User blog:ARTaylor/25 Years of X-Men

Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of X-Men. On this day in 1992, Fox Kids premiered the two-part premiere episodes "Night of the Sentinels, Part One" and "Night of the Sentinels, Part Two". The animation was not yet complete when the episodes aired and contained numerous errors, that were later corrected for subsequent airings.

The series was the work of Eric Lewald, his wife Julia, Will Meugniot, and Larry Houston. The series became the first major television success for Marvel Entertainment outside of the live-action Bill Bixby/Lou Ferrigno series and one of the flagship series for Fox. The series was mostly faithful to the comics and adapted numerous classic and then-modern stories such as Days of Future Past, The Phoenix Saga, The Dark Phoenix Saga, and Phalanx Covenant.

The series featured numerous references and cameos to other famous characters, and the entire main cast appeared on Spider-Man while having a cameo on Fantastic Four. The series remains the longest running Marvel animated series with seventy-six episodes over five season. The series often ranks as one of the best superhero shows and animated series, usually near the top close to Batman: The Animated Series. The series was recently revived in comic book form as X-Men '92, spinning out of the Secret Wars event.

In honor of the anniversary, Eric and Julia Lewald wrote Previously on X-Men: TAS - The Making of an Animated Series and starting today fans can pre-order the book. Several sites have published interviews with the Lewalds including The Hollywood Reporter, Comics Beat, Decider, and Den of Geek.