The X-Men #82

The X-Men issue #82 was published by Marvel Comics in 1974. During this period in the mid-1970s, the X-Men title was largely in a state of flux, existing primarily as a reprint vehicle for earlier stories following the cancellation of the original run. This specific era served as a bridge before the monumental 1975 relaunch in Giant-Size X-Men #1, which would eventually revitalize the franchise and introduce the team's modern iteration.

The design and artistic direction of the period were deeply rooted in the foundational work of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, as these reprints sought to preserve the legacy of the Silver Age mutant narrative. While this issue did not feature new canonical storytelling, it is historically significant for its place in the collection of titles that maintained the intellectual property's presence on newsstands during a fallow period for original content.