The show's third season featured adaptations of "The Phoenix Saga" and "Dark Phoenix Saga," likely the two most heavily requested storylines from fans. The combined 13 mutants (and let's not forget the mutants hanging around, like Jubilee, Forge, and Banshee) were now living together in their original headquarters, and even Professor Xavier had returned from a sabbatical in space to mentor the team. In this case, a "Blue" team of X-Men would headline the new book, while the "Gold" team starred in Uncanny X-Men. With Uncanny X-Men a consistent top-seller, '90s Marvel made the call to release a monthly spinoff featuring, well, more X-Men. No claws, no beard stubble, no inner monologues hinting at an enigmatic past or expressing angsty unease about your place in society? Sorry, but you're just not cool anymore. Marvel superheroes like Spider-Man who are now household names saw their popularity eclipsed by the era's "mutant books," becoming the dull, placid comics of old. 1991's X-Men #1 was the culmination of years of work, as the revamped X-Men series launched in 1975 quietly built an audience of devoted fans, moving from a bimonthly to a monthly schedule, inspiring hefty back issue prices, and eventually setting the course for mainstream comics.
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