Giant Size X-Men Issue #1 (January 1, 1975)
Story By: Len Wein and Linda Fite
Art By: Werner Roth and Gil Kane
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: The original X-Men have been captured and Professor X needs to recruit a new team of X-Men to save his team!
Hey everybody, I’m sorry I haven’t been posting in a little while, but it’s been a busy week full of visiting relatives, moving into a new apartment, and starting graduate school! I just began getting my Masters in Music Industry Leadership at Northeastern in Boston. However I should be back to posting regularly now!
Now that I have finished up reading and reviewing the entire Silver Age of Uncanny X-Men, I thought I’d give a brief overview of the era.
The Silver Age of comics was very different then comics are today. Comics in that era were sillier and more lighthearted. Because of the Comic Code Authority, there was a large amount of censorship in comics so comics did not tend to push any boundaries.
Uncanny X-Men was no exception to the traditional comics of the era. In the 1960s the X-Men comics were frequently silly and a bit ridiculous. There were many crazy storylines that would never appear today.
The Uncanny X-Men of the 1960s may be very different than the current X-Men comics, but I think that they are definitely a necessary read for every X-Men fan. At the bottom of this post, I will post which issues I suggest you read.
Uncanny X-Men Issue #66 (March 10, 1970)
Story By: Roy Thomas
Art By: Sal Buscema and Marie Severin
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: Hulk is on the rampage, but he is the only one who knows how to save Professor X! Can the X-Men stop Hulk in time to save their mentor’s life?
Uncanny X-Men Issue #65 (February 10, 1970)
Story By: Dennis Oneil
Art By: Neal Adams and Marie Severin
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: Aliens are planning on invading the Earth, but can the X-Men stop them?
Uncanny X-Men Issue #62 (November 10, 1969)
Story By: Roy Thomas
Art By: Neal Adams
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: The X-Men return to the Savage Land! Ka-Zar is having trouble with a new threat to his land, but will the X-Men be able to help?
Avengers Issue #53 (June 10, 1968)
Story By: Roy Thomas Art By: John Buscema
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: The Avengers and the X-Men are both trying to stop Magneto, but are they on the same side? Find out why the two epic Marvel teams are battling each other instead of their common foe!
Uncanny X-Men Issue #45 (June 10, 1968)
Story By: Gary Friedrich Art By: George Tuska and John Buscema
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: With Angel still searching for the Avengers, Cyclops escapes from Magneto’s prison and battles to save his team! And in the past, Cyclops tries to rescue Iceman from jail.
Uncanny X-Men Issue #39 (December 10, 1967)
Story By: Roy Thomas
Art By: Werner Roth and George Tuska
Rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: The Factor Three Saga ends in this issue! How will the X-Men defeat this mysterious organization?
Uncanny X-Men Issue #35 (August 10, 1967)
Story By: Roy Thomas
Art By: Werner Roth and Dan Adkins
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Brief Description: The X-Men receive a mysterious message from Banshee to beware the spider. Could Spiderman secretly be behind the disappearance of Professor X?
Kevin Reviews Uncanny X-Men 