The X-Men #1
The X-Men #1 from Princessa Comics (circa 1990) is a reprint edition of the foundational Marvel Comics issue that introduced the entire X-Men concept to the world: Professor Charles Xavier, his School for Gifted Youngsters, and the original five student-heroes — Cyclops, Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Angel, Iceman, and Beast — facing their arch-nemesis Magneto for the first time. As a reprinted artefact, its historical significance is almost entirely borrowed from the 1963 source material, which Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created as a radical new kind of superhero team built around the metaphor of outsiders born different rather than transformed by accident. The Princessa Comics edition exists as one node in a broad international reprint ecosystem that carried this foundational story to new audiences in the years just before Marvel's X-Men franchise exploded in global popularity with the 1991 Jim Lee relaunch and the 1992 animated series.
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The Grand Comics Database (GCD) records this edition as 'The X-Men (Princessa Comics, 1990 ? series) #1', dating it only approximately as 'circa 1990 ?'. Beyond that single database entry, no production history, country of origin, licensing arrangement, print run information, language, or editorial context for this specific Princessa Comics edition could be located across any comic-history site, fan wiki, key-issue database, retailer article, or collector forum consulted. The original source material reprinted here — The X-Men #1 (September 1963, Marvel) — was written by Stan Lee, pencilled by Jack Kirby, and inked by Paul Reinman, and was originally published by Canam Publishers Sales Corp. with printing by The Eastern Color Printing Co.
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- This issue is a reprint of The X-Men (Marvel, 1963 series) #1, the debut issue of Marvel's mutant superhero team, as catalogued by the Grand Comics Database.
- The GCD dates the Princessa Comics edition only approximately, recording it as 'circa 1990 ?' — no confirmed publication date, country of origin, or language is documented in any source found.
- The reprinted source issue (Marvel, 1963) was created by writer Stan Lee and penciller Jack Kirby, with inks by Paul Reinman — none of whom have any documented creative involvement specific to this Princessa Comics edition.
- The reprinted story features the first appearance of the original X-Men lineup: Professor X, Cyclops (Scott Summers), Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Angel (Warren Worthington III), Iceman (Bobby Drake), and Beast (Hank McCoy).
- The reprinted story also features the first appearance of Magneto (Erik Lehnsherr) as the X-Men's principal antagonist, with the plot centring on his attempt to seize control of a U.S. Air Force missile base.
- The Princessa Comics edition appeared in the same approximate window as multiple other authorised reprint editions of the same 1963 source issue, including the Marvel Masterworks Vol. 3 (1987) and the Marvel Milestone Edition: X-Men #1 (September 1991).
- No key-issue databases (Key Collector, GoCollect), fan wikis (Marvel Fandom, Comic Vine), retailer articles, or collector forums reviewed contained any substantive entry or discussion specific to this Princessa Comics edition.
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