The X-Men #6

"Sub-Mariner Joins the Evil Mutants"
Cover date:  July 1964
Written:  with the flair of Stan Lee
Drawn:  with the air of Jack Kirby
Inked:  with the care of Chic Stone
Lettered:  on a dare by S. Rosen

"Even superior mutants with supernatural powers have to eat dinner the same as we... and that's where our story begins... in the dining hall of the mysterious building which houses... the X-Men!"

Happy Doomsday, everybody!

The X-Men #5

"Trapped:  One X-Man!"
Cover date:  May 1964
Spell-binding story by:  Stan Lee
Dazzling drawing by:  Jack Kirby
Inking:  Paul Reinman
Lettering:  S. Rosen

"Never have you, the reading public, been so instantly fascinated by a group of super-powerful villains as last issue, when you met Magneto's evil mutants!  Now, we present them again... more exciting, more unpredictable, more dangerous than ever!!"

From The Soundboard: 1984 Birthday Show

The fan labels have really outdone themselves this time by getting ahold of and releasing this show in soundboard quality.  It's been circulating as an audience recording of varying degrees of quality since the dawn of Prince bootlegs.  Last year, we thought that we had the best version that would ever be available, via 4DaFunk's "26" which was taken from a lower generation tape recording and considerably cleaned up.

But now 4DaFunk, in conjuntion with Free Boot Generation, thanks to an anonymous benefactor, have brought to us a crystal clear soundboard recording of Prince's show at First Ave in Minneapolis from June 7, 1984.

The X-Men #4

"The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants!"
Cover date: March 1964
Sensational script by:  Stan Lee
Dynamic drawings by:  Jack Kirby
Imaginative inking by:  Paul Reinman
Legible lettering by:  Art Simek

"You are gazing at a sight which few homo sapiens have ever been privileged to witness... the awesome Danger Room where Professor Xavier trains his homo superior mutant students for the dangers which await them!"

Winning

The X-Men #3

"Beware of the Blob!"
Cover date:  January 1964
Written by:  Stan Lee
Illustrated by:  Jack Kirby
Inked by:  Paul Reinman
Lettered by:  Art Simek

"You have never seen a super-villain like the Blob!!  We promise you that!  Of all the great Marvel epics, this may be the greatest!"

The X-Men #2

"No One Can Stop The Vanisher!"
Cover date:  November 1963
Written by:  Stan Lee
Drawn by:  Jack Kirby
Inked by: Paul Reinman
Lettered by:  Sam Rosen

"Congratulations!  You are about to begin a book-length tale which you'll never forget!  And now, let us follow the extraordinary X-Men as they answer an urgent mental summons from their mysterious leader, Professor X..."