# Something that always bothered me about the X-Men **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 27, 2018, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-always-bothered-me-about-the-x-men/816834 "2018-06-27T13:42:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 27
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-always-bothered-me-about-the-x-men/816834/27 "2018-06-27T19:46:46Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I was surprised to find that, too. I think they live in the same continuity with Avengers, too Yes. [17 characters](http://www.denofgeek.com/us/books-comics/avengers/245924/14-avengers-who-were-also-x-men) have been members of both the X-Men and the Avengers. Their first cross-over was in 1964. [Here is a list of 15 of them](https://www.cbr.com/avengers-x-men-the-15-greatest-crossovers/). ([Here](https://uncannyxmen.net/story-arc) are some other cross-over events, which doesn’t even count “minor” issue or two crossovers.) The MCU is really, really, really limited compared to the several decades of comic history. > [@](#): > > I’m also surprised Spiderman isn’t classed as a mutant. Because he really is. A mutant is someone born with “the X gene.” > [@](#): > > And what about Blade? Doesn’t he exist in the same universe? The majority of all comic titles produced by Marvel are in the same universe. [There was an arc a few years back](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Mutants) involving Dracula (yes, Dracula is in the Marvel Universe) his son, and Blade where an X-Man member is turned into a vampire by being splashed with blood from a vampire suicide bomber (who exposed himself to the sun in a crowd, exploded, splashing blood on everyone.) That member then bit Wolverine, turning him into a vampire. But it turned out that it was all a trick to get Wolverine inside the vampire clan–he had had his healing ability “switched off”–when it was switched back on, it de-vampired him. The other X-man remained a vampire, though. [(Demons](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_One_More_Day) also exist in the Marvel Universe.) Other groups in the Marvel Universe that cross over with the X-Men include aliens, including the Kree, Skrull, Shi’ar, Brood, and [Dire Wraith](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dire_Wraith). The X-Men have crossed over with the majority (if not all) of the current and upcoming Marvel movies and TV series, including the recent _Runaways_ and the current _Cloak and Dagger_ (and Runaways also crossed over with _The Avengers_, _Cloak and Dagger_, _Spiderman_, _The Punisher_, and _Power Pack_.) Both Deadpool and Legion were originally introduced in _New Mutants_, a “junior team” spinoff of X-Men, currently in production for a movie. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/something-that-always-bothered-me-about-the-x-men/816834)._