10 Underrated X-Men Characters Marvel Should Totally Be Using

5. Anole And Rockslide

Anole and Rockslide
Marvel Comics

Okay, this is a two for one entry. Both characters make frequent minor appearances, but rarely together these days. Both characters look visibly interesting, have pretty cool powers and are pretty cool in their own rights, but that’s not why we’ve added them to this particular list.

No, the reason the pair finds themselves here is because together they made a fun pairing with entertaining banter, but also it was a pairing rarely seen in any media, let alone comics: that of a gay male and straight male friendship.

An important area to represent and see more often on the page, Anole and Rockslide’s entertaining bro double-act could add levity to the X-books and also drama and new story paths to be explored too.

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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.