X-Men (comic book) 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, marking the first time, that more than one "X-Men" series would be published. This series took the simpler, earlier name "X-Men", thought it would later be titled "". Volume 3 began publication in September 2010 and for most of its run featured team-ups between the X-Men and other Marvel characters, ended at issue #41
Dark X-Men of Charles Xavier's X-Men, to which they had no official connection (much like Osborn's Avengers team was pretending to be the real Avengers). At the 2009 Emerald City ComiCon, writer Matt Fraction confirmed that the Dark X-Men would not be featured in a title of their own, but would rather be featured in "Uncanny X-Men" during the crossover with "Dark Avengers". In an April 16 interview with Comic Book Resources, Fraction explained the whole idea behind the Dark X-Men was to create three teams; Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers, Scott Summers's X-Men, and Emma Frost's new "Dark" X-Men. Comic book writer