10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About The X-Men

7. Not Everyone Is A Mutant

Deadpool isn't the only superpowered being in the X-Men family to wrongly be labeled a mutant. It seems that just about everyone is assumed to be a child of the atom which some characters, such as Juggernaut, take offense to. Juggs actually received his powers from a mystic gem known as the Gem of Cyttorak. He then became a pretty hefty villain before joining the X-Men circa 2003-2004 though he has since fallen back into his old ways.

Other former X-Men are also non-mutants including Longshot who is actually an extradimensional being. Characters like Jubilee and Moonstar are former mutants with the former now being a vampire. While some depowered mutants eventually regained their abilities in one way or another they still aren't technically mutants as they lack the X-gene. A good example of this is Polaris who lost her powers due to M-Day and received similar powers from the machinations of Apocalypse.

Furthermore, characters long believed to have had their latent mutations unlocked through various means actually received their powers from said means. Cloak, Dagger, Sunfire, and Wild Child are among those ranks. Lately the X-Men have been adding many non-mutant members to the team. Examples include Warbird and Hepzibah who are both aliens.

Other characters such as Fantomex have been allowed into the ranks while the X-Club - featuring many humans - has been getting quite a bit of attention as well. The most bizarre addition has to be Karima Shapandar - the Omega Sentinel. She was just a cop who was transformed by the evil Bastion into a cyborg whose top priorities were mutant slaying and more mutant slaying. She was able to overcome her programming, however, as she was in love with a mutant and love is greater than advanced electronic weaponry. Can we get an amen?