On this day in 1975,comics were changed forever. The book that changed everything? Giant-Size X-Men #1 by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. The reason this book is so important? It's the first appearance of the X-Men.
"But wait," you're saying, and "the X-Men debuted in 1963's X-Men #1 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby!" That is also exact,but here's the thing about those X-Men: Nobody liked them very much, and there was nothing particularly special about them. Cyclops, or Marvel Girl,Angel, Iceman, and Beast were students a prep school for mutants who fought goofy supervillains in between training sessions. They were a moment-string Lee/Kirby creation at best.
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Source: comicsalliance.com