Best X-Men Comics (August 2025)
For those new to the world of X-Men comics, whether you’ve transitioned from following another superhero or discovered the X-Men through movies, this list is designed to be friendly and accessible for newcomers. If you’re interested in diving right in at the earliest point, you might want to start with X-Men Vol. 1, published in 1963. While Stan Lee was renowned for creating compelling origins for his heroes (Spider-Man was bitten by a radioactive spider, the Hulk underwent a scientific accident that gave him an uncontrollable mutation, and so on), the X-Men were unique. Unlike most of Marvel’s other characters, they weren’t given their powers through accidents or transformations; they were born with them.