10 Underrated X-Men Characters Marvel Should Totally Be Using

3. Nate Grey

Okay, we admit: Nate Grey has something of a convoluted and confusing backstory. The son of Scott Summers and Jean Grey in an alternate universe where Apocalypse ruled the Earth and Mister Sinister created him without his parents knowledge, Nate Grey survived the seeming collapse of his home reality and became part of the main Marvel Universe.

Spending most of his time on his own, not able to trust the many faces that were familiar yet fundamentally different from what he knew, he nevertheless found himself becoming an X-Man several times over the years.

Then Warren Ellis came along and created the idea of Nate Grey as a shaman for mutantkind: perpetually on the outside, but able to help more than any other.

He ‘died’ to save all life on Earth, and then returned some time later, with his powers drastically diminished. But since then, he’s kind of vanished.

Now, yes, his family background is on the convoluted side, but the idea of the ‘shaman to the mutant tribe’ is an interesting enough concept to see him make a return. Of all people, his stance on the various schisms between X-Men or the mutants and the wider Marvel Universe would have been intriguing to see, as maybe, just maybe, he could take a more pragmatic approach to help the mutant race.

With the X-men a little short on heavy hitter telepaths at the moment, now seems a prime time to bring him back into the fold.