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2 CommentsUnfortunately the whole mutant thing has grown stale for me.
We get it: they're different than us... same way that Spider-Man, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Panther, and every other super hero is different than us. The idea behind mutants and the hatred from humans is great... but when you stick it in the middle of the Marvel Universe and really examine it... it doesn't make a lot of sense. People wouldn't be down on mutants an ok with other heroes... it's stupid.
And as I mentioned, this is unfortunate as the x-men happened to be my absolute favorite comics while growing up.
Perhaps the movies did it to me, perhaps it's the lack of moving the human vs. mutant story line forward a little quicker, but either way I'm sick of it.
jbarket
Written Mar. 22, 2007 / Report /
The bottom line is that X-Men has always had strong ties to the duality of the Civil Rights movement. It's always going to be a part of the history of the comic, and it's going to show through constantly. That means all mutants are going to work out that way.
I don't think it's across the board weird either. Captain America is at the peak of human capacity thanks to the Super Soldier Serum. He's still very much human and easy to identify with.
The real issue with mutants is that the line between hero and villain is blurred. Even Magneto is more the anti-hero than the villain.
destructar
Written Mar. 22, 2007 / Report /
I still really enjoy reading the old Chris Claremont / Dave Cockrum books. I think they're very well done and are able to balance great story telling with the fact that mutants are a minority. Even the 90s were able to pull that off... but these days it just seems like a crutch. Why bother coming up with cool characters and concepts if all you need to do is tell and retell the story of mutants fighting for their rights?
I feel that the X-Men, of all Marvel comic books, have the most potential, and I feel that it's wasted.