Here it is... The very first adventures of the X-Men... This beautiful hardcover contains the first ten issues of the series from 1963-1965. With this being the very first volume of stories of my very favorite comic book characters, I had to give it five stars. It's very interesting to see where they've come from. One can even see the beginnings of the constant anti-prejudice theme that's always run through the series...Also, this volume features the very first appearances of (get ready) Profess...

Five youths gifted with an extra power that set them apart from ordinary homo sapiens and charged to protect a world that feared and hated them because of their genetic gifts. They were the first class of X-Men.Stan Lee and Jack Kirby were trying to create an entirely different comics formula in The X-Men to distinguish them from the other team book that debuted in the same year, The Avengers. In the Silver Age of Marvel Comics, the duo of Lee and Kirby were responsible for earlier hits like the...

In this collection of the first ten issues of X-Men from 1963, Professor X and the original five X-Men (Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman, and Angel) take on Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (Mastermind, Toad, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and the Blob), meet Namor in issue 6 and the Avengers in issue 9, and travel to the Savage Land for their first meeting with Ka-Zar in issue 10.My prep work for Avengers: Age of Ultron continues by checking out the origins of Pietro and Wanda Maximo...

This volume collects the very first X-men 1-10 that were originally published as comics back in (I think) 1963. As such the 232 pages, plus original artwork at the back constitute some really original and historic comic work, iconic to what is called 'The Silver Age' of comics. Also let us not forget that without these comics there would be no modern movie franchise either. This is something I did have to keep reminding myself as I read, because this style of comic is really, really dated and fo...

I've never been that interested in the X-Men but I read this for the issues that introduce the Scarlet Witch. These comics are goofy and corny. The dialogue is overly explanatory. Overall, they were pretty much what I would expect for the time they were created.

The original tales of the X-Men are notable primarily only in that it all started here: a massive comic continuity and franchise that took forever to spread itself to video games, movies and merchandising. From the start the masked band of mutant teenagers always stood in the shadows next to their Marvel contemporaries Spider-Man, Reed Richards & co., Incredible Hulk, etc. You can bet your ass that Stan Lee knew what he was doing at every step of the creation of the Marvel Universe, and the earl...

The Journey BeginsI have never been a comic book reader. In fact, outside of some graphic novels, this is my first foray into the comic book realm. Despite having never made them part of my repertoire, I have always been fascinated by the characters and in particular the X-Men. The idea of Mutants living among us has always captured my imagination.I don’t know where these comic books fit into the pantheon of comic book legend and I don’t know what the general consensus on them. In reading, it is...

This contains the original 10 issues that started it all. I really enjoyed these as a kid, and decided to revisit them. The original X-Men consisted of Angel, Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl (Jean Grey). As ever, the team is lead by Professor Charles Xavier and his superhuman brain. Among other evildoers, the X-Men confront Magneto, Lucifer, and The Blob.These first issues were published between 1963-65, and I regret to say they are a bit...dated. Despite (or perhaps because of) covers p...

The classic X-Men! I loved reading the first adventures of this team and see how it was before it became the way it is now! The characters were slightly different in the first couple of issues but they settled into the way that we know them today soon enough! I loved the dynamic between the members and how well they work together! It was interesting how they kind of hinted at the professors past and made us crave to know more (even though I know it changes, it still made the story interesting!)....

These first X-Men stories aren't as much fun as I remembered. Jack Kirby's art is generally enjoyable. The writing feels lazy, although the visit to a Village beatnik bar is a true classic. Also, I don't think Stan Lee understands what magnetic means.

Shallow Comics Readers Buddy Read, theme of: X-Men!!!! This collection of X-Men #s 1-10 feature many of the themes that will develop over the course of the history of the X-Men. The reader is introduced to the budding romance between Scott Summers and Jean Grey, Cerebro, the hostility of homo sapiens towards homo superior, the battle between Magneto and the X-Men, and the extended vocabulary of The Beast. Stan Lee's scripts are a little better here than in the early volumes of Fantastic Four and...

I think this was a great read... for when you want to jump back to the fifties (which I am not downing at all). This is where it all began! I was so excited to see where this started.I'm not going to go into much detail on what happened in each issue, because we all know the drill: bad guy trying to take/take over something and then good guys appear and beat them and save the day. So I am going over some of the characters that made an appearance.So the X-Men team starts with these characters:Pro...

For the X-Men, it all began here (drumroll!) The Stan & Jack comics factory set to work onb yet another series, and yet another team book filled with chest-thumping, the burden of arcane power, and lashings of soap opera. The problem here is that Kirby was becoming seriously overworked, and Lee was pretty much at the saturation point himself -- the stories and characters were beginning to be very routine, very by the numbers, and the more Lee fell back on the tried-and-true, and the more he left...

I like the Silver Age as much as the next guy but there’s only so much I can see through nostalgic eyes and shed a tear. In their frenzy to create new characters and stories to face the competition Lee and Kirby went a bit too far, too fast. To say the plots are naive is an understatement to say the least. Even contextualizing they're still confounding and didn’t age as well as other series from the same period. Some dialogues/monologues are quite painful to read. I’m currently reading the Spide...

Dated, goofy, cheesy, but fun. Classic Kirby art is great. But wait, Dr. X had the hots for Jean?

This is where it all began !! The X-Men, The Brotherhood of Mutants, Asteroid M, everything. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby brought something else in the world by introducing the X-Men which not only provided entertainment, but also put different political issues in a certain way that had never been dealt before in mainstream comic books. The book brought a group of mutant teenagers in the world that changed the way people perceive comic books . The characters in the book are very unique, each with th...

Ah, the very first issues of the good ole' X-Men. Back when the line-up was Cyclops, Iceman, Beast, Jean Grey, and Angel. Back when they called Jean Grey Marvel Girl and when Iceman looked like Frosty the Snowman. Where one of the most recognized superhero teams started--with the words of Stan Lee and the drawings of Jack Kirby, the two greats of the Silver Age. In the first ten issues the quality varies a bit from issue to issue, but I can't say there are any really bad issues. An obvious favor...

The X-Men does not start off particularly well. Of Stan Lee's initial 10 issues, only a couple of them are particularly interesting or enjoyable: both "Blob" issues, which are early examples of the darker side of Charles Xavier, and "Unus the Untouchable," which provides the first instance of mutants being feared and hated by the people they try to protect.It's still enjoyable as an example of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's work and has good characterization of some of my favourite X-Men characters,

3 stars

Uncanny X-Men, first issue by Stan and Jack, could cost you thousands. Why not get a reprint instead? I got the Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 trade paperback [The Uncanny X-Men Masterworks (The Uncanny X-Men, Nos 1-5)]of the first issues of X-Men stories and though I'm not a fan of the characters, I can see why the series would be so popular among the many characters that Stan and Jack pumped out in the early Sixties.The X-Men are teenagers at the start. It was interesting to see the development of The B...