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Title: starting point
Review: now, although the title of this is essential x-men, its not like the other 'essential' titles, it doesn't pick up at the very beginning of the series. if you want that, look for 'essential uncanny xmen'. sometime in the original run, the x-men stopped being published, then a few years later, it was picked up again, & a whole new team was formed. essential xmen starts there. these stories are great, they are what made x-men what it is today. the origin of phoenix, the introduction of the shi'ar, a battle with magneto, this book has a lot. the only reason this gets only 4 stars is because although it is good, volume 2 is even better.
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