In 1963, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced their latest costumed creations
to the burgeoning Marvel Universe. Cyclops, the Beast, Iceman, the Angel, Marvel
Girl – and their leader, the mysteriously-named Professor X – were the
X-Men…and little did anyone know that they would take the comic book business
by storm! Lee and Kirby billed them “The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!” and
while their mutant powers were certainly weird, the binding concept of this band
of heroes – a group feared and hated for being different – was pure Marvel
relevance, striking at the heart of the Civil Rights battles of the time. This
Omnibus collects the earliest adventures of the X-Men as they encounter Magneto,
the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, the Juggernaut, Ka-Zar of the Savage Land, the
Sentinels, and many more of Marvel's greatest heroes and villains!
COLLECTING: X-Men (1963) 1–31
