Essential X-Men

Giant Size X-Men #1 (1975)

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Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 TPB  (collects Giant Size X-Men #1, Uncanny X-Men #94-#100)
Though the first X-Men series was cancelled in 1970, it continued to publish reprints until 1975, when writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum relaunched the series. The pair introduced a new team made up of mutant characters pulled from every corner of the globe: Storm from Africa, Colossus from Russia, Nightcrawler from Germany and – of course – Wolverine from Canada. Their first mission: to rescue the original team from Krakoa, the living island! It’s rare to see a title so completely transformed, but clearly, the reinvention paid off. Some of the most enduring X-Men were introduced here.

This feature was first published in Comic Heroes #6