081 - Gambit (vol. 3) #16 - 3/22/2000

For whatever reason, slim pickings on March 22nd; this is the only cover I could find which meets my criteria (made picking one easy though!).

Cover by Yanick Paquette. Interiors by Fabian Nicieza & Paquette.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #GambitV3 #Gambit

080 - X-Men #76 - 3/21/1972

Reprinting X-Men #28, Banshee's first appearance.

Can't pass up an opportunity to feature Gil Kane Nose!

Cover by Gil Kane. Interiors by Roy Thomas & Werner Roth.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #UncannyXMen #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman

079 - What If? (vol. 2) #13 - 3/20/1990

Early Jim Lee cover!

Cover by Jim Lee. Interiors by Kurt Busiek & Vince Mielcarek.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #WhatIf #Cyclops #Iceman #Quicksilver #JimLee

078 - X-Man #27 - 3/18/1997

Throwback to when Havok was a bad guy for a hot minute.

Cover by Roger Cruz. Interiors by Terry Kavanagh & Cruz.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XMan #Havok #XMan

077 - X-Factor #5 - 3/17/1986

Our first shadowy glimpse of the leader of the Alliance of Evil, who is definitely not the Owl!

Cover by Ron Frenz. Interiors by Bob Layton & Jackson Guice

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #Cyclops #JeanGrey #Angel #Beast #Iceman

076 - X-Factor #78 - 3/17/1992

My first issue of X-Factor!

What is yours?

Cover by Joe Quesada. Interiors by Peter David, Larry Stroman & Brandon Peterson

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #XFactor #StrongGuy #Havok #Polaris #Wolfsbane #Madrox #Quicksilver

075 - Extraordinary X-Men #8 - 3/16/2016

Homaging the cover to X-Factor #6, Apocalypse's first full appearance (Jean & Iceman are in their OG positions)

Cover by Humberto Ramos. Interiors by Jeff Lemire & Ramos.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #ExtraordinaryXMen #JeanGrey #Iceman

074 - Marvel Age #64 - 3/15/1988

Any big Evolutionary War stans out there? I've always been put off by how it's less a "war" and more a series of semi-related events.

Cover by Ron Frenz. Interiors by various.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #MarvelAge #EvolutionaryWar #Cyclops #Beast

073 - Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe '89 Update #1 - 3/14/1989

The first OHOTMU run I completed back in the day. Love that Archangel got his own new entry.

Cover by Ron Frenz. Interiors by Peter Sanderson & various.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #OHOTMU89 #Angel #BoomBoom

072 - Dead X-Men #3 - 3/13/2024

Title seems appropriate for Friday the 13th Part 2.

Cover by Lucas Werneck. Interiors by Steve Foxe & various.

#XmenADay #XMen #XFactor40 #DeadXMen #Frenzy