic of all time)