People hate on the X-men because they are what's selling right now. You gotta remember that the haters are the minority.
It's like liking that one band until it becomes popular, then you pretend to hate it. A lot of people just think they are raging against the machine; most of them for no good reason other than to not be a part of the crowd (and "seem" hip and individual in the process).
The irony of all this is that it has become trendy to not be trendy.
X-men haters do realize that X-men comics might not be their cup of tea, but they have provided solid entertainment for a large fanbase for a huge number of years. If X-men fans have fun with their comics who cares? Only the people that go onto messege boards to gripe about them. 🙂
hey, easy on the haters! i've disliked (not 'hated'😉 the xmen for about 15 years. why? because i never cared for the 'us against a world that hates us' theme that underlines all the xmen series's. though i appreciate the predjudicial undertones and what the book is trying to say, i got tired of the theme very quickly. i was supposed to feel sympathy for them, but i never really did. i actually liked the early xmen books, before the theme became old. i also never liked phoenix/phoenix force, nor do i like wolverine. of course the capper for me was the onslaught debacle, which in my opinion was one of the worst story arcs ever written. so, while it's true i don't like the xmen (though i've always liked colossos) i don't hate them because everyone else likes them, nor because its the 'trendy' thing to do. i don't like the xmen because the stories and characters don't appeal to me - and believe me, i collected them long enough to have made that judgement fairly.
still, its funny when people complain about how boring it would be if the phoenix was involved... as if Supes/Flash speedblitzing entire teams of X-men isn't boring... 😄
and as for cosmic beings... Parallax... and the JLA are ridiculously powerful anyway. Everyone has superspeed, superstrength, supertelepathy etc. and Batman.
Which is why I've never really liked them.
Originally posted by stormfront13
his fighting skills and leadership capabilities. and she's not alone, and she has also absorbed destiny allowing her to know of any attack before it happens. she has absorbed both jean grey and xavier making her a match for martain manhunter in the psionic department. she absorbed shadowcat allowing her to phase. she absorbed hulk allowing her to get stronger. she absorbed rachel grey while she was phoenix. she absorbed bishop allowing her to absorb any energy thrown at her. she absorbed joseph and magneto making her very powerful with magnetics. she absorbed nightcrawler and spiderman and northstar so she has the spider sense allowing her to teleport out of danger or fly out of it. she absorbed iceman. she absorbed celia allowing her to have more protection. she absorbed temptress giving her vast magical abilities. she absorbed cloak so she can end people into the drak dimension, and she absorbed dagger allowing her to drain the light out of people. she absorbed colossus so she is even more durable. she absorbed wolverine giving her a healign factor. sje absorbed crarlet witch and longshot so she can turn the fight in favor of the x-men and alter reality. she absorbed wolverine so she can have bone claws and a healing factor. she has also absorbed storm giving her coltrol over the weather. if this rogue is allowed she will be tough to take down. and combine this rogue with maybe jean grey, the x-men definitley have a chance of winning
Originally posted by K3VIL
This is the biggest bunch of crap upgrades I ever read of since I've picke dup a comic book 14 years ago.
Pathetic.
This is Marvel's ultimates weapon to give the X-Men die hard idiot fanboys a character that can say I'm better than D.C. Powerhouses and Avengers Powerhouses?
LAME.
whoa calm down there. Rogue doesnt even have those powers anymore, and she doesnt even have superstrength or flight anymore. Shes been de-powered.
And how are you complaining about Marvel power levels? 😆 Maybe when an X-men has the powers of flying, superspeed, superstrength, invulnerability, heat vision, x-ray vision, and super-breath....
Originally posted by stormfront13
i don't get why everyone hates the x-men. they are naturally powerful and people don't like them then they go and support people like surfer or superman. isn't that a bit hyprocritical? or they say that the x-men are so overrated but never talks about how spidey or batman is overrated
Originally posted by K3VIL
Now tell me what the X-Men have done that Superman and the JLA didn't.
Our World At Worlds is one of the greatest example of how great and powerful JLA heroes are, JLA major enemies will stomp the X-Men anyday, ANYDAY.
X-Men win against Magneto or Apocalypse or other major powerhouses like Proteus cause well written plots grants them to survive, if it wasn't so, the X-Men comics were now called Magneto Rex, cause even Classic Magneto can kill them in few moments without much effort, JLA doesn't win thanks to cheap writing, but cause like the AVG, they are the mightiest heroes in every sense in D.C.U., X-Men are the thirds or fourth of the class of the supergroups.
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The X-men during a big storyline are the world's most powerful group rather than the Avengers. They have fought tons of cosmic battles and are seen as less pwoerful becuase there are street level stories in between the big ones. The X-men are the best in terms of psychics and power potential (mutants generally are born to have advancing powers) and they have a huge arsenal of back up members. Justice League have too much focus on physical strength. There is only one notable psychic in the JLA and only a couple of energy manipulators
<<and as for cosmic beings... Parallax... and the JLA are ridiculously powerful anyway. Everyone has superspeed, superstrength, supertelepathy etc. and Batman.
Which is why I've never really liked them.>>
that's fair enough, but for almost 50 years it's ALWAYS been that way with the JLA. that's what's made them what they are. they've never hid it. they're the most powerful group, and they battle the most powerful menaces. like the characters on the team, they are an icon and they have an extremely long tradition and history. personally i love the JLA because they are simple, and they are exactly what they're supposed to be - the biggest bunch of bad asses on the block! some find that boring, but i get my fill of 'lower level guys' elsewhere. when i read JLA i WANT huge, cosmic villains, and i want mega-battles. and for the most part, jla usually delivers.