The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured
in Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby,
they first appeared in X-Men #1 (September 1963). X-Men
has grown to become one of the most hugely popular franchises
in the comic book industry, producing dozens of spin-off
series and turning many of the writers and artists involved
in the series into industry stars. Since the early 1990s,
the X-Men have been adapted into many other media, most
notably two animated television series and a string of
blockbuster Hollywood movies. The X-Men are mutants, human
beings who, due to a quantum leap in evolution, are born
with superhuman abilities. Mutants are often hated by
regular humans both because of ordinary bigotry and because
humans fear that mutants are destined to replace them.
|
