Story by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. Cover by Jack Kirby.
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduce the mighty mutants to the Marvel Universe. Training to fight for a world that hates and fears them, they are the Uncanny X-Men. Cyclops. Beast. Iceman. Angel. And their newest recruit, Marvel Girl. Professor Charles Xavier brings together these Children of the Atom to teach them to use their mutant powers to protect mankind - and they're quickly forced into action when Magneto, the Master of Magnetism, strikes. The X-Men are a pop-culture phenomenon, and this is the story that birthed the legend. It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all. Reprinting X-MEN (1963) #1.