089 - X-Force: Shatterstar #2 - 3/30/2005

I saw it, so now you have to.

Cover by Rob Liefeld. Interiors by Liefeld, Brandon Thomas & Marat Mychaels.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XForce #Shatterstar

088 - Official Marvel Index to the X-Men #7 - 3/29/1988

JRjr with a riff on the end of "Dark Phoenix Saga."

Cover by John Romita Jr. Interiors by various

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #OfficialIndex #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast

087 - Uncanny X-Men #392 - 3/28/2001

The beginning of Northstar's first, brief, stint on the X-Men (Frenzy too, but she doesn't make the cover).

Cover by Salvador Larroca. Interiors by Scott Lobdell & Larroca

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Northstar

086 - Night Man/Gambit #1 - 3/27/1996

Fun fact: Night Man, star of a syndicated TV series in the late 90s, made it to live action well before Gambit.

Cover by Dietrich Smith. Interiors by David Quinn & Smith

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #NightMan #Gambit

085 - X-Factor #66 - 3/26/1991

Portacio's brief X-Factor uniforms are deeply underrated.

Cover by Whilce Portacio. Interiors by Jim Lee, Chris Claremont & Portacio.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman

084 - Hellions #1 - 3/25/2020

One of my favorite series of the Krakoa Era. Nanny and Orphan Maker ftw!

Cover by Stephen Segovia. Interiors by Zeb Wells & Segovia.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #Hellions #Havok #WildChild

083 - X-Force Annual #1 - 3/24/1992

X-Force of the future...today (well, 1992)!

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

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XForce #Shatterstar #Warlock #Cypher

082 - Daken: Dark Wolverine #7 - 3/23/2011

Daken doing his best "I'm Wolverine now" by homaging the cover to Wolverine (vol. 2) #1.

Cover by Giuseppe Camuncoli. Interiors by Daniel Way & Agustin Padilla.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #DarkWolverine #Daken

081 - Gambit (vol. 3) #16 - 3/22/2000

For whatever reason, slim pickings on March 22nd; this is the only cover I could find which meets my criteria (made picking one easy though!).

Cover by Yanick Paquette. Interiors by Fabian Nicieza & Paquette.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #GambitV3 #Gambit

080 - X-Men #76 - 3/21/1972

Reprinting X-Men #28, Banshee's first appearance.

Can't pass up an opportunity to feature Gil Kane Nose!

Cover by Gil Kane. Interiors by Roy Thomas & Werner Roth.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman

079 - What If? (vol. 2) #13 - 3/20/1990

Early Jim Lee cover!

Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Kurt Busiek & Vince Mielcarek.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #WhatIf #Cyclops #Iceman #Quicksilver #JimLee

078 - X-Man #27 - 3/18/1997

Throwback to when Havok was a bad guy for a hot minute.

Cover by Roger Cruz. Interiors by Terry Kavanagh & Cruz.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMan #Havok #XMan

077 - X-Factor #5 - 3/17/1986

Our first shadowy glimpse of the leader of the Alliance of Evil, who is definitely not the Owl!

Cover by Ron Frenz. Interiors by Bob Layton & Jackson Guice

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman

076 - X-Factor #78 - 3/17/1992

My first issue of X-Factor!

What is yours?

Cover by Joe Quesada. Interiors by Peter David, Larry Stroman & Brandon Peterson

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #StrongGuy #Havok #Polaris #Wolfsbane #Madrox #Quicksilver

Here's the original - a pretty faithful recreation!
#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #ExtraordinaryXMen #JeanGrey #Iceman

075 - Extraordinary X-Men #8 - 3/16/2016

Homaging the cover to X-Factor #6, Apocalypse's first full appearance (Jean & Iceman are in their OG positions)

Cover by Humberto Ramos. Interiors by Jeff Lemire & Ramos.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #ExtraordinaryXMen #JeanGrey #Iceman

074 - Marvel Age #64 - 3/15/1988

Any big Evolutionary War stans out there? I've always been put off by how it's less a "war" and more a series of semi-related events.

Cover by Ron Frenz. Interiors by various.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #MarvelAge #EvolutionaryWar #Cyclops #Beast

073 - Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe '89 Update #1 - 3/14/1989

The first OHOTMU run I completed back in the day. Love that Archangel got his own new entry.

Cover by Ron Frenz. Interiors by Peter Sanderson & various.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #OHOTMU89 #Angel #BoomBoom

072 - Dead X-Men #3 - 3/13/2024

Title seems appropriate for Friday the 13th Part 2.

Cover by Lucas Werneck. Interiors by Steve Foxe & various.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #DeadXMen #Frenzy

071 - X-Men #56 - 3/12/1969

Take THAT, logo! Another all-timer.

Cover by Neal Adams. Interiors by Roy Thomas & Adams.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman

069 - Marvel Age #39 - 3/11/1986

On sale the same month as X-Factor #5, this is celebrating a version of the book that won't exist the following month.

Cover by Bob Layton. Interiors by various.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #MarvelAge #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman

068 - Uncanny X-Men #218 - 3/20/1987

One of the more unheralded Art Adams X-Men cover. Simple, but effective.

Cover by Art Adams. Interiors by Chris Claremont & Marc Silvestri.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Longshot

067 - X-Men Adventures #7 - 3/9/1993

It's a sign of Cable's early 90s popularity that he made it into the animated series before so many classic characters.

Cover by Andrew Wildman. Interiors by Ralph Macchio & Chris Batista

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMenAdventures #Gambit

066 - X-Men: The Hidden Years #6 - 3/8/2000

Remember when the X-Men met Storm BEFORE Giant-Size X-Men #1? John Byrne does.

Cover & Interiors by John Byrne.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMenHiddenYears #Angel #Cyclops #Beast #JeanGrey

065 - X-Men #44 - 3/7/1968

In which Roy Thomas detours from his Magneto story to re-introduce a race of Golden Age bird people, as one does.

Cover by Don Heck. Interiors by Gary Friedrich, Roy Thomas, Werner Roth & Heck.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXmen # #Angel

064 - All New X-Men #8 - 3/6/2013

The time-traveling O5 meet the Avengers & Jean starts wiping minds!

Cover by Stuart Immonen. Interiors by Brian Michael Bendis & Immonen.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #AllNewXMen #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Beast #Angel #Iceman

063 - X-Force (vol. 3) #2 - 3/5/2008

Remember when they put Rahne on the Murder Squad version of X-Force? That sure was...a choice.

Cover by Clayton Crain. Interiors by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost & Crain.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XForceVol3 #Wolfsbane

063 - X-Men (vol. 4) #25 (variant) - 3/4/2015

This book offers one of the few opportunities for covers with both Monet and Rachel on it.

Cover by Jim Cheung. Interiors by G. Willow Wilson & Roland Boschi.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMenVol4 #RachelSummers #Monet

062 - X-Men #5 - 3/3/1964

This is the one where Professor X fakes losing his powers to send his teen students to fight Magneto in space as a test.

Cover by Jack Kirby. Interiors by Stan Lee & Kirby

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Iceman #Beast #Angel

061 - X-Factor #216 - 3/2/2011

X-Factor vs. Mayor J. Jonah Jameson!

Cover by David Yardin. Interiors by Peter David & Emanuela Lupacchino.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #Madrox #SpiderMan