Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #136 by Chris Claremont

Featuring the original five (Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, the Angel, and Beast) led by the powerful telepath Professor X, The X-Men debuted as the 'strangest super-heroes of all.' Clearly, a lot more eccentric than the Fantastic Four and the Avengers combined whose title runs are comparably more interesting.

This was really the first time I read it again since I was.in high school, I think, and its simple sixties charm hasn't dimmed for me at all, not one bit. It's only right to include this issue in my roster after all, considering its significance, posterity-wise. Take a walk with me in the silver-age memory lane with Stan Lee's very first issue of The X-Men illustrated by one of Marvel's holy trinity Jack Kirby. It's worth noting that both X-Tinction and Fatal Attractions also happen in several other X-titles but I'm only choosing to read and review the key issues from The Uncanny X-Men and X-Men volume 2 run (the latter of which is for very Cherik reasons, naturally). So in the last two weeks of April I'll be reading and reviewing six storylines, two of which are this debut story and the Giant-Size relaunch, while the rest are as follows: The X-Tinction Agenda (issues #270-272), The Trial of Magneto (#200), Fatal Attractions ( UXM #304, X-Men vol 2, #25), and Legion Quest ( UXM #319-320, X-Men vol. It took me only a few days to locate downloadable sources which are simply glorious. I merely had to finish reviewing some novels, and the last issues of three New 52 Batman titles in the meantime but all the while looking for online copies of certain classics from Claremont's The Uncanny X-Men run, and the very first Stan Lee debut issue.

I've been gone for quite some time, I know, but not because I was slacking off.

Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #136 by Chris Claremont