366 - Firestar #2 - 12/31/1985

Closing out the year - and my #XMen50 project - with a reminder #JusticeForButterRum. 😄

Cover by Mary Wilshire. Interiors by Tom DeFalco & Wilshire.

#XmenADay #XMen #Firestar #Wolverine

365 - X-Men: Liberators #4 - 12/30/1998

I don't remember much about this other than it being vaguely a celebration of these three being on a team again.

Cover by Phil Jiminez. Interiors by Joseph Harris & Jiminez.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #Colossus #Wolverine

364 - Chaos War: X-Men #1 - 12/29/2010

A rare (the only?) Thunderbird/Banshee solo joint, born of them both being dead at the time.

Cover by Carlo Pagulayan. Interiors by Louise Simonson, Chris Claremont & Doug Braithwaite

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #ChaosWar #Thunderbird #Banshee

363 - X-Men (vol. 2) #109 - 12/28/2000

A Christmas-themed Monster issue, reprinting X-Men #98, Uncanny #143 & #341 alongside an original story!

Cover by Leinil Francis Yu. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Thomas Derenick

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #XMenV2 #Colossus #Storm #Wolverine

362 - Phoenix Resurrection #1 - 12/27/2017

Very early Bryan Hitch US cover work!

Cover by Leinil Francis Yu. Interiors by Matthew Rosenberg & Yu.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #PhoenixResurrection #Colossus #Storm #Nightcrawler #Wolverine

361 - Marvel Comics Presents #44 - 12/26/1989

Very early Bryan Hitch US cover work!

Cover by Bryan Hitch. Interiors by various.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #MarvelComicsPresents #Wolverine

360 - X-Men Classic #56 - 12/25/1990

Reprinting Uncanny X-Men #152!

Cover by Steve Lightle. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Bob McLeod

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #XMenClassic #Colossus #Wolverine #Storm #Nightcrawler

359 - Uncanny X-Men (vol. 3) #29 - 12/24/14

The gang's all here in this Marvel 75th variant!

Cover by Alex Ross. Interiors by Brian Michael Bendis & Chris Bachalo

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #UncannyXMenV3
#Colossus #Wolverine #Storm #Nightcrawler #Banshee #Sunfire #Thunderbird

358 - X-Men Legacy #231 - 12/23/2009

The beginning of a rare pre-Krakoa "return of Proteus" story.

Cover by Adi Granov. Interiors by Mike Carey & Clay Mann.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #XMenLegacy #Colossus #Wolverine

357 - X-Force #19 - 12/22/1992

That time Cannonball pwned Professor X with the whole "open hand/closed fist" metaphor.

Always enjoyed this one.

Cover by Greg Capullo. Interiors by Fabian Nicieza & Capullo.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #XForce #Storm

356 - Storm #1 - 12/21/1995

Storm's very first solo series, a five issue miniseries in which she battles Gene Nation in their exile dimension.

Cover by Terry Dodson. Interiors by Warren Ellis & Dodson.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Storm

355 - Uncanny X-Men #243 - 12/20/1988

Uncanny's "Inferno" tie-ins come to a close with an iconic cover.

Cover by Marc Silvestri. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Silvestri

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #UncannyXMen #Storm #Colossus #Wolverine

354 - Uncanny X-Men #401 - 12/18/2001

All else aside, I love the gag of putting Banshee on the cover of the silent issue.

Cover by Ron Garney. Interiors by Joe Casey & Garney.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #UncannyXMen #Banshee

353 - Tales of the Age of Apocalypse - 12/18/1996

Notably, this return to the #AgeofApocalypse is a prequel and does not upend the conclusion of the story.

Cover by Adam Kubert. Interiors by Scott Lobdell, Ralph Macchio & Joe Bennet.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #Colossus

352 - Excalibur # - 12/17/1991

Unofficial rule of this project: if there's a cover in which the characters are represented as chess pieces, it gets featured.

Cover by Alan Davis. Interiors by Davis.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #ClassicXMen #Nightcrawler

351 - Classic X-Men #7 - 12/16/1986

Reprinting X-Men #99

Leaving Wolverine off the cover just as was common when the original issue came out.

Cover by Art Adams. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Dave Cockrum.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #ClassicXMen #Storm #Colossus #Nightcrawler

350 - What If? (vol. 2) #46 - 12/15/1992

A rare What If? 2-parter, this plays on the slowly dying anxiety about how Cable fit into the broader world of the X-Men.

Cover by Tod Smith. Interiors by Kurt Busiek & Smith.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #WhatIf #Storm #Colossus #Wolverine

349 - Generation X #12 - 12/14/1995

Celebrating the book's 1 year anniversary (but not really, because "Age of Apocalypse") with the debut of Emplate's Hellions.

Cover by Chris Bachalo. Interiors by Scott Lobdell,
Todd DeZago & Tom Grummett

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #GenerationX #Banshee

348 - X-Men Red (vol. 2) #18 - 12/13/2023

I wish they'd just given Al Ewing an Arakko book and let him cook for as long as he wants.

Cover byStefano Caselli. Interiors by Al Ewing & Yıldıray Çınar

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #XMenRed #Storm

347 - X-Men #119 - 12/12/1978

Only missing Thunderbird! I believe this is the only time we've gotten that close on a cover.

Cover by Dave Cockrum. Interiors by Chris Claremont & John Byrne

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Colossus #Storm #Nightcrawler #Banshee #Wolverine #Sunfire

346 - Uncanny X-Men #191 - 12/11/1984

I know it has its detractors but I love the Kulan Gath story. It's like a whole crossover event jammed into 2 issues!

Cover by John Romita Jr. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Romita Jr.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #UncannyXMen #Colossus #Storm

345 - Nightcrawler (vol. 4) #9 - 12/10/2014

After coming back from his Second Coming death, Nightcrawler had a nice little run in the spotlight for a bit there.

Cover by Todd Nauck. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Nauck

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #NightcrawleV4 #Storm #Colossus #Nightcrawler

344 - Uncanny X-Men #215 - 12/9/1986

Storm vs. the Murder Grampas!

The orange background is striking but I've never been able to decide if it was intentional or just a rush job.

Cover by Alan Davis. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Davis.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #UncannyXmen #Storm

343 - X-Men Legends #9 - 12/8/2021

Tan with an homage to Todd McFarlane's Incredible Hulk #340 cover.

Cover by Bill Tan. Interiors by Larry Hama & Tan.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #XMenLegends #Wolverine

342 -Uncanny X-Men #167 - 12/7/1982

The Brood Saga concludes with simply one of the best X-Men issues, period.

Cover by Paul Smith. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Smith.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #UncannyXMen #Wolverine #Storm #Colossus #Nightcrawler

341 - Marvel Age #12 - 12/6/1983

Keep telling the secrets, Marvel Age, and it won't be a Secret War!

Cover by Mick Zeck. Interiors by various

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #MarvelAge #Wolverine #Storm #Colossus #Nightcrawler

340 - Uncanny X-Men #258 - 12/5/1989

Doesn't quite seem fair that Mandarin gets full armor & Wolverine is fighting nearly in the altogether.

Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Lee.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #UncannyXMen #Wolverine

339 - X-Men (vol. 5) #3 - 12/4/2019

Sunfire!

I generally tend to avoid variants in this project if I can help it, but I couldn't pass up a Sunfire cover.

Cover by Alex Ross. Interiors by Jonathan Hickman & Leinil Francis Yu.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #XmenV5 #Sunfire

338 - Excalibur: Air Apparent - 12/3/91

Continuing a mini run of Nightcrawler covers w/a superfluous one-shot about Galactus' dead robot herald that maybe was going to be an MCP story.

Cover by Walt Simonson. Interiors by Scott Lobdell & various.

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Excalibur #Nightcrawler

337 - Dazzler #1 - 12/2/1980

You know we're in pre-Wolverine popularity explosion days because Nightcrawler, not Wolverine, makes the cover.

Cover by Bob Larkin. Interiors by Tom DeFalco &
Johns Romita, Romita Jr. and Buscema

#XmenADay #XMen50 #XMen #Nightcrawler #Dazzler