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Uncanny X-Men #203 (March 1986) Speaking of Secret Wars, this is the time Rachel Summers was considering destroying the whole universe in order to also defeat the Beyonder. I love this issue. Then again, I love Rachel Summers - she’ll always be my Phoenix - Jean Grey needs a permanent dirt nap going back to 1980.

#Uncanny X-Men #Rachel Summers #Phoenix #Jean Grey #Beyonder #Secret Wars #Secret Wars II #tie-in #crossover #back issues #X-Men #Xmen4Xmas

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Uncanny X-Men #129 (January 1980)

The first appearance of one of X-Men faves, Kitty Pryde! It also happens to be the first appearance of one of my favorite X-Men villains, Emma Frost. This was a gift from a good friend.

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Uncanny X-Men #188 (December 1984)

I love Rachel Summers, but I originally re-purchased this issue not because I was re-constructing my X-Men collection (something I would eventually do) but because I was collecting every appearance of ROM Spaceknight’s enemies the DIRE WRAITHS to supplement my collecting of ROM’s appearance outside of his own book (which I also already own).

That said, I still love the flashbacks (flashforwards?) to Rachel’s backstory in Earth-811 (i.e. the Days of Future Past alternate future)

#Uncanny X-Men #X-Men #Rachel Summers #Phoenix #Days of Future Past #Earth-811 #ROM SPACEKNIGHT #Dire Wraiths #comics #comics collecting #XMen4Xmas #back issues #OG collection

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The New Mutants #50 (April 1987)

Illyana’s first trip into Limbo and the conflict with Belasco was the very first issues of X-Men I ever read - over the shoulder of a friend in my 5th grade class. I had no idea what was going on. 

That said, I loved how the plots of the different X-books wound around each other and influenced each other. Yes, I could not afford to get every comic I might have wanted to back then, but I never felt like I was missing out. If anything, the gaps in the story from my perspective as reader made it feel all the more real - like something was always going on even when I wasn’t looking.

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Uncanny X-Men #190 (February 1985)

When I sold off my collection of X-Men comics in the late 90s, this (and the following) issue involving Kulan Gath and Manhattan transformed into the Hyborean Age were the only ones I kept. As such, these two issues of X-Men are the only ones I currently own that are from my original collection (unless by means of some undiscoverable coincidence one of those issues ended up back in my hands through back issue hunting)

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Uncanny X-Men #153 (January 1982) I know this is not a holiday issue, but Kitty’s Faerie Tale has a festiveness to it that seems appropriate. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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Uncanny X-Men #155 (March 1982)

On no, Colossus is dead! (and not for the last time)

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Uncanny X-Men #215 (March 1987) This issue features the first appearance of what @xplainthexmen refer to as “The Murder Grandpas.” When this issue came out I was not a big fan of them, but re-visiting the issue in recent years my opinion turned around completely. My hope is that someday someone will revisit these characters and we’ll find out Stonewall is trans.

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Uncanny X-Men #217 (May 1987)

I had a single issue of Dazzler’s solo series as a kid. I am not even sure how I got it (probably in a 3-issue grab bag) but I’d end up reading that issue over and over, and thus when Dazzler joined the X-Men I was primed to love her and this issue, in which Juggernaut (a huge fan of her music) thinks he’s accidentally killed her and she wakes up buried alive, was one of my favorites!

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Uncanny X-Men #179 (March 1984) While I started reading X-Men regularly in the 160s, it was the 170s where I really got hooked and made it a mission to trawl newsstands each month to find the next issue - since the idea of a pull-list or access to a comic shop was beyond my reach.

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Classic X-Men #3 (November 1986)

Reprints X-Men #95. I started getting these for the back-up stories (mostly written by Ann Nocenti) filling gaps in the previous continuity. I also love the Marvel 25th anniversary cover frame!

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Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 1984)

The X-Men’s return from Battleworld and the first Secret Wars was this kind of uninspired story about a dragon loose in Japan. At least one of my favorite members of the Jerk Avengers shows up!

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Uncanny X-Men #214 (February 1987)

I have not re-read this issue in decades, but man I loved it and the cover is still fantastic if you ask me. Then again, Barry Windsor-Smith almost always knocks it out of the park.

According the the Marvel wiki, Malice first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #210, but as far as I knew this was the first time she appeared.

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The Uncanny X-Men #144 (April 1981)

Pretty sure this is the first issue of X-Men I got my hands on after reading some other issues (Illyana going to Limbo for the first time) a friend had. I found the villain boring and didn’t get some of the references to other X-stories - but luckily I got other X-issues around the same time that I liked better.

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FCBD X-Men #1 (May 2020)

This comic was pretty to look at but made absolutely no sense to me and did not ignite even the slightest interest in picking up the current X-books. I’ve got it in my giveaway box to use as a thank you for a patreon supporter at some point in the future.

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Uncanny X-Men #144 (March 1981)

This was one of the earliest issues of X-Men I owned as a kid, but I didn’t like it much. I didn’t know who Lee Forrester was. I didn’t care much for Man-Thing at the time, and I kept pronouncing the villain’s name as “Da Spray.”

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