![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While still in “training,” the team, now dubbed The X-Men, for the first time come up against some of the most recognizable and recurring villains in the X-Universe : Magneto (their arch nemesis), The Blob, Quicksilver and his sister, The Scarlet Witch (yup - they were evil mutants to begin with), The Juggernaut, The Sentinels… and we met a few future X-Men along the way : Banshee, Sunfire, Havoc… Thus, in X-Men #1, we meet Xavier’s inaugural freshman class of teenagers : Scott Summers, “Cyclops”- who, if not wearing special protective eyewear, will shoot a red-hot uncontrollable laser beam from his eyes Jean Grey, “Marvel Girl” - who has the ability to move objects and create force fields with her mind Warren Worthington III, “Angel” - who actually has a set of wings sprouting from his back, which of course allows him the ability to fly Bobby Drake, “Iceman” - who can turn the outer part of his body into ice, freeze things, and construct large objects and structures out of ice Hank McCoy, “Beast” - a very large - and eventually hairy and blue - young man with super strength and agility in all of his limbs. Xavier himself is aware that there is a proliferation of evil “mutants” that never learned to control their powers, and are now running amok in the general population using their abilities for criminal gain, or, in the more psychotic of their rank, just to generally destroy humanity - it may be too late for some of these baddies, but Xavier figures he must take action and provide a moral compass and learning environment for the younger mutants if there will be any hope of stopping those who have gone to the dark side (eventually collectively known as The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants)… A truly revolutionary idea for a superhero team at the time, in 1963 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby gave us the first incarnation of the X-MEN!Ī subspecies of humans with extraordinary “abilities,” of which a handful are chosen as teenagers to attend Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. ![]()
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