Stan Lee is a freaking genius. This single 22 pages comic sets up one of the biggest and most important parts of the Marvel universe. First 9 pages make a better job of character introduction, than a big Alphacore TPB... A single 22 pages issue shows us 5 new characters, their powers, their relationship and characteristics, then instantly adds a new character in and by telling her about the X-Men and mutants Stan also introduces it to us. And it feels soooo natural... Unlike it's often in the comics of that era, when some important exposition is told to reader through some random monologue or something... Then Stan sets up an evil mutants and Magneto specifically. A few pages spent to show you how mighty his power is, how many various uses can the villain find for it. And the story ends on a first real mission of the mutant team. I don't know, it's really great, even though it's 1963. I can't imagine how cool it was back then, when such things were new to people. more

After Marvel Girl joins the team, the X-Men go on their first mission: to free a missile base from Magneto's control. (Cover date: September, 1963)

Power illustration of mutants is the main factor to read this one. The book is readable and portrays the first known mission of X-Men that saved America.The only flaw of the book where the cringe drama sequences used here and there.Rest is pretty ok.