Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Professor Charles Francis Xavier's Dream 1963-2007

In 1963 the world was introduced to the X-Men, a group of mutant heroes who pledged to protect the people who hated, and feared them. The X-Men was lead by a man named Professor X, along with field leader Cyclops, and the other team members Beast, Angel, Marvel Girl, and the youngest member Ice Man.

                                       The 1960's:
 Had the team of mutants face their first threat, a mutant named Magneto, who was eventually found out to be a Nazi concentration camp survivor who blamed "normal" mankind for all the atrocities inflicted on "non-normal" mankind. The X-Men faced racism, and prejudice due to the affects of their battles with Magneto, and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, and various other superbeings.

The 1970's:
 Featured a brand new cast of characters, this time an international team of mutants, who reflected the changing times. The X-Men featured during this era were the Kenyan Storm, the Irish Banshee, the Russian Colossus, the German Nightcrawler, the Japanese hero Sunfire, and the Native American Thunderbird, and Wolverine, from Canada, who rounded out the team.

The 1980's:
The X-Men faced a threat against a newly formed  Brotherhood of Evil Mutants who attempted to assasinate then Senator Kelly. The X-Men were then tasked to stop The Brotherhood ,  to help stop this Kate Pryde(from this alternate future) time traveled via mind possession said that if the X-Men failed this would lead various superhuman, and mutants to concentration camps, and exterminate them.

                                                 The 1990's:
The X-Men were introduced to the island of Genosha, where children at birth were tested for the "X-Gene" and if they tested positive they were placed under mind control, and into forced labor. A story that would last from 1993-2001 titled "The Legacy Virus" would shatter the world of the X-Men, where mutants would get infected, and eventually die from the then uncurable disease, years later the X-Man Beast, would find a cure, and rid the world of the virus.

                    The 2000's:
The X-Men faced a decimation of 90 percent of the mutant population, and in the wake restored Reverand William Stryker's extermenation of the mutant race, he almost suceeded. The X-Men then relocated to San Francisco, California, where the X-Men deemed it a safe haven for mutants friend or foe. The X-Men later rejected the United States, and formed the Island of Utopia. During the final battle with the mutant hating Bastian(A villian from the 90's) it took the combined might of The Avengers, Fantastic Four, and the newly emerged "Messiah of The Mutant Race" at the end of this event the X-Men discovered The Five Lights, a group of newly emerging mutants post M-Day.

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