Q 01/05

Which artist co-created the X-Men with writer-editor Stan Lee in 1963?

A) Jack Kirby

B) Steve Ditko

C) John Romita Sr.

D) Gil Kane

Answer · why

A) Jack Kirby

The team debuted in The X-Men #1, cover-dated September 1963, the same year Marvel launched the Avengers and Doctor Strange.

Q 02/05

Stan Lee wanted to call the team 'The Mutants'. Which Marvel publisher rejected the name?

A) Jim Shooter

B) Martin Goodman

C) Roy Thomas

D) Stan Goldberg

Answer · why

B) Martin Goodman

The objection was that young readers would not know what a mutant was, so the 'X' for extra power was used instead.

Q 03/05

Which winged hero was one of the original five X-Men introduced in 1963?

A) Banshee

B) Havok

C) Angel

D) Polaris

Answer · why

C) Angel

Warren Worthington III joined Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast and Bobby Drake in the first class; the other three names all arrived years later.

Q 04/05

Roughly how many years passed without new X-Men stories after issue #66 in 1970?

A) 7

B) 9

C) 11

D) 5

Answer · why

D) 5

Issues #67-93 were reprints of older comics; the drought ended with Giant-Size X-Men #1 in 1975.

Q 05/05

What was the title of the story in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975)?

A) Second Genesis

B) Deadly Genesis

C) New Blood

D) Rebirth of the Mutants

Answer · why

A) Second Genesis

The 68-page issue was cover-dated May 1975 but actually reached newsstands in February that year.