X-Men (comic book) direction, with the exits of Warpath and Jubilee from the cast and the addition of Pixie the storyline focused on Storm leading a "security team" of X-Men dealing with potential threats to mutants. Issue #38 featured a return to the team-up elements of the book, and features Domino and Daredevil. Regular writers Regular artists X-Men (comic book) X-Men is a comic book ongoing series a namesake team of superheroes, published in various incarnations by Marvel Comics, beginning in 1963. The first series was eventually renamed "The Uncanny X-Men" with issue #114 (October 1978). In 1991, a second, companion series debuted,
Silver Age of Comic Books prominence. With an innovation that changed the comic-book industry, "The Fantastic Four" #1 initiated a naturalistic style of superheroes with human failings, fears, and inner demons, who squabbled and worried about the likes of rent-money. In contrast to the straitlaced archetypes of superheroes at the time, this ushered in a revolution. With dynamic artwork by Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, and others complementing Lee's colorful, catchy prose, the new style became popular among college students who could identify with the angst and the irreverent nature of the characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Hulk during a time period