X-Men Publication History--A list of X-Books arranged in their order of Publication.

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ISSUE:Tales of Suspense #80
PUBLICATION DATE:August 1966
CREATORS:W:Stan Lee/P:Gene Colan/I:Jack Abel





--Continuing the Sub-Mariner/Iron Man crossover......continues in Tales to Astonish #82

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ISSUE:Tales to Astonish #82
PUBLICATION DATE:August 1966
CREATORS:W:Stan Lee & Roy Thomas/P:Gene Colan & Jack Kirby/I:Dick Ayers





--The final issue of the Iron Man/Namor crossover.....Don't you get the feeling that if this cover was on 'Tales of Suspense' the tagline would read 'The Power of Namor'!!

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ISSUE:X-Men #23
PUBLICATION DATE:August 1966
CREATORS:W:Roy Thomas/P:Werner Roth/I:Dick Ayers
UncannyX-men.net Issue Summary:http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/issues...p?fldAuto=1013



--Count Nefaria and his henchmen are eventually overpowered by The X-men......Roy Thomas seems to put less emphasis on the X-Men being mutants than Stan Lee did--they seem more like any other superpowered team under Thomas while Lee placed huge relevance on the teens being mutants.

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ISSUE:Tales to Astonish #83
PUBLICATION DATE:September 1966
CREATORS:W:Stan Lee/P:Jack Kirby/I:Dick Ayers





--Namor fights Krang over N.Y......He loses his memory at the end of the story.

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ISSUE:X-Men #24
PUBLICATION DATE:September 1966
CREATORS:W:Roy Thomas/P:Werner Roth/I:Dick Ayers
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--Jean is enrolled at Metro college by her parents and leaves the X-Mansion......Introducing Ted Roberts(legend!)......Roy Thomas creates his X-book first lead villain with ...'The Locust!!'.....Sorry,Roy....you must try harder.....Seriously,though--August Hopper rocks!!

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ISSUE:Marvel Super-Heroes King Size Special #1
PUBLICATION DATE:October 1966
CREATORS:W:Bill Everitt/P:Bill Everitt/I:Bill Everitt





--A Silver Age reprint of a Golden Age first---The first encounter of Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch,Jim Hammond......one for the completists!

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ISSUE:Tales to Astonish #84
PUBLICATION DATE:October 1966
CREATORS:W:Stan Lee/P:Gene Colan/I:Dick Ayers





--Namor crosses over with The Incredible Hulk story from the same issue.

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ISSUE:X-Men #25
PUBLICATION DATE:October 1966
CREATORS:W:Roy Thomas/P:Werner Roth/I:Dick Ayers
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--Featuring The X-Men(minus Jean)battling the menace of El Tigre and his henchmen,Ramon and Taloc......They defeat the X-Men with surprising ease.

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ISSUE:Tales to Astonish #85
PUBLICATION DATE:November 1966
CREATORS:W:Stan Lee/P:Gene Colan/I:Bill Everitt





--The Hulk crosses over into Namor's story on this title

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ISSUE:X-Men #26
PUBLICATION DATE:November 1966
CREATORS:W:Roy Thomas/P:Werner Roth/I:Dick Ayers
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--Roy Thomas has taken a team who under Stan Lee remained mostly within the environs of New York State and transformed them into relative globetrotters-one of the more noticable changes under his scripts....Kukulcan(El Tigre transformed) is a nut-job but every comic needs one every now and then......Jean bumps into Calvin Rankin in Metro College,paving the way for the return of The Mimic.

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ISSUE:Tales to Astonish #86
PUBLICATION DATE:December 1966
CREATORS:W:Stan Lee/P:Jerry Grandenetti/I:Bill Everitt





--Namor continues what seems like an eternal battle versus Krang with Dorma also appearing.

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ISSUE:X-Men #27
PUBLICATION DATE:December 1966
CREATORS:W:Roy Thomas/P:Werner Roth/I:Dick Ayers
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--The Mimic returns and the team gains a new member,a memorable event.....But he never truely gels with the team and the end beckons.....Calvin is a great character but his power makes him difficult to use as it renders the rest of the team a bit surplus to requirements......Writing his powerset long term would have been challenging......The team tackles The Puppet Master and Defender.....Features a brief cameo by Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch as Xavier asks them to join the team(they knock him back).....Jean re-designs the team's costumes.

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ISSUE:Tales to Astonish #87
PUBLICATION DATE:January 1967
CREATORS:W:Stan Lee/P:Bill Everett/I:Bill Everett





--Namor continues what seems like an eternal battle versus Krang with Dorma also appearing.........again!

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I like this one, and it may help:

http://www.comicsbackissues.com/comi...er-chronology/

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ISSUE:X-Men #28
PUBLICATION DATE:January 1967
CREATORS:W:Roy Thomas/P:Werner Roth/I:Dick Ayers
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--The Banshee debuts as does The Ogre and the concept of Factor Three.....The Mimic has quickly become a vital cog in the team in battle but he's quite the asshole.....Angel is still recovering from the optic blast from Cyclops a few issues back.