by Michael MalloryLavishly illustrated and featuring interviews with many key creators and contributors to
the X-Men universe - including Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, John Romita, Sr., Bryan
Singer, Brett Ratner, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, and Sir Ian McKellen - X-Men: The
Characters and Their Universe tells the complete story of this unique band of comic
book heroes from their creation in 1963 by the dream team of writer Stan Lee and artist
Jack Kirby, to their current incarnations in television and film, and serves as an
encyclopedic reference to one of the world's hottest franchises.