A lot people said that there too many X-Men characters and not enough of them are being used. I would like to know how you would organise the X-Men titles.

I have counted over 84 characters in the X-Men world at the moment. Some of them are being used and some of them not, a lot of the characters are being used as backgrounds characters. How would you change it. If you had a choice of 30 males and 30 females only. Who would they be?

Here is a list of those characters

I may have missed some characters out. So there might be more characters added to that list.

It looks like these will be the main X-Men titles this year.

X-Men Legacy

Uncanny X-Men

Wolverine and the X-Men

Uncanny X-Force

X-Factor Investigations.

Astonishing X-Men

X-Men

New Mutants

X-Treme X-Men

Ultimate comics X-Men

So if you had a choice of 30 males and 30 females only, what title will they be in and will they have a major role in that title. If marvel could create one extra title, what would you like it to be and what will be called and who would be in it? You can have some characters appear in more titles than one.

What characters would you get rid of and what characters would you like to see return. What villains would like the X-Men to face in the next two years?

The most important question, should marvel limit the number of characters in the X-Men world?

20 males and 20 females only? Across all of the books?

Wolverine.
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@Billy Batson said:

Wolverine.
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What's does that mean ?

@John Valentine said:

20 males and 20 females only? Across all of the books?

I change it to 30 males and 30 females. I was thinking that 20 wouldn't be enough.

@Billy Batson said:

Wolverine.
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What's does that mean ?

@Billy Batson said:

Wolverine.
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Ha!

I'd scrap Astonishing X-Men, New Mutants and X-Men.

Team Cyclops

• Uncanny X-Men - Cyclops (Leader), Emma, Storm, Magneto, Namor, Danger, Cable, Hope, Colossonaut and Magik.
• X-Treme X-Men - Storm (Leader), Domino, Warpath, Boom Boom, Moonstar, Sunspot, Magma, X-Man, Surge, Dust and Loa.

(Rotating casts).

Supporting cast:

• Utopian Students: Loa, Lights, Pixie, No-Girl, Stepford Cuckoos.
• Science Team: Dr. Nemesis, Dr.Rao, Madison Jeffires, Danger, Cypher/Warlock.

(Crosta would die, brutally).

Team Wolverine

• Wolverine and the X-Men - Wolverine, Beast, Kitty, Iceman, Warbird, Rachel Grey, Kid Omega, Broo, Idie, Kid Gladiator, Genesis and NewAngel.
• X-Men: Legacy - Beast, Rogue, Cannonball, Iceman, Warbird, Rachel Grey, Chamber, Husk. (Less of a feature on students than there is currently).

Supporting cast:

• Other Students: Match, Trance, Ernst, Glob Herman, Indra and Krakoa.
• Random: Havok, Polaris and Deathlok.

Other Team Wolverine Books:

• Uncanny X-Force - Wolverine, Psylocke, Fantomex/E.V.A., Deathlok, AoA Nightcrawler and Deadpool.
• Wolverine (Solo) - Wolverine.

(No Mimic, Toad, Frenzy, or Weapon Omega).

Independent

• New X-Men - Hellion, Mercury, Anole, Rockslide, Surge, Dust, X-23, Prodigy ........and a re-powered Wind Dancer ROAD TRIP. Also starring: .....Professor X, Magneto and Cable!
• Gambit (Solo book) - Gambit.
• X-Factor Investigations - Madrox, Havok/Polaris, Monet, Siryn, Strong Guy, Longshot, Shatterstar, Rictor and Wolfsbane.

I would die of happiness if Wolverine, X-23, Jubilee, Kitty and Armor became a team, it's impossible but, i would love it!

@John Valentine said:

I'd scrap Astonishing X-Men, New Mutants and X-Men.

Team Cyclops

• Uncanny X-Men - Cyclops (Leader), Emma, Storm, Magneto, Namor, Danger, Cable, Hope, Colossonaut and Magik.
• X-Treme X-Men - Storm (Leader), Domino, Warpath, Boom Boom, Moonstar, Sunspot, Magma, X-Man, Surge, Dust and Loa.

(Rotating casts).

Supporting cast:

• Utopian Students: Loa, Lights, Pixie, No-Girl, Stepford Cuckoos.
• Science Team: Dr. Nemesis, Dr.Rao, Madison Jeffires, Danger, Cypher/Warlock.

(Crosta would die, brutally).

Team Wolverine

• Wolverine and the X-Men - Wolverine, Beast, Kitty, Iceman, Warbird, Rachel Grey, Kid Omega, Broo, Idie, Kid Gladiator, Genesis and NewAngel.
• X-Men: Legacy - Beast, Rogue, Cannonball, Iceman, Warbird, Rachel Grey, Chamber, Husk. (Less of a feature on students than there is currently).

Supporting cast:

• Other Students: Match, Trance, Ernst, Glob Herman, Indra and Krakoa.
• Random: Havok, Polaris and Deathlok.

Other Team Wolverine Books:

• Uncanny X-Force - Wolverine, Psylocke, Fantomex/E.V.A., Deathlok, AoA Nightcrawler and Deadpool.
• Wolverine (Solo) - Wolverine.

(No Mimic, Toad, Frenzy, or Weapon Omega).

Independent

• New X-Men - Hellion, Mercury, Anole, Rockslide, Surge, Dust and Prodigy. ROAD TRIP. Also featuring: .....Professor X and Cable!
• Gambit (Solo book) - Gambit.
• X-Factor Investigations - Madrox, Havok/Polaris, Monet, Siryn, Strong Guy, Longshot, Shatterstar, Rictor and Wolfsbane.

I don't see X-23 anywhere.

@jrock85 said:

I don't see X-23 anywhere.

Oh, she'd be on the New X-Men rooster! With a re-powered Wind Dancer too.

@John Valentine: That's where I figured you'd want her.

I was gonna come in and answer and then I saw that @John Valentine: did a way better job than I would.

John, please get that job at Marvel already.

@Mercy_ said:

I was gonna come in and answer and then I saw that @John Valentine: did a way better job than I would.

John, please get that job at Marvel already.

Ha, thank you very much!

Glad you enjoyed my line-ups!

Wait until you see my creative teams and my "five year plans"!

Im not going to be ashamed that the first thing i'd do to the X-Men linuups before anything else.. and it's probably the no-no that'll get me boos and catcalls... but im killing Cyclops. DEAD. No hope of return.

Using @John Valentine: as a template.

Team Cyclops

Uncanny X-Men

• Cyclops
• Emma Frost
• Magik
• Colossus
• Namor
• Danger

(Magneto is... elsewhere)

New X-Men

• Hellion
• Wind Dancer
• Wallflower
• Elixir
• Mercury
• Anole
• Surge

Team Wolverine

WATX

• Wolverine
• Storm
• Nightcrawler
• Beast
• Kitty Pryde

X-Treme X-Men

• Gambit
• Rogue
• Iceman
• Rachel Grey
• Warbird

Legacy

• Broo
• Kid Gladiator
• Pixie
• Velocidad
• Kid Omega
• Laurie, can't remember her name off the top of my head.

Idie and dog guy are elsewhere as well.

New Mutants

• Cannonball
• Moonstar
• Sunspot
• Magma
• Warpath
• Rachel

Am I the only X-fan that has no love for Namor ,Danger,  X-23, Hope, and the Five Lights? I mean characters like Dust has been around for nearly a decade, and still hardly has that much development, yet they keep introducing new characters and adding new members at every turn.
 
We need someone with commitment to the X-books like good ole' Claremont had......seriously that guy could develop one of Professor X's socks. Characters these days are wooden and repetitive.

@cattlebattle said:

Am I the only X-fan that has no love for Namor ,Danger, X-23, Hope, and the Five Lights? I mean characters like Dust has been around for nearly a decade, and still hardly has that much development, yet they keep introducing new characters and adding new members at every turn. We need someone with commitment to the X-books like good ole' Claremont had......seriously that guy could develop one of Professor X's socks. Characters these days are wooden and repetitive.

Are you reading any X-Books currently?

@cattlebattle said:

Am I the only X-fan that has no love for Namor ,Danger, X-23, Hope, and the Five Lights? I mean characters like Dust has been around for nearly a decade, and still hardly has that much development, yet they keep introducing new characters and adding new members at every turn. We need someone with commitment to the X-books like good ole' Claremont had......seriously that guy could develop one of Professor X's socks. Characters these days are wooden and repetitive.

Are you reading any X-Books currently?

@cattlebattle said:

@John Valentine said:

@cattlebattle said:

Am I the only X-fan that has no love for Namor ,Danger, X-23, Hope, and the Five Lights? I mean characters like Dust has been around for nearly a decade, and still hardly has that much development, yet they keep introducing new characters and adding new members at every turn. We need someone with commitment to the X-books like good ole' Claremont had......seriously that guy could develop one of Professor X's socks. Characters these days are wooden and repetitive.

Are you reading any X-Books currently?

Nope I stopped when Utopia became the most hypocritical, nonsensical idea I have ever read about......seriously, "hey lets be accepted by society by segregating our expansive army of mutants on an island with our own democracy" Then schism became a clusterf*** as well.

That's a shame, I think the X-titles are the best they've been in years right about now. Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force, X-Factor and Wolverine and the X-Men especially.

@cattlebattle said:

That's a shame, I think the X-titles are the best they've been in years right about now. Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force, X-Factor and Wolverine and the X-Men especially.

@cattlebattle said:

@John Valentine said:

@cattlebattle said:

That's a shame, I think the X-titles are the best they've been in years right about now. Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force, X-Factor and Wolverine and the X-Men especially.

Its very possible they could be, I just have a personal problem with the characters I mentioned (whole other story entirely) and the fact they have sooo many characters, I mean the X-Men have always had lots of books with lots of characters but they rarely do something with the older ones and introduce like 10 new ones a year, forcing me to not care about a bunch of them

I completely agree with the point you made. I like Namor and Danger, didn't used to, but they're written really well now.

I'm still not a massive fan of Hope or the Lights. Things are better now than they were. More characters are getting a focus; Dust has been featured recently in Legacy, for example. X-23's with Avengers Academy now, she's no longer with The X-Men.

I completely agree with the point you made. I like Namor and Danger, didn't used to, but they're written really well now.

I'm still not a massive fan of Hope or the Lights. Things are better now than they were. More characters are getting a focus; Dust has been featured recently in Legacy, for example. X-23's with Avengers Academy now, she's no longer with The X-Men.