The X-Men #94
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThe X-Men #94 marks the true launch of the 'All-New, All-Different' X-Men as an ongoing title, ending the series' five-year stretch as a reprint book and establishing the diverse international roster — Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird, and Banshee — as the permanent new cast, with Cyclops the sole holdover from the founding team. It is simultaneously the first chapter of Thunderbird's death arc, a two-part story whose conclusion in #95 made John Proudstar the first X-Man to die on a mission — an unprecedented narrative choice that permanently signaled to readers that Marvel's mutant universe carried genuine stakes. Most consequentially, this issue marks page one of Chris Claremont's 16-year tenure on the title, the run that transformed a marginal bi-monthly book into the best-selling comic franchise in the world and laid the storytelling foundations for every X-Men film, cartoon, and spinoff that followed.
In "The Doomsmith Scenario!", the original X-Men step aside as Cyclops remains to guide a new generation of mutants, but their mission is immediately tested when the cunning Nefaria seizes control of Valhalla air force base. With Dave Cockrum’s dynamic art and a cover by Gil Kane and Dave Cockrum, this 1975 Marvel classic captures the team’s first major test under their new leadership.
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The issue's origins lie in a publishing pivot: Len Wein and Dave Cockrum's original plan was to continue the revival as a quarterly Giant-Size series, but Marvel shifted to a bi-monthly regular book, which Wein felt he could not sustain alongside his other writing commitments. Wein co-plotted the two-part 'Doomsmith Scenario' story — originally conceived as a second Giant-Size issue — and then handed scripting duties to his editorial assistant, Chris Claremont, a relatively junior writer whose enthusiasm for the new cast had been evident since the Giant-Size #1 development sessions. Cockrum penciled throughout, but inker Bob McLeod — who got the assignment through a recommendation from Neal Adams — did not return for issue #95, reportedly because Cockrum was dissatisfied with how his pencils were rendered; the cover was a collaboration between Cockrum and Gil Kane. Letterer Tom Orzechowski also made his first appearance on the title with this issue, beginning what would become one of the longest letterer-title partnerships in Marvel history.
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- First issue of the ongoing X-Men series to feature new story content since #66 (1969), ending roughly five years of reprint-only issues (#67–93).
- Officially the first issue of Chris Claremont's 16-year run as writer, scripting over a plot by Len Wein; Claremont would not take over sole plotting duties until #96.
- Story title is 'The Doomsmith Scenario!' (Part 1 of 2); pencils by Dave Cockrum, inks by Bob McLeod, cover by Gil Kane and Dave Cockrum.
- The founding X-Men — Angel, Marvel Girl (Jean Grey), Iceman, Havok, and Lorna Dane — formally resign from the team in this issue; Sunfire also departs, having agreed only to assist in the Giant-Size #1 mission.
- Second appearances of the 'All-New, All-Different' team members — Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Colossus, Thunderbird, and Banshee — following their debut in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (May 1975).
- First and only appearance of Dragonfly (Veronica Dultry) as a new villain; the other Ani-Men (Ape-Man, Bird-Man, Cat-Man, Frog-Man) had previously debuted in Daredevil comics but receive their revised, genetically enhanced origin here.
- Beast appears in a brief cameo via video screen — his first appearance in the X-Men title since his departure — alerting the team that the Avengers cannot respond to Count Nefaria's NORAD takeover.
- The issue has been reprinted multiple times, including Classic X-Men #2 (1986, with added pages), Marvel Masterworks: Uncanny X-Men Vol. 1 (2003), Essential X-Men Vol. 1 (1996, black and white), and as part of the Giant-Size X-Men 40th Anniversary collection (2015); Tom Orzechowski began his long association with the title as letterer starting with this issue.
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↩ Reprints [Marvel Hostess Ads] #2 (1975)
Reprinted in Comic Reader #118 (1975), Spécial Strange #6 (1976), Capitan America #116 (1977), Patrulla-X #20 (1978), X:en #6/1985 (1985), Prosjekt X #7/1985 (1985), Classic X-Men #2 (1986), The Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #4 (1987), El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta #35 (1988), Marvel Masterworks #11 (1989), L'Uomo Ragno #56 (1990), X-Men #3/1992 (1992), X-Men Classic #1 (1995), Essential X-Men #1 (1996), X-Men #2 (1997), Wizard Ace Edition: Uncanny X-Men #94 #[nn] (2002), X-Men : l'intégrale #1975-1976 (2002), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men - Barnes & Noble Edition #1 (2003), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #1 (2003), Giant-Size X-Men #4 (2005), X-Men pocket 1 #[nn] (2006), The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus #1 (2006), Marvel Masterworks: The Uncanny X-Men #1 (2009), Marvel Gold. La Imposible Patrulla-X #1 (2011) + 11 more
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