Everything you need to know before the Claremont Era
When going through X-Men, You will want to skip over the Silver Age era (1963 - 1975). The reason for this is even though Stan Lee created the X-Men, and even though he created the basis for them, as well as many iconic characters and elements that define X-Men, he wasn't the best when it came to writing them well. Hence, it became a failing series and was cancelled. But, when Chris Claremont came on board, he changed the team and turned the X-Men into the bestselling comic book of all time (what I mean is that no comic book has ever been as successful as X-Men was at its peak). But, to spare you from having to actually read through it all, I'm writing this post to tell you everything you need to know before starting with Giant-Size X-Men. Technically , you could just start with Giant-Size X-Men and they would give you everything you need from context, but I'm gonna do this anyway. Professor Xavier is a wealthy professor who has insanely ...
