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![]() Older X-Men including Angel, Iceman, Jean Grey, Havok and Polaris were present in the story, but opt out of participating in the new roster as of issue #94. Giant-Size represents a passing of the torch of sorts. New characters included Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm and Thunderbird. Wolverine was introduced from the pages of The Incredible Hulk. Len Wein (writer of Giant as well as the plotter of the first two new issues of Uncanny), with artist Dave Cockrum, developed a new team and several new characters. Older characters such as Professor Xavier, Cyclops, Sunfire and Banshee also returned to the title. Giant-Size X-Men #1 rapidly established a number of characters. ![]() ![]() Launching with a 64-page special and moving (initially) into a bi-monthly schedule, Marvel wanted to prove to readers that these mutants were worth an investment. ![]() The series had not been selling well enough to justify new stories, and by some stroke of luck had not been outright cancelled. When Chris Claremont stepped on board X-Men it had just been authorized for fresh content. ![]()
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