Dazzler #1 (Mar 81) - Alison Blaire (right), the roller-skating disco singer got her own series which lasted 42 issues Marvel Team-Up #100 (Apr 81) - Intro Karma (Xi’an Coy Manh) who would become one of the soon to be formed New Mutants Spider-Woman #37 (Apr 81) - Intro Siryn (Theresa Rourke), Banshee's daughter who had similar abilities to him Uncanny X-Men #145 - 147 (May - Jul 81) - The X-Men are forced to fight Dr. Doom who has kidnapped the assassin Arcade Uncanny X-Men #148 (Aug 81) - Intro Caliban, a Morlock who lived under New York City. Angel left the X-Men after rejoining for a while following the demise of the Champions Avengers Annual #10 (1981) - Intro Rogue. She was a member of Mystique's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and had the ability to absorb peoples powers and psyches with her touch Uncanny X-Men #150 (Oct 81) - Magneto almost kills Kitty Pryde and realizes how wrong he has been all this time Uncanny X-Men #151 - 152 (Nov - Dec 81) - Storm vs. the White Queen Marvel Graphic Novel #1 (Sep 81) - The death of Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell), a Kree soldier who had protected Earth for some time Fantastic Four #240 (Mar 82) - The birth of Luna, daughter of Quicksilver and his Inhuman wife Crystal (Crystalia Amaquelin Maximoff). Despite them being a mutant and an Inhuman, Luna was a normal human being Defenders #104 (Feb 82) - Beast joins the Defenders, his third super-group following stints in the X-Men and Avengers Uncanny X-Men #155 (Mar 82) - X-Men vs. the Brood (intro) who they'd have problems with for the next year. The Brood looked like the aliens from the Alien movies Uncanny X-Men #158 - 152 (Jun 82) - The X-Men and Carol Danvers vs. Rogue Uncanny X-Men #160 (Aug 82) - Illyana Rasputin became Magik and ages a few years in Limbo, despite only being out of sight on Earth for a few seconds. Piotr's little sister isn't so little anymore Uncanny X-Men #161 (Sep 82) - Intro Gabrielle Haller, a former lover of Charles Xavier Uncanny X-Men #162 - 165 (Oct 82 - Jan 83) - X-Men vs. the Brood. Carol Danvers became Binary, her new powers being derived from the stars in #164. In '165, Charles believes the X-Men are dead (again) and is told about Karma by Moira |
Vision & the Scarlet Witch (Vol 1) #4 (Mar 83) - Magneto is revealed to be the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch (right) Dazzler #22 (Dec 82) - Dazzler vs. Rogue Marvel Graphic Novel #4 (1982) - The New Mutants first appearance. A new team was formed as the X-Men were believed dead in space during the brood saga. their young replacements were Cannonball (Sam Guthrie), Psyche (Dani Moonstar), Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair), Sunspot (Roberto Da Costa) and Karma who had been introduced earlier. Psyche soon changed her name to Mirage Uncanny X-Men #166 (Feb 83) - Intro Lockheed, Kitty's pet dragon New Mutants #1 (Mar 83) - The newbies got their own series which lasted for 100 issues Uncanny X-Men #167 (Mar 83) - The New Mutants vs. the X-Men Marvel Super Heroes Contest of Champions #1 - 3 (Jun - Aug 82) - The first contest of champions featuring the X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers and pretty much everyone else in the Marvel Universe Uncanny X-Men #168 (Apr 83) - Intro Madelyne Pryor, future wife of Scott Summers. She was a clone of Jean Grey created by Mister Sinister though this was unknown at the time, as was Sinister Marvel Graphic Novel #5 (1982) - God Loves, Man Kills. The first appearance of Rev. Stryker who went on to star in the X-Men 2 movie |
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Wolverine #1 - 4 (Sep - Dec 82) - First solo series for Wolvie. Intro Yukio 
Uncanny X-Men #169 (May 83) - Intro the Morlocks. Though we'd already met Caliban, we now met Callisto, Plague and Sunder and learned of a community of Morlocks. Masque appeared in the next issue Uncanny X-Men #171 (Jul 83) - Rogue joins the X-Men (right) in order to learn how to control her powers. Kitty now called herself Ariel instead of Sprite Defenders #122 (Aug 83) - Iceman joined his friend Beast in the non-group. Angel would join them shortly after Alpha Flight #1 (Aug 83) - New series for the Canadian superteam New Mutants #7 (Sep 83) - Intro Magma (Amara Aquilla), a mutant with volcanic powers. She joins the team in #13 Uncanny X-Men #172 - 174 (Aug - Oct 83) - The X-Men travel to Japan for the wedding of Logan and Mariko but Mariko calls it off, deeming Logan unworthy. Just to rub it in, Scott marries Madelyne Pryor in Uncanny X-Men #175 New Defenders #124 - 125 (Oct - Nov 83) - Beast, Iceman and Angel now all part of the New Defenders along with Moondragon, Gargoyle and Valkyrie New Mutants #9 (Nov 83) - Intro Selene, an energy vampire Uncanny X-Men #175 (Nov 83) - The wedding of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor Uncanny X-Men #176 (Dec 83) - Intro Dr. Val Cooper Magik #1 - 4 (Dec 83 - Mar 84) - Mini-series for Illyana Rasputin Uncanny X-Men #179 (Mar 84) - The marriage of Kitty Pryde and Caliban which thankfully didn't go ahead New Mutants #15 (May 84) - Intro the Hellions. They were Emma Frost's equivalent to the New Mutants and in their team were Jetstream, Thunderbird II (James Proudstar, the son of Thunderbird), Jetstream (Haroun Ibn Sallah al-Rahman), Roulette (Jennifer Stavros), Catseye (Sharon Smith), Tarot (Marie-Ange Colbert) and Empath (Manuel Alfonso de la Rocha) |
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X-Men & the Micronauts #1 - 4 (Jan - Apr 84) - The X-Men and the miniature Micronauts save the Microverse Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #1 - 12 (May 84 - Apr 85) - The Beyonder plays with Earth's heroes and learns about life. In issue #8, Spider-Man got a new black costume which ultimately became Venom Ka-Zar #29 (May 84) - The marriage of Ka-Zar and Shanna 
Uncanny X-Men #181 (May 84) - Wolverine gains a new foster-daughter of sorts, Amiko Alpha Flight #12 (Jul 84) - The death of Vindicator New Mutants #18 (Aug 84) - The Demon Bear storyline begins. Intro Warlock, an alien who joins the team in #21 and Rachel Summers arrives from the future Uncanny X-Men #184 (Aug 84) - Intro Forge (right), a mutant inventor Uncanny X-Men #185 (Sep 84) - Storm loses all her powers through being shot by a neutralizer invented by Forge Kitty Pryde & Wolverine #1 - 6 (Nov 84 - Apr 85) - Kitty and Logan go adventuring in Japan Beauty & the Beast #1 - 4 (Jan - Apr 85) - Beast and Dazzler mini-series Iceman #1 - 4 (Dec 84 - Mar 85) - First series for Bobby Drake New Mutants #25 (Mar 85) - Intro Legion (David Haller), the son of Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller Uncanny X-Men #188 (Dec 84) - Rachel reveals all about her future and joins the X-Men Uncanny X-Men #189 (Jan 85) - Powerless, Storm leaves the X-Men and returns to Africa Uncanny X-Men #192 (Apr 85) - Intro Nimrod, a futuristic mutant-hunting robot Uncanny X-Men and Alpha Flight: The Gift (1985) - Loki plays with the X-Men |
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Uncanny X-Men #193 (May 85) - Intro Firestar (Angelica Jones), a young mutant with microwave powers Uncanny X-Men #194 (Jun 85) - Intro Colonel Vazhin. The X-Men take on Nimrod Secret Wars II #1 - 9 (Jul 85 - Mar 86) - The second Secret Wars, again starring the Beyonder, this time on earth and trying to understand what it means to be human Defenders #152 (Feb 86) - The end of the Defenders series meaning Angel, Iceman and Beast were left jobless 
New Mutants #32 (Oct 85) - The first time Madripoor was seen Nightcrawler #1 - 4 (Nov 85 - Feb 86 - First series for the swashbuckling X-Man Uncanny X-Men #199 (Nov 85) - Freedom Force go after Magneto while Rachel Summers takes the name Phoenix for herself Uncanny X-Men #200 (Dec 85) - The trial of Magneto. Nathan Christopher Summers, the son of Scott Summers and Madelyne Pryor was born Avengers #263 (Dec 85) - Jean Grey's body found cocooned at the bottom of the sea. It was revealed in Fantastic Four #286 that the Phoenix force had been the one who died on the moon and Jean Grey's body and mind had been healed in the ocean New Mutants #35 (Jan 86) - Magneto (right) becomes headmaster at the school in Xavier's place in charge of the New Mutants X-Factor #1 (Feb 86) - Debut of X-Factor, the original X-Men who originally posed as mutant hunters in order to find mutants that needed help Firestar #1 - 4 (Mar - Jun 86) - Angelica Jones series featuring the White Queen X-Factor #3 (Apr 86) - Beast loses the fur and goes back to his human look |
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X-Factor #6 (Jul 86) - Intro Apocalypse (En Sahab Nur), a centuries old mutant with ideas of (surprise surprise, world domination Longshot #1 - 6 (Sep 86 - Feb 87) - Intro Longshot, Spiral and Mojo from the Mojoverse Classic X-Men #1 (Sep 86) - Reprints of earlier stories with added vignettes and extra pages 
Uncanny X-Men #209 (Oct 86) - Von Roehm and Leland of the Hellfire Club die in battle with Nimrod Uncanny X-Men #210 (Oct 86) - Intro the Marauders Uncanny X-Men Annual #10 (1986) - Longshot joins the X-Men The Mutant Massacre (1986) - The Marauders kill the Morlocks and go to town on the X-Men as well. this ran through many issues, these being Uncanny X-Men #211, Power Pack #27 - 28, X-Factor #10, New Mutants #46, Daredevil #238, Thor #373 - 374, Uncanny X-Men #212 and X-Factor #11. Uncanny X-Men #213 (Jan 87) - Psylocke joins the X-Men Uncanny X-Men #214 (Feb 87) - Dazzler (right, with other newcomers Longshot and Psylocke) joins the X-Men Uncanny X-Men #215 (Mar 87) - Intro Stonewall (Louis Hamilton), Super Sabre (Martin Fletcher) and the Crimson Commando (Frank Bohannan) X-Factor #15 (Apr 87) - Angel learns that his wings have been amputated |
