Nov. '86 - Classic X-Men # 3

Classic X-Men reprinted the X-Men from the start of Giant-Sized X-Men #1 when the new group was introduced. Each of these reprints included new material written by Chris Claremont that would add to the original story. In this issue and the previous one this extra material was illustrated by John Bolton who is just incredible.

This issue reprinted #95 where Thunderbird died. His powers were all duplicated by Wolverine so I think that was the reasoning behind him getting killed. This early on, Claremont was getting a good handle on the X-Men giving each of them a different personality. That was something he did very well. I really enjoyed reading the X-Men up to the Secret Wars II crossovers. They really got messy at that point and seemed to lose focus. Before that, X-men was one of my favourite reads each month.