Dave Buesing's Comic Book Herald Writing!

The vast majority of X-Men reading recommendations will start you with 1975’s X-Men Second Genesis (including right here on CBH!), but as the name implies, there is of course an original genesis! It’s funny because for the vast majority of Marvel characters created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee (or Steve Ditko and friends!), the 60s origins are a great place to start and see how Marvel Comics began. This is true for Fantastic Four, Amazing Spider-Man, Thor and so on. But for the X-Men, there immense success and popularity wouldn’t come until their second act.

Still, there’s a lot created in the early days that’s worth reading – Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants! Sentinels! Professor X acting sus! – and I’ve cataloged the reading order and how to collect those first X-Men Comics here. [Read more…] about 60’s X-Men Comics Reading Order (The Silver Age Origins!)