Uncanny X-Men Annual

Uncanny X-Men
Cover to The X-Men #1 (Sept. 1963). Art by Jack Kirby.
Publication information
Publisher	Marvel Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Publication date	List (vol. 1) September 1963 – December 2011 (vol. 2) January 2012 – December 2012 (vol. 3) April 2013 – September 2015 (vol. 4) January 2016 - March 2017
No. of issues	List (vol. 1): 545 and 18 Annuals (vol. 2): 20 (vol. 3): 36 and 1 Annual (vol. 4): 19
Creative team
Created by	Stan Lee Jack Kirby
Written by	List (vol. 1): Stan Lee Roy Thomas Arnold Drake Chris Claremont Scott Lobdell Chuck Austen Ed Brubaker Matt Fraction Kieron Gillen (vol. 2): Kieron Gillen (vol. 3): Brian Bendis (vol. 4): Cullen Bunn
Penciller(s)	List (vol. 1): Jack Kirby Werner Roth Don Heck Neal Adams Dave Cockrum John Byrne Paul Smith John Romita Jr. Alan Davis Marc Silvestri Jim Lee Whilce Portacio Joe Madureira Salvador Larroca Billy Tan Mike Choi Terry Dodson Greg Land Chris Bachalo (vol. 2): Carlos Pacheco Greg Land Daniel Acuña (vol. 3): Chris Bachalo Kris Anka (vol. 4): Greg Land Ken Lashley Edgar Salazar
Inker(s)	List (vol. 1): Paul Reinman Dick Ayers George Tuska Tom Palmer Joe Rubinstein Bob McLeod Terry Austin Dan Green Mark Farmer Rachel Dodson Jay Leisten (vol. 2) Cam Smith Jay Leisten (vol. 3) Tim Townsend (vol. 4): Jay Leisten Ed Tadeo

Uncanny X-Men, originally published as The X-Men, is an American comic book series published by Marvel Comics since 1963, and is the longest-running series in the X-Men comics franchise. It features a team of superheroes called the X-Men, a group of mutants with superhuman abilities led and taught by Professor X.

The title was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, met with a lukewarm reception, and was eventually cancelled in 1970. Interest was rekindled with 1975's Giant-Size X-Men and the debut of a new, international team. Under the guidance of David Cockrum and Chris Claremont, whose 16-year stint began with August 1975's Uncanny X-Men #94, the series grew in popularity worldwide, eventually spawning a franchise with numerous spin-off "X-books", including New Mutants, X-Factor, Excalibur, X-Force, Generation X, the simply titled X-Men, and a number of prefixed titles such as New X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, Essential X-Men, All-New X-Men and Extraordinary X-Men.

Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, the series launched in September 1963, introducing in its first issue the original five X-Men (Angel, the Beast, Cyclops, Iceman, and Marvel Girl) and their teacher, Professor X, as well as their nemesis, the supervillain Magneto. Initially published bimonthly, it became a monthly with issue #14 (November 1965). Lee's run lasted 19 issues, and featured X-Men battling villains such as Magneto's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants which included the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver; the Sentinels giant robots programmed to destroy all mutants, and their creator Bolivar Trask; and Juggernaut, Xavier's stepbrother transformed by a mystical gem and seeking revenge on Xavier.