"I started reading Uncanny X-Men via the "Dark Phoenix Saga" graphic novel, then started reading the individual comics regularly about a year or so before the "Extinction Agenda" storyline. I soon grew to love most of the characters, and appreciated their rogues gallery almost as much as the X-Men themselves. Wolvie was easily my favorite of the bunch.
Eventually all the mutant teams were revamped, which led to a second X-Men title (simply X-Men) so of course I read that for a while too."