
Other creators to work on the book during this time include writers Gary Friedrich and Arnold Drake, as well as artists Werner Roth, Don Heck, Ross Andru, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko. Jack Kirby stayed on the book through issue #17, though most of his later issues were just doing layouts and breakdowns, and Stan Lee stayed on as writer through issue #19, before giving the book to Roy Thomas.


Cover-dated September 1963-December 1969, this is the series' entire 1960s output, including issues #1-63. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Uncanny X-Men 492 (1963 1st Series) Marvel Comics, Near Mint. Occurs at the same time as X-Men: Schism 5 and X-Men: Regenesis 1, taking place between panels. Though later the book was said to be a euphemism for racial and social discrimination, Stan Lee said he just thought the book was a good idea and didn't try to give the series an underlying meaning. The first page is a reprint of the first page of X-Men 1, with a change in dialogue in the last panel that reflects the current events of each original X-Man. In contrast to Marvel's Fantastic Four and Avengers, the X-Men were a group of teenagers who were shunned and hated by society.

The original chapter of Marvel's famous team of mutant outcasts! Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the X-Men were the opposite of most other super-hero teams of the time.
