By - Che Browndon
Written-on - March 25 2023
People around the world usually wonder who were the original X-Men. The MCU or Marvel Cinematic Universe has either made several alterations regarding this fact or simply ignored it when portraying the story on the big screen and even animated with some alterations. Today I will be talking about the original X-Men team based on 2019 ‘ The X-MEN FACSIMILE Edition Issue 1(#1)’
The Issue starts Professor Xavier meditating in an exclusive private school in New York’s Westchester County. We get introduced to Cyclops, The Angel, Iceman and The Beast. Angel and Cyclops assist in tilting the professors chair so he feels more comfortable whereas Iceman is showing Beast his new move which is the ability Freeze others on touch. Iceman here was completely covered with ice. Iceman teases Beast but Angel pulls lifts Beast pulling him back to avoid something. Xavier congratulates them for receiving his thoughts perfectly without the need of speaking aloud with the heroes prepared for lessons. He assisted by communicating with them telepathically telling them what to do
Beast spins around Taut wire to boost his momentum, bouncing off walls to jump through hoops with the pretense of an enemy attack and a balance drill were he has maintain his balance as a rod begins to sag while using only one finger
Angel's wing reflexes are tested by going across a flame jet from below and getting through obstacle courses with one of them being a spanner. He later fall victim to a sudden sound concussion making him fall even though he quickly recovers in air. Iceman asks Professor Xavier to stop taking things easy on him because he’s younger than the others. Iceman starts decorating himself by putting carrots and buttons on his face similar to a snowman. Beast hurls a ball at Iceman on Xavier’s request because he was off guard but blocks it with Xavier psychically praising him Good work Iceman, Your reflexes are Astonishing For A Sixteen Year Old.
Cyclops’ test is to put The Beast and Iceman out of action without any serious injury. He shoots his energy ray at Beast. Iceman blocks by covering himself in an Ice cube. Cyclops readjusts his lever at the side of his head shield making his vision wider and breaking the ice cube hitting Iceman. Xavier telepathically asks Angel and Beast to subdue Cyclops which marked the end of the training
A young lady arrives at the establishments premises and it’s Jean Grey. Cyclops, Angel and Beast are infatuated by her with Cyclops referring to her a real living doll. Cyclops wonders what powers she has emphasizing on how she looks normal enough. Iceman doesn’t seem interested though. Xavier and Jean exchange pleasantries with Jean asking what kind of school she’s in.
Xavier tells her it’s an exclusive school for the gifted and she’s a mutant along with the other four students. She possesses extra powers not common among ordinary humans. This is why he calls his students X-Men for Ex-tra Power. He introduces the others to Jean.
Hank McCoy nicknamed Beast, Bobby Drake also known as Iceman, Slim Summers a human Cyclops and Warren Worthington he Third (III) also called Angel. Xavier introduces Jean Grey to the boys nicknamed Marvel Girl. Hank asks what her abilities. Angel says she her ability which is to make a man’s heart beat faster (it was just a guess). Bobby replied to Warren saying ” Y’Know Something Warren, if I had your line, I’d shoot myself “.Cyclops brings a chair but Jean moves it to the right position and sits on it. She can move objects with her mind and refer to it as teleportation and talks about how she’s concealed her powers all her life
Xavier tells Jean he can read mind and project his thoughts onto others. He talks about how society has always feared him because they are not ready to accept those with extra powers and how in this exclusive school mutants can stay unsuspected and hone their powers.He also tells her he lost his leg to an accident when he was still a kid. Hank surprises Jean with a kiss on the cheek. She starts spinning him like crazy throwing him in a couch wondering if she was rough. Xavier tells Jean they don’t use kid gloves here because training will be rough. Jean was wearing a kid glove when she arrived. Jean asks what their real mission is. Professor Xavier says there are many mutants in the world with more being born every day and although some might help the human race, some also hate the human race
There’s an attack at A Secret Laboratory near Cape Citadel and t’s Magneto. He’s sick the human race's dominion of the planet. Magneto says he will make a mockery of the mightiest rocket to be launched by the government under maximum security measures even though he’s miles from the launching site. He’s watching the launch process on a small monitor. On launch, Magneto directs his energy upward at full power causing the rocket to change direction causing it to crash in the sea.
A day later, the public gets information about what happened from new sources such as Daily Globe and are disappointed. Later that afternoon at the launch site, military personnel notice the guns start going and starts firing on its own. The Tanks also starts moving on its own and appearing as though by magic, over the heads of the astonished troops, huge letters take shape composed of dust particles from the air itself, skillfully magnetized into a message by the unseen mutant reading SURRENDER THE BASE OR I’LL TAKE IT BY FORCE! ….magneto
They question who magneto is. Magneto directs magnetic impulses into an energizer(this specific one were the monitor is also found) which flows directly ton an underground silo lifting the silo head and activating the missile which falls into the sea many miles from shore next to an unnamed target ship
The base personnel’s still don’t surrender. Magneto walks to the launch site in Cape Citadel altering his magnetic waves from positive to negative repelling anything that comes within range. He narrows the magnetic waves around the humans confining them. He does the same to the personnel inside the building.
At Xavier’s exclusive school, he informs the X-Men explaining the situation to them. They wear their costumes going on a mission. Angel can fly but they all decide to be driven to the airport via Xavier’s specially-built Rolls Royce, with its Dark-Tinted Windows later using the Professor’s Remote Control Private Jet. At the Cape, the first of the X-Men arrive at the base as the military is unable to break through the magnetic field. Cyclops makes a deal about the X-Men defeating Magneto in 15 minutes. Xavier still in contact with the X-Men tells Cyclops to use energy ray to break though the magnetic field. Cyclops uses his full power to break through it. Magneto in the magnetic field is startled by the natural energy feed-back but later realizes his foes are youths. At the press of a button, Magneto unleashes 5 of the most sophisticated missiles at the X-Men. The X-Men used what was thought by Xavier to handle the missiles. Angel dodged them, Iceman shot Ice Grenades at them, Beast deflected them with his feet and Jean telekinetically controlled them. Magneto traps Angel by hurling objects at him but Cyclops remove the magnetized junked with his energy beam. Magneto controls a burning rocket fuel at the X-Men which explodes. They surprisingly attack Magneto from underground with Cyclops energy beam coming in contact with him. Out of desperation, he creates a magnetic field to buy time for his escape. The X-Men receive recognition (because they defeated Magneto in less than 15 minutes) from the head of the base with Angel shaking hands with him.
To conclude, these five students of Xavier were the first original X-Men and they paved the way for others over time despite being great twist. Relationships were broken, strained and some became stronger while others lived a tragic life over the course of the journey. Other Fan-favorite characters who came later-on include Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Gambit etc.
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