Uncanny Treks: X-Men Epic Collection Vol. 3 Pt. 1 (1968, Comic)

The X-Men quit. Bob and Matt wade into 'The Doomsmith Scenario' and the bleak aftermath of Professor X's death, as X-Men #46-54 find Marvel's mutants disbanded and directionless under a rotating creative cast — Roy Thomas, Arnold Drake, and Gary Friedrich writing, Don Heck and Werner Roth drawing. It's the awkward adolescence before the Neal Adams renaissance: Magneto schemes, the team splinters, nobody's having fun. Matt defends the gloom; Bob's counting down the issues until Adams arrives. Next stop: the good stuff.