All good things must come to an end. Today Marvel has announced that in October, we will se the end of an era. Uncanny X-Men will conclude with issue #544.

Starting back in 1963, the series originally just had the title X-Men. It was in 1980, half way through the Days of Future Past storyline where the series changed to Uncanny X-Men with issue #142.

The first run of the series was actually canceled in 1970 due to low sales but rather than completely end, previous issues were reprinted. This lasted until 1975 when Chris Claremont wrote Giant-Size X-Men which introduced the new team (with characters such as Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, etc) and continued in X-Men #94.

WIth the upcoming SCHISM story, there will be a divide in the X-Men and one of the results will be the end of this series. Said to be years in the making, when the dust settles, the state of mutantkind will be irreparably changed forever.

It's unfortunate that the original X-Men series is ending. Uncanny X-Men #544 is on sale this October. It will be written by Kieron Gillen with pencils and cover by Greg Land.

Sad indeed.  One of the true original comics coming to an end.

Great way to get more Marvel fans into the DC relaunch.

That's just silly.

Sad but this is reality

hmmm

I wonder why.

Why on Earth idn't they end it on a landmark issue like #450 which would have been only a few months later?

This is so obvious.  Cancel Uncanny X-Men, launch something else, then rename that Uncanny X-Men and renumber it to #450 later on. 

However, I really am saddened by this news.  They should have just handed the series over to a decent creative team instead of cancelling it.  It's going out on an all time low.  Although not surprising, it's disappointing to see Marvel resort to these sorts of tactics.

Thats terrible. Hopefully they just call it a different title, starting at No. 1 maybe, and then when schism blows over they can bring it back for issue 600. 
Right? X-men legacy has been called different things over the years...

Why on Earth idn't they end it on a landmark issue like #450 which would have been only a few months later?

This is so obvious.  Cancel Uncanny X-Men, launch something else, then rename that Uncanny X-Men and renumber it to #450 later on. 

However, I really am saddened by this news.  They should have just handed the series over to a decent creative team instead of cancelling it.  It's going out on an all time low.  Although not surprising, it's disappointing to see Marvel resort to these sorts of tactics.

Wow. Ending such an iconic series with Greg Land doing the cover and interior. 
 
Never mind, they'll just rename X-Men as 'Uncanny X-Men' and add up the total number of issues of those series combined and rename the adjectiveless one as 'Uncanny' in time for #500. 
 
I just don't get it, this is like cancelling Batman and keeping all the other Bat-titles going.

What? This is just a gimmick. We will get two new X-Books, that will be the status quo for a few years, the a big hyped relaunch. 

Once again the lack of creative writing and genuine commitment to the history of series/characters/titles rears its head in the new millennium of Marvel.  Time to order those back-issues TPBs, everyone, or the dvd-roms with the 40 years of issues.  This is a sad time indeed.

This is your fault G-Man. Marvel must have read your comment about X-Men being sexist and now all books with X-Men in it must be cancelled and renamed with no references to gender!  =p
 
Plus now like the cartoon, the relaunched X-Book will be Wolverine and the X-Men and Uncanny First Class. =p

@xerox-kitty said:

Why on Earth idn't they end it on a landmark issue like #450 which would have been only a few months later?

This is so obvious.  Cancel Uncanny X-Men, launch something else, then rename that Uncanny X-Men and renumber it to #450 later on. 

However, I really am saddened by this news.  They should have just handed the series over to a decent creative team instead of cancelling it.  It's going out on an all time low.  Although not surprising, it's disappointing to see Marvel resort to these sorts of tactics.

I agree Fraction shouldnt have his hands in any big titles. I wish he would have stayed out of the X-men.

they broke my heart really why i just started to read uncanny i like have only six comic books and all are uncanny x men why really i just  found comics and this no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Figures the day that I am getting my uncanny x-men tattoo is the day they announce this shenanigans. I disapprove. 

As long as Greg Land starts tracing Fassbender as Magneto, my cornflakes shall not be pissed in. 

Depressing.

Ho hum. I doubt we'll be short of X-books.

Wow. Ending such an iconic series with Greg Land doing the cover and interior.

This is a sad day indeed.

Interesting.  So many things coming to an end it seems as of late.  Are we in an "out with the old, in with the new" scheme of things now?

Yawn... Knee-jerk reaction to DC's renumbering. Relax guys! Does anyone really think anything like this is going to last? Like anything else the big two have done in the last five years, this will not matter in the long run. 
  
Also, about Gillen's quote:
"The X-Men has always been a book with ideology and ideas at its heart, and to be fair to them — to best present them — you have to be entirely true," Gillen said. "And if the story we're telling demands that you end the 'Uncanny X-Men,' you end the 'Uncanny X-Men.' No, it's not taken lightly — but it's taken if it's necessary to do it." 
 
Lol. No, it's not a marketing trick. We're doing it because the story demands it! Honest! As if the X-Men wouldn't just boot Cyclops and Wolverine and carry on with a new leader. 

Great way to get more Marvel fans into the DC relaunch.

@-Eclipse- said:

Wow. Ending such an iconic series with Greg Land doing the cover and interior.

Yeah, you'd at least think they'd get Choi to do the art it if was the last issue...

I sympathise with Uncanny fans, I'm still not best pleased about Thor being split but luckly Journey into Mystery has been great. It should return soon enough as many other have said but it is indeed sad to see a title such as this no longer on shelves.

Hm.. I wonder why Marvel would be cancelling one of their biggest books... 

I think it will get replaced by two divided X-team titles.

Okay, what the hell? This is retarded but im sure its just a marketing thing and will be back in a year or so but still dumb. 
First a DC relaunch now the "end" of the Uncanny? Wack.

@SC said:

This is your fault G-Man. Marvel must have read your comment about X-Men being sexist and now all books with X-Men in it must be cancelled and renamed with no references to gender!

LOL!

I guess the book saw it coming, I am just wondering what Marvel will do to bring it back in the future. It's strange to see the First Class on the cover. With the present First to Last story arc in the adjective-less X-Men title it seems that the First Class is becoming more prominent in the X-Universe. How and why is my question.

I wonder why.

Couldnt care less

Oh, no it's my favorite title!

I wouldn't be surprised to see Amazing Spiderman end next. We saw it with Fantastic Four, and now X-Men. In my opinion, it just seems inevitable.

The comic industry needs to start caring and listening to their fans instead of looking at the sales

FFS. 
 
Cancel. Relaunch. Rinse. Repeat.

Schism had better be wicked awesome.

i need to remember the good old days!

WOOT! Last issue is given a send off by one of the greatest "penicilers" of all time, Greg Land!

October can't get here fast enough!