Schedule Monthly Inker(s) Tom Palmer Colorist(s) Gregory Wright Number of issues 22 Penciller John Byrne | Format Ongoing series Letterer(s) John Byrne Main character X-Men Writer John Byrne Publisher Marvel Comics | |
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Editor(s) Bob Harras
Jason Liebig
Lysa Hawkins
Joe Quesada Publication date December 1999 – September 2001 Similar Professor Xavier and the X‑Men, Alpha Flight, X‑Nation 2099, X‑Men: Manifest Destiny, X‑Men Forever | ||
X-Men: The Hidden Years was a comic book series set in the Marvel Comics universe, which starred the company's popular superhero team, the X-Men. It was written by John Byrne, with illustrations by Byrne and Tom Palmer.
Publication history
The series was intended to fill in the team's chronology during the early 1970s when the original X-Men comic (#67–93) was publishing only reprints of earlier issues. According to Byrne, the series "was clearly finite, since [Giant-Size X-Men #1] was out there as an "end point" for my series, but the way I had it worked out, I could have easily done 100 issues or more before I had to send the team off to Krakoa." However, as part of a retooling of the X-Men line, X-Men: The Hidden Years was cancelled, prematurely ending its run with issue #22.
Hidden Years featured the cast of the original X-Men and their villains, with a few appearances by characters who had not otherwise appeared at that point in time, such as Storm and the Phoenix Force.
