![]() until the X-Men underwent a significant Retool for The Bronze Age of Comic Books with ''Giant-Size X-Men'' #1 (May 1975), by writer Len Wein and artist Dave Cockrum, which brought in an almost entirely new team of main characters including iconic fan-favorites Wolverine and Storm, retaining only Cyclops and Professor X. The original run of X-Men stories stopped with issue #66 (March 1970), after which Marvel turned the title over to publishing reprints of older stories. While the early issues focused on typical good versus evil/law versus crime stories, they did feature an undertone (which, depending on the issue, would become more overt) of racism and prejudice as a central theme. Early issues introduced the team's archenemy Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who fight for total mutant supremacy and would battle the X-Men for years – the Brotherhood also introduced the twins Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, who would reform and become Avengers. Initially, he recruited Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey, calling them "X-Men" as they had power from the X-gene. Under increasing anti-mutant sentiment, mutant telepath Charles Xavier creates a haven at his Westchester mansion to train young mutants to use their powers for the benefit of humanity as well as to prove mutants can be heroes. While most strive for a civil coexistence, mutants are generally met with fear, hatred, violence, envy, and discrimination. Said to be humanity's next evolutionary phase, their presence has incited massive dissension as humans believe they will soon become extinct. Mutants are humans who possess the "X-gene", a gene that gives them special superpowers and unique capabilities. ![]() ![]() The team are members of a human subspecies, Homo superior note otherwise known as Homo sapiens superior, colloquially referred to as "mutants". The X-Men are a Super Team in the Marvel Universe created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby and first appeared in The X-Men #1 (September 1963). "Sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them." ![]()
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