10 Reasons Why X-Men Are Actually Better Than The Avengers
5. They Have The More Iconic Stories
Marvel Comics
Let's be clear - the Avengers have featured in some of the most amazing Marvel comics of all time. The likes of the Kree-Skrull War, Kurt Busiek's run on the book and later Jonathan Hickman's have all ensured the team are a fondly remembered part of Marvel's library. The X-Men, on the other hand, seem to have the lion's share of iconic comics.
Days of Future Past, God Loves, Man Kills, the Dark Phoenix Saga, Age of Apocalypse, New X-Men and Astonishing X-Men - all have gone on to reiterate the X-Men's status as Marvel's foremost group. The first three examples are from Chris Claremont's seminal stint on the comic, while the latter three have arrived in more recent times, courtesy of scribes Grant Morrison, Joss Whedon and dozens more.
Both super-teams have had their fair share of forgettable books, but the point is that Marvel fans are spoiled for choice when it comes to reading either team's catalogue. It's just that the X-Men, mainly thanks to Claremont, boast a greater amount of iconic comics.
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.
