1. Mutants- People born with superpowers
Professor X -Professor Charles Xavier, a mutant telepath
Cyclops- Scott Summers, a mutant with an beam controlled by his visor and glasses
Iceman- Robert "Bobby" Drake; a mutant with ice powers
The Angel -Warren Worthington III, a mutant with wings
The Beast -Henry "Hank" McCoy, a mutant with enhanced strength and agility
Marvel Girl -Jean Grey, a mutant with telekinetic powers
Magneto- a mutant with magnetic powers
2. Professor X trains his young students that he has called X-men. They are mutants born with abilities that set them apart from normal humans. The X-men are Cyclops (Scott Summers), Beast (Hank McCoy), Iceman (Bobby Drake), and Angel (Warren Worthington III). The Xavier school for gifted students gains a new student Jean Grey who will be called Marvel Girl. Professor X built this school to train mutants to use their powers responsibility. He recognized that more and more mutants were appearing ever day and that some mutant may decide they should rule the planet, Professor X called these mutants "Evil Mutants".The first evil mutant to threaten humanity was a mutant named Magneto. He made is presence known to the world by sabotaging multiple top secret US missile tests before demanding the surrender of a military base to him. He was able to take over the military base and hold the army out with a magnetic force field. He hadn't planned on the arrival of the X-men though. Cyclops was able to breach Magneto's force field. They were able to hold Magneto off until he fled the scene.
3. What could have been the message of this comic book relating to society in that time in history?
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The X-men may have related to the post-war spirit that existed after World War II. Perhaps this is why Prof. Xavier is very insisitent in his commands and makes the X-men campus like a boot camp.
perhaps that during the time that this comic was released the world was going through a phase where people were not being treated equally and perhaps people were not being looked upon fairly, just like the x-men in the comic who where not looked upon by the rest of the world as "ordinary" they were just as good as anyone else. i think that the x-men during this time period could have been related to the minorities that had existed during this time
- Daniel Schonbrun
This could relate to the time period in which America and Russia have created a new weapon, which in the comic is the mutant powers the mutants have. The clash between the two sides of the mutants is the fight between the two nations.
Bahram Kaminas
This is a far reach, but it could be related to how as other countries were growing, or even communism, there was a fear of it spreading.(Magneto taking over a military base showing its control) The X-Men could have represented the United States in how they were able to stop the fear of it, no matter how strong it looked.
-Ryan Maguire
Through this summary, it makes me to realize that, no matter how hard the environment is, how many bad things happen, American will always be brave enough to overcome and conquer everything.
Well this message relates to society in history because it says how society generally tries to bring a hero or influence a person and society to fight the evil even if were all the same.
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