For me, the significance of X-Men 94 is that it’s the start of the classic run in which the team transitioned from a failed title reduced to Silver Age reprint oblivion and guest appearances into comics megastars. Certainly the first series is bookended by some very nice material; Lee and Kirby, Thomas and Adams, but it’s generally quite boring in the long period in between. It took a while for Claremont and Byrne’s run to gain wide recognition, but, once it did, you can understand how there’d be backtracking and a focus on the starting point of the ascent within the main title, as well as the Giant-Size.