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The X-Axis takes a look back at the X-Men's early days via a review on the new book X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, by Jeff Parker and former Swipe of the Week star, Roger Cruz.
It's an interesting look at the changing role the school has played in the X-Men mythos over the years.
The school was little more than a token cover for their headquarters during the sixties. The only time the X-Men are ever shown doing something school-related (unless you count their training sessions in the Danger Room) is when they graduate with their high school diplomas - in issue #7. After that, it became a book about students, hanging out at jazz clubs, listening to beat poetry, and meeting men who built suits of exploding cobalt armour. The idea of the X-Men running a school doesn't become a big part of the mythos until the New Mutants turn up in 1983.
Posted by YourMomsBasement at September 25, 2006 09:00 AM