X-Men Classic

So! I was about 10 and my mother brought home a random box of books from a garage sale. In it was the X-Men: Heroes for Hope comic. It was a one-off special by various big-name creators (including Stephen King!) with a framing story by Claremont, where each of the X-Men of the time have a scary experience where they learn about despair and then go to famine-hit Ethiopia and literally beat up despair in the form of a monster. It sounds terrible but the individual stories are really good, and they're clear that this doesn't solve famine. I was super impressed by Storm, Magneto and Rogue, who are still three of my favourites.