The X-Menfranchise’s iconic 1970s-era costumes almost never happened, according to legendary Marvel author and editor Roy Thomas, because the publisher nearly rebooted its mutant heroes early in the decade as a “more realistic” book, with the team in “plainclothes,” years before the groundbreaking Giant-Size X-Men one-shot which revitalized the franchise and made it what it is today. 6y5r55

Now that Marvel fully owns the right to the X-Men, there's no excuse to keep ignoring one of their best and most often overlooked enemies. From Magneto to Dani Moonstar's Demon Bear, Fox's X-Men movies adapted several X-Men villains in the span of twenty years. Some of them were better received than others, and each of their characterizations varied in accuracy to the source material.

The key to the X-Men's integration into the MCU's main timeline may rely on a single character's mutant power, if a wild Marvel fan theory is accurate. Could Marvel Studios truly follow one of the best X-Men comic storylines, to seamlessly bring the franchise into their shared universe?

Fox's X-Menfranchise and X-Men '97 make it a challenge for Marvel Studios' Mutant Saga to adapt the X-Men's most dangerous villains. Several Marvel villains made their live-action debut over the fourteen movies in Fox's X-Men franchise. Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Dark Phoenix, Sabretooth, Sebastian Shaw, Silver Samurai, Donald Pierce, and Apocalypse served as some of the franchise's biggest antagonists. After Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, Deadpool & Wolverine introduced Cassandra Nova — the twin sister of an unknown Charles Xavier variant.

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Warning: Spoilers for Giant-Size X-Men #1 (2025)!Marvel changesX-Men history forever by establishing the sentient living island of Krakoa as having been a member for 50 years. While the name Krakoa was popularized during its 2020s era of X-Men lore, the character and concept have existed for 50 years. Originally introduced as an antagonist, Krakoa is now being framed as having been an honorary X-Man for as long as it's been a part of the canon.

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For over eight decades, Marvel and DC have been rivals - now, thanks to X-Men, the House of Ideas finally has a hero who can match Superman's raw strength. When it comes to physical strength in superhero fiction, there's no beating Superman. And while Marvel has its fair share of reality-warpers and magic s who could defeat the Man of Steel, it's never been able to top his strength. Indeed, heroes including Hulk and Thor have battled Superman in the past, never quite measuring up.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has quietly laid the groundwork for its own version of Wolverine in some key ways. Before the long-awaited X-Men reboot officially takes shape, the MCU timeline has already been dropping breadcrumbs that point toward the eventual arrival of its own take on Logan, aka Wolverine. Through various revelations, introductions, and details, Marvel Studios is building a subtle but intentional foundation.

The X-Menfranchise just introduced a major new mutant character, known as "Superior," with her moniker derived from her specific power-set, which has evoked immediate comparisons to another recently introduced character, Uncanny X-Men's Jitter. Astute readers have already suggested that this parallel is intentional, arguing that perhaps there is a tangible connection between the pair.