5 Best & Worst Things About X-Men Comics
8. Worst - Death Is Meaningless
It's one of the most common complaints for any comic fan, there's no point to death. In a world where there are countless ways for a character to come back, it's impossible to see the death of even the most beloved hero as anything more than an inconvenience.
This certainly holds true for the X-Men, and they've been hit with some pretty unbelievable retcons and resurrections over the years.
Even their most well-known death has been undone. Jean Grey famously sacrificed herself after being possessed by the Phoenix, only for it to be revealed that the Jean who died was actually a copy made by the Phoenix Force and the real Jean was found fine and dandy in a cocoon at the bottom of the ocean.
Things have only got more egregious since. Magneto seemingly died in the destruction of Genosha, but then returned, having infiltrated the X-Men as new member Xorn before dying again. Unfortunately, Marvel then decided they wanted Magneto back so it was quickly retconned to Xorn pretending to be Magneto, pretending to be his good twin brother (also called Xorn), pretending to be a coherent story.
And it hasn't stopped. Fan-favourite Nightcrawler came back to life after literally teleporting out of heaven and now Old Man Logan has replaced Wolverine after being dead for all of five minutes.