Gee, what a drag! No wonder the title ran on reprints after 5 years. It was boring, poorly written from beginning to end, overdone and more often than not ridiculous. So, I wanted to go further back and read the very first adventures of my favorite group of supes. Maybe it’s verbose, maybe it’s dated but it’s History for the mutants. He may not have created them but he definetely wrote some of the most reknown runs of the series. Prepare yourself for the introduction of mutant mainstay Havok, the vampiric villain Sauron, the Mutates, and X-Man-to-be Sunfire! Not to mention, the Living Pharaoh, a classic team-up with Ka-Zar in the Savage Land, as well as the return of Magneto and Professor X! Unquestionably a high-water mark of the 1960s X-Men, this massive volume, loaded with extras, caps off the original team X-Men Masterworks! Collecting X-MEN #54-66. Adams' lavish and dynamic visuals merged with Thomas' challenging and contemporary stories to create a comic book series that throbbed with the pulse of the times like none other. Enter Roy Thomas and Neal Adams for one of the most amazing evolutions in Marvel history! These two titanic talents threw caution to the wind with sensational stories that brought the X-Men in synch with the thriving youth culture of the late 1960s. 1969: The X-Men, Marvel's poorest selling title, flagging in sales and on the verge of cancellation, was in dire need of a shot in the arm.

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