The X-Men in the '90s were an unstoppable juggernaut, but much like a certain X-Men villain, unstoppable didn't always mean unstoppable. 1994 ended with Legion Quest and X-Men: Alpha #1 (by Scott Lobdell, Mark Waid, Roger Cruz, Steve Epting, Tim Townsend, Dan Panosian, Steve Buccellato, Electric Crayon, Richard Starkings, and Comicraft). The first few months of 1995 were owned by The Age of Apocalypse, a wildly successful gamble that paid off. The X-Men dominated the top of the sales charts, but things were about to get very bad for Marvel. Pretty soon, the X-Men were the only comics keeping the lights on.
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