Shooter, during a conversation with Claremont, suggested a scenario where Jean would be permanently imprisoned as a compromise, and Claremont responded that such a scenario was unfeasable since in his opinon, the X-Men would want to continually try to rescue Jean from imprisonment.

Marvel responded to these concerns by claiming " our heroes are living, breathing human beingsbut humans who have extraordinary abilities ... A decision that the X-Men figures indeed do have ' nonhuman ' characteristics further proves our characters have special, out-of-this world powers.

When the X-Men receive a distress call from a Scottish island, they are surprised to find Juggernaut with nowhere to go, as the island was destroyed by his further-mutated partner in crime, Black Tom Cassidy, who died.

He also approaches the New X-Men in an attempt to help them figure out a non-violent way to help against the Purifiers, but is quickly rebuked by Surge, who questions where he was when they were getting attacked the first time, and that they didn't need to learn from him.

Like the other X-Men he is deeply saddened by Kurt's death and anxious about the arrival of Cable and Hope.

During the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, Professor X and his son Legion are sensing the Phoenix Force was emergencing by transforming Cyclops, Emma Frost, Namor, Colossus and Magik into the Phoenix Five.

Uncanny X-Men writer Ed Brubaker has claimed that, after being de-powered by the Scarlet Witch, and then re-powered by the M ' Kraan Crystal, Charles ' telepathy is more powerful than was previously known.

Due to the tampering of Bastion and his Sentinels, the X-Mansion computer system Cerebro gains autonomy and seeks to destroy the X-Men by employing its knowledge of the Xavier Protocols.

In a virtual environment created by Professor X Cerebro executes the Xavier Protocols against the X-Men.

Each Protocol is activated by the presence of a different combination of X-Men and were written by Xavier himself:

In the film X-Men, a UN summit held on the island is targeted by Magneto, a former immigrant who attempts to artificially mutate all the delegates present.

Genosha first appeared in Uncanny X-Men # 235 ( October 1988 ), and was created by Chris Claremont and Rick Leonardi.

In the first storyline to feature the nation, some members of the X-Men ( Wolverine, Rogue, and their ally Madelyne Pryor ) were kidnapped by Genoshan Magistrates, under the order of the Genegineer.

Later, in the multi-issue, multi-title X-Tinction Agenda storyline, the X-Men and their allies rescued their teammates, Storm, Meltdown, Rictor and Wolfsbane, from Genoshan brainwashing, toppling the government after discovering their alliance with former X-Factor ally turned mutant hater, Cameron Hodge, and that Havok was one of the Magistrates since having his memory wiped by the Siege Perilous.

" With the help of Cable and a flood orchestrated by Storm, the X-Men simultaneously free the mutant slaves and destroy the Sentinels.

* In X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse, a chapter set in Genosha has it devastated by Apocalypse.

Created by writer Stan Lee and artist / co-writer Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in X-Men vol.

Iceman was created by writer Stan Lee and artist / co-writer Jack Kirby, and first appeared in X-Men vol.

He is later joined by Henry " Hank " McCoy, Jean Grey, and Warren Worthington III as the founding members of the X-Men.

Iceman is among the original X-Men captured by Krakoa, leading to a new incarnation of X-Men of which he is not a member.

The X-Men were separated into two groups, Iceman was placed in the gold team, led by Storm, along with fellow original X-Men Jean Grey ( now sans codename ) and Archangel.

Too busy with the many threats that the X-Men faced every day, Bobby let his relationship with Opal deteriorate and, when they finally saw each other again after weeks, it was only to save her from an attack by mutant haters.

In the Age of Apocalypse crossover event, Bobby, along with the rest of the X-Men, is trained by Magneto.

Vulcan skirmishes with the X-Men and eventually flees into space.

He joined a new team of X-Men, consisting of Angel, Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Chamber, he was using his powers in a whole new way now, he was just channeling it and not turning his body into ice.

This has caused organizations to form to deal with the problem, who can be divided into three camps: those who seek peaceful coexistence between mutants and normal humans ( the X-Men and their affiliated groups ), those who seek to control or eliminate humans to give mutants safety or dominance ( Magneto and his followers, as well as other mutants such as Apocalypse ), and those who seek to regulate or eliminate mutants in favor of humans.

* In the X-Men series the mutant Gambit incorporates Savate into his basic fighting style and is shown to be extremely proficient in it.

Steve Rogers suggests to Cyclops that he brings the X-Men out of the shadows and into the light as heroes.

Magneto and Professor X spent much of the show's second season trapped in the Savage Land ( Xavier's legs having fortunately been restored as a result of the loss of his powers ) until Sinister used them as bait to lure the X-Men into a trap in the season finale, Sinister's forces subsequently being defeated when Wolverine escaped capture and teamed up with Ka-Zar to infiltrate the base and defeat Sinister.

* It has been revealed that X-Men member Colossus, who can turn into a metal version of his human form, is vulnerable to vibranium when he is using his powers, although his body will return instinctively to human form when confronted with a vibranium weapon.

In 1991, the founding members were incorporated back into the regular X-Men series, and X-Factor relaunched as a U. S. government-sponsored team incorporating many secondary characters from the X-Men mythos.

The X-Men comics have been adapted into other media, including animated television series, video games, and a commercially successful series of films.

With the return of Xavier and the original X-Men to the team, the roster was split into two strike forces: Cyclops ' " Blue Team " ( chronicled in X-Men ) and Storm's " Gold Team " ( in Uncanny X-Men ).

Morrison also brought reformed ex-villainess Emma Frost into the primary X-Men team, and opened the doors of the school by having Xavier " out " himself to the public about being a mutant.

X-Men vol. 2 was renamed into X-Men: Legacy and will focus on Professor Xavier, Rogue and Gambit.

It has been said that the comic books and the X-Men animated series delved into the AIDS epidemic with a long-running plot line about the Legacy Virus, a seemingly incurable disease thought at first to attack only mutants ( similar to the AIDS virus which at first was spread through the gay community ).

Through a number of incidents, including Jean having Wolverine kill her a number of times, Jean trapping herself in a glacier, the Phoenix Force jumping into Emma Frost, and parts of the X-Men being trapped in a Shi ' Ar-generated event horizon, Jean Grey managed to assert herself and gain control of the Phoenix Force, with emotional support of all the X-Men.

Using the original X-Men as his agents to satisfy Lucifer's twisted sense of irony-and also due to his limited ability to create truly effective ionic constructs ; the duplicate Xavier was only his third construct shown and the other two lacked any kind of initiative-the duplicate Professor dispatched them to acquire three components from Quistalian outposts around the globe, intending to use them to alter the machine that had sent the Professor into the Nameless Dimension so that it could be used to allow Lucifer to return to Earth.

Marvel has also had many large crossover events which depicted an alternative universe, many springing from events in the X-Men books, such as Days of Future Past, the seminal Age Of Apocalypse, and 2006's House Of M. In addition the Squadron Supreme is a DC inspired Marvel Universe that has been used several times, often crossing over into the mainstream Universe in the Avengers comic.

The character joined the X-Men and appeared in almost every issue of Uncanny X-Men until the team was split into two strike forces in Uncanny X-Men # 281 ; Gambit joined the X-Men " Blue " Team and co-starred in the adjectiveless X-Men title for a number of years.

As he reflects on Moira's words, Xavier gives Cyclops his blessing to lead the X-Men and leaves to find his own path.

* In the SNES game, X-Men: Mutant Apocalypse, the mutant warlord Apocalypse was using the island as a hideout and using the mutant slaves for his own evil purpose.

A prominent feature about it was a device designed by Sinister that negated the powers of any mutant in the Savage Land save for Sinister's own forces, rendering the X-Men powerless while fighting him ( With the exception of Wolverine's claws as they were a ' bonus ' of the Weapon X process, although they would thus cause damage to his hands when used ) until the machinery was destroyed.

* In an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends entitled " The X-Men Adventure " the villain Cyberiad captures The X-Men in their own Danger Room with traps designed to utilize their greatest weaknesses.

The first issue also introduced the team's archenemy, Magneto, who would continue to battle the X-Men for decades throughout the comic's history, both on his own and with his Brotherhood of Mutants ( introduced in issue # 4 ).

Byrne was then replaced by Nicieza and Scott Lobdell, who would take over the majority of writing duties for the X-Men until Lee's own departure months later when he and several other popular artists ( including former X-title artists Liefeld, Portacio, and Marc Silvestri ) would leave Marvel to form Image Comics.

He was soon removed from the two flagship titles in early 2001 and created his own spin-off series, X-Treme X-Men, which debuted a few months after his departure.

Silver Age ( Marvel Comics mostly got around the teen sidekick quandary by creating a selection of super-powered teenagers — heroes in their own right, such as Spider-Man, the second Human Torch, and the X-Men.

She says that the X-Men have been betrayed by " one of their own " and it appears in the video that she is the last one left and is killed in the video.

In " Mojovision ", Longshot quit his own hit TV show leaving Mojo to kidnap the X-Men and have them replace Longshot in a new action series that had the X-Men literally fight for their lives.

Wolverine has been featured in his own solo comic since 1988 and has been a central character in most X-Men adaptations, including animated television series, video games, and the live-action 20th Century Fox X-Men film series, in which he is portrayed by Hugh Jackman.

Wolverine is one of the very few X-Men characters to be included in every media adaptation of the X-Men franchise, including film, television, and computer and video games, and he has also starred in his own video games ( e. g., X2: Wolverine's Revenge and X-Men Origins: Wolverine ).

To save his own life, he betrayed the X-Men and even kidnapped Rogue and Magneto's infant son.

After rejoining the X-Men, Archangel's brooding behavior lessens, after Jean reveals to Warren that his wings ( which Warren believes have a mind of their own ) have actually been operating off Warren's own subconscious desires for violence.

Pyro follows and joins Magneto and the shapeshifting mutant Mystique as they escape ; the remaining X-Men note Pyro's defection but are too occupied with their own escape to stop it.

During the early years of Xavier's Academy, Moira founded and ran a secondary facility not far from the Xavier School, in which she had her own students ; youths whom she took out of bad situations and adopted as her wards, training them in their abilities without the highly militant regimen of Charles ' X-Men.

Moira's students — Vulcan ( Gabriel Summers, the lost brother of X-Men Cyclops and Havok ), Petra, Darwin, and Sway — were apparently all killed, and Xavier suppressed even the memory of them from his own students, to keep them from going back to save them.

Although an X-Men character for years, Nightcrawler did not get his own comic book title ( written and drawn by Cockrum ) until November 1985, when Nightcrawler, along with Lockheed, accidentally traveled to several alternate dimensions, meeting strange beings such as the Bamfs ( the Bamfs originally appeared in a story fellow X-Man Kitty Pryde told Illyana as a bedtime story in X-Men # 153 ).