2nd team appearance of the X-Men that debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1
2nd appearance of Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus and Thunderbird
4th appearance of Wolverine
1st appearance of Dragonfly
Some resources refer to this as the 2nd full appearance of Wolverine and Hulk #182 a 2nd cameo appearance
Beginning of Chris Claremont's 16-year consecutive run on the title, ending with Uncanny X-Men #279
First new X-Men story following five years of reprints
