I am an X-Men fan, because I am gay, and growing up I had to hide who I was, and when people found out I was hated and feared. The X-Men were the only ones that understood me, they were the people in my life that I could relate to. They helped me through some tough times in life. I escaped to their world more times than I could ever count. And also, they have amazing powers, and I dream about having powers. (SO if anyone knows of any genetic engineering programs that are looking for volunteers for super soldier stuff, let me know! LOL)
firstly, i love comic books. then what specifically drew me to x-men is the everpresent conflict of having to protect humankind when it really doesn't care about mutants. the way each x-men deals with this in spite of what they believe in is always interesting.
the storylines, especially the older ones, i always thought were fabulous. the art, the character interactions ... when it was good, it was good.
The Thing that made me an X-men fan was actually my friends...but the thing I most liked about them they made me more of a fan,how well theses comics were done and they should plenty of strong characters and they werent just men............................(and the women had skimpy costumes)
Why I like X-Men is beacuse of The opressed minority issues they portray in the movies or in the comics. I love that there are two main groups of mutants. Me being part of an "opressed minority" i strongly relate to both sides. I Like it that both sides are sometimes hypocrits and not always what they say they are. I also love the politics and science fiction in X-men. It's more Fiction but it made me more of a scientific person. Evolution, Genetics etc.