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X-Men​

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​The X-Men were created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby, and first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). The basic concept of the X-Men is that under a cloud of increasing anti-mutant sentiment, Professor Xavier created a haven at his Westchester mansion to train young mutants to use their powers for the benefit of humanity, and to prove mutants can be heroes.[1] Xavier recruited Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Marvel Girl, calling them "X-Men" because they possess special powers due to their possession of the "X-gene," a gene which normal humans lack and which gives mutants their abilities. Early on, however, the "X" in X-Men stood for "extra" power which normal humans lacked. It was also alluded to that mutations occurred as a result of radiation exposure.

The first issue also introduced the team's archenemy, Magneto, who would continue to battle the X-Men for decades throughout the comic's history, both on his own and with his Brotherhood of Mutants (introduced in issue #4). The X-Men universe also includes such notable heroes as Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Rogue, Shadowcat, Dazzler, Emma Frost, Cable, and Gambit. Besides the Brotherhood of Mutants, other villains that the X-Men have fought include the Sentinels, Apocalypse, Mister Sinister, and the Hellfire Club.
 

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Planet Studios produced lots of X-men pins, ​​​​​​​​​​especially of Wolverine, whom I'm going to give his own section.  I will break the list down by the comic logo's and emblems.  Then the main X-Men team members, then the other group team members, then the villains.

X-Men logo and symbol pins

X-Men character pins

Interesting fact - the Storm pins, though almost the same, are from two different publications and artists. The first was from Uncanny X-Men (Annual #12 1988) by Art Adams which was swiped by Jim Lee for X-Men #1.

  I don't mind swiping, it's part of the comic industry and has been done since the beginning.  But I do find swipes interesting.  The king of swipes is Dan Atkins who swiped almost 70% of his work... but did it so well it has almost become an internet game to find the source.

Other X- Groups

I'm unsure where this comic image comes from, but it is definitely the basis for this Warlock pin  ​

The Villians

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