>>830208290s are more iconic, they had crossovers with Children of atoms fighting game, MVC obviously, and the animated cartoon also used Jim Lee 90s design. XMen vol 1, 1990 is literally still the best selling comic floppy of all time.
But the story quality in the 90s were on fumes after Claremont left. All the considered classic X men stories like pic related, Dark Phoenix and so on happened in the 80s so a lot of people had significant attachment.