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TrailerBuilder t1_j18cng3 wrote

Reply to comment by blues-brother90 in TIL Stan Lee made the X-Men mutants because he didn't want to come up with a reason for their super powers, instead they were just born with them. Additionally the 1963 comic was initially a flop until the 1975 reboot by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. by jamescookenotthatone

I thought the best parallel was mutations and puberty. Teen bodies going through changes. I remember wondering what my mutant power was gonna be when I read X-Men comics at age 11.

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OneFingerIn t1_j18de28 wrote

I got a hairy ass as my mutant power.

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Radiobandit t1_j18uzjw wrote

Ah yes, "The Black Forest" as the guys in the locker room in high school would call it...

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PhillyTaco t1_j1aut8u wrote

This. Anybody who feels different, like they don't fit in, who feels like a weirdo -- that's who X-Men is for. To imply that it's less for me because I don't belong to any marginalized groups of kinda heinous.

That's why it works so well for them to be teenagers.

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