This is one of the last issues of Marvel Tales that puts original content after the reprint of an old Spider-Man comic. This time, it’s The X-Men–and they get on the cover.
After a plane crash, they fight The Desert Dwellers, who last appeared in West Coast Avengers #17.
I get that they’re technically “bad guys,” but they’re kinda cute and they only fuck with you if you go in the desert.