10 Insane Times Superheroes Teamed Up With Their Worst Enemies
4. X-Men & The Brotherhood - Apocalypse
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Though the conflict between the X-Men and the Brotherhood is way more nuanced to be sandwiched in a traditional hero/villain dynamic, they are at least rivals. Both groups - one spearheaded by Charles Xavier, the other by Magneto - both strive for mutant liberation (albeit in difference ways).
Regardless of the intricacies behind these two groups' relationship, they have joined forces on a whole host of different occasions. The most noteworthy one, however, came during the arrival of Apocalypse, where both groups alerted to the threat posed by the being and put aside their differences to take him down.
In the years following, members of both the Brotherhood and the X-Men have swapped sides, switched allegiances, and even attempted to bring the two groups together. The most iconic coming together still occurred in a fight against Apocalypse though, and with both X-Men Legends II and X-Men: Apocalypse having depicted similar stories, it makes a great deal of sense as to why that's the case.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
