Presenting the classic, pioneering stories that made legends of the world's greatest, and strangest, team of super heroes. This volume includes the second generation of X-Men's first encounter with the alien Shi-ar and their deadliest foe, the mutant master of magnetism himself, Magneto! Marvel Masterworks: X-Men 1977-78 collects these incredible, original adventures in a year-by-year format for comic book readers everywhere to enjoy and discover the tales that created the legend.