8 Reasons Why Inhumans Could Never Replace The X-Men

7. The X-Men Are Simply More Iconic Than The Inhumans

Inhumans Vs X-Men
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Between receiving the focus for so long and a greater way to relate to the characters, X-Men will always be far more iconic than Inhumans are.

The X-Men have been around for decades, but so have the Inhumans. The difference being that Inhumans have largely been used pretty sparingly over the years until very recently.

X-Men, on the other hand, were everywhere. They had cartoons, action figures, films and of course the comics themselves, which built an immersive world that was accessible to all no matter the medium.

When Marvel tried to shift focus and place the Inhumans in that very same stage it just didn't work - it moved to quickly.

They may yet get there, but right now, outside of the Inhuman Royal Family, the Inhumans are just not at the same iconic level as the X-Men.

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Joe is a comic book writer out of South Wales, writing LGBTQ+ superhero series The Pride and also co-writing Welsh horror comedy series, Stiffs. He's also a comics reporter and reviewer who works with Bleeding Cool and now WhatCulture too. So he makes comics and talks about comics, but there's more to him too. Somewhere.