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''The Uncanny X-Men'' is a Marvel Comics Series featuring an Eponymous Group of Mutant Superhero es, published from 1963 to present day. HISTORY .]] The series debuted in , 1970 ), the series ceased producing new issues but continued, reprinting older stories. .]] In 1975, Marvel revived the series with a new roster, introduced in the special ''Giant-Sized X-Men'' #1. Afterwards, the series slowly gained a sizable readership. By the early 1980s , the series had become one of the best-selling series in the American Comic Book industry, leading to Spin-off s such as '' The New Mutants '', '' X-Factor '', '' Excalibur '' and '' Wolverine '' and showing its influence on other superhero team series such as the '' Teen Titans '' and '' The Avengers ''. By the early 1990s, ''Uncanny X-Men'' was often the best-selling comic book in America for a particular month and turned many of the writers and illustrators involved in the series into comics superstars. NAMES AND RELATIONSHIP WITH ''X-MEN,'' VOL. 2 ''Uncanny X-Men'' was originally published as merely ''X-Men'', officially '''''The X-Men'''''. The adjective "Uncanny" first appeared on issue #114 (Oct. 1978) and the series formally changed its title to ''The Uncanny X-Men'' with issue #142 ('' launched in October 1991, pre-1981 issues of ''Uncanny X-Men'' were called '''''X-Men Vol. 1''''' or, less commonly, '''''Uncanny X-Men'''''. Since the introduction of the adjectiveless ''X-Men'', the plotlines of each series have had varying degrees of interminglement. From 1991-1995, briefly in 1997, and from 2000-on, ''Uncanny X-Men'' and ''X-Men'' featured different battalions of X-Men. Appearances of an ''Uncanny X-Men'' character in ''X-Men'' or vice versa was common, but major stories concerning ''Uncanny X-Men'' characters were almost always featured in ''Uncanny X-Men.'' From 1995 until 1996 (when Scott Lobdell was writing both series), and from 1998 until 2000 (when Alan Davies was writing both), ''Uncanny X-Men'' and ''X-Men'' were more or less treated as a single bi-monthly series by the writers with plotlines from ''Uncanny X-Men'' leading directly into the next issue of ''X-Men.'' PUBLICATION SCHEDULE After it was first launched in 1963, ''X-Men'' was published bi-monthly. Starting with issue #14 (1965), it began monthly publication but became a bi-monthly series once again with issue #67 (1970) when it ceased printing new material. ''Uncanny X-Men'' began printing new material with issue #94 (1975), but remained a bi-weekly series until issue #112 (1978). Marvel has also occasionally published the title biweekly for short periods in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1999, and from 2002 through 2005. Like many popular comic book series, ''Uncanny X-Men'' also produced double-sized Annuals , doing so from 1971-1972 and again from 1979-2001. CAST The current Cast for Uncanny X-Men is Nightcrawler (Leader), Marvel Girl, Bishop, Cable, Wolverine and Psylocke. Soon the cast will be Nightcrawler (leader), Marvel Girl, Havok, Polaris, Professor X, first time member Warpath and a yet to be confirmed member. It will continue the fallout of X-Men: Deadly Genesis, which revealed the third Summers brother, Gabriel Summers aka Vulcan. CONTRIBUTORS Regular writers
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