5 Best & Worst Things About X-Men Comics
6. Worst - Xavier's Dream Will Never Become Reality
At the core of everything the X-Men do is the vision of their founder, Professor Charles Xavier, that one day mutants will be able to overcome the prejudice of the world and live in peace with humanity.
The X-Men have fought tooth and nail (and laser-eye and adamantium claw) to uphold this belief, going up against threats like Magneto and the Sentinels. However, they've never even come close to beating their real greatest enemy, comic books.
The long-running nature of mainstream comics means that things will always return to the status quo, and for the X-Men that means protecting a world that hates and fears them.
That is the single worst part of being an X-Men fan, the knowledge that all their struggles are mostly irrelevant. Again and again they make some progress towards making the world a less terrible place, only for to be sent right back to square one by Scarlet Witch depowering 99% of them or the Inhumans releasing a giant murder cloud because they're the absolute worst. It's heartbreaking to watch the world once again turn on them while they're down and sometimes uncomfortably close to real life.
But that's enough cynicism for now. There's plenty of great things about the X-Men that have kept fans hooked for decades, here are five of them.