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The X-Men are a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics Universe. Under a cloud of increasing anti-mutant sentiment, Professor Xavier creates a haven at his Westchester mansion to train young mutants to use their powers for the benefit of humanity, and to prove mutants can be heroes. Xavier recruited Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast and Jean Grey calling them "X-Men" because they possessed the "x-gene", an ability normal humans lacked. Though the X-Men started off as five, as years went on many characters joined the team and just as many left; Cyclops is the only one to have had a solid seating in the series. Early issues introduced the team''s arch enemy, Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who would later battle the X-Men for years. Although the X-Men series had been comprised entirely of WASP-type characters, it would later become the pilot Marvel series to have the most number of characters that were ethnically and religiously different. The X-Men comics have been adapted in other media, including animated television series, video games, and a successful series of films. |
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