Before M-Day, did the X-Men really make much of a difference to mutant-kind? They weren't pro-active nor did they actively protect mutants in great numbers. What do you think?

Ever heard of the X-Treme Sanctions Executive and X-Corps  ?

Which failed. And X-Corps was never an official X-Men team. They just stole the X!

Yeah, they did.

Which failed. And X-Corps was never an official X-Men team. They just stole the X!

@nerd217 said:

Which failed. And X-Corps was never an official X-Men team. They just stole the X!

X-Corporation was founded by Xavier.

The X-Men have saved the world time and time again. Given that, I'd say they did make a difference.

@John Valentine said:

@nerd217 said:

Which failed. And X-Corps was never an official X-Men team. They just stole the X!

X-Corporation was founded by Xavier.

The X-Men have saved the world time and time again. Given that, I'd say they did make a difference.

This... and the fact that everytime a new member joined throughout their history, it was because in one way or another the X-Men had changed their lives or saved their lives! Also the sub teams (X-Factor, X-Force, New Mutants, etc...) gave the X-Men and X-related characters a chance to come in at every different kind of angle!

@AgeofHurricane: X-Corps was led by Banshee, X-Corp was set up by Xavier, which utterly fell to pieces after M-day.

@AgeofHurricane: X-Corps was led by Banshee, X-Corp was set up by Xavier, which utterly fell to pieces after M-day.

I think that the X-Men made a difference before M-Day. They did managed to rescue many mutants before M-Day.

Ofcourse they did! They handled Avengers level threats all the time, saved mutants and humans from sentinels, made a sanctuary for willing mutants to learn how to control their gifts, and set a positive example for mutants and humans about tolerance.

I think they did far more good pre M-day than post.

Post M-Day, they pretty much spent the next few years concentrating on their own survival and spend less and less time on the rest of the world. Uncanny X-Men #10 clearly highlights this when Cap tells Cyke that he noticed how he abandoned the Avengers and ran off to go save Hope, showing his priorities.

Wasnt there a time Pre M-Day where the X-Men used to run around saying "Mutant Signatures are here! We need to bring them back to our school (New X-Men) / hideout (for X-Factor) to teach them how to control their powers!"