# X-men - Marvel Comics **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055 "2003-04-21T15:57:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Intaglio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/71e660/32.png) [@Intaglio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intaglio)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/1 "2003-04-21T15:57:32Z")
If you could be a member of the X-men - Who would you be? I am torn, I like Storm - the whole mastery/command of the weather elements is cool. But, I think I like Jean Grey better, Telepathy/Telekinetics are very useful, in every day life. She’s a Doctor, and looks normal, I don’t think anyone outside the X-men knows she a mutant. So who do you think? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/2 "2003-04-21T16:08:32Z")
Comic book universe - Wolverine or Nightcrawler. Wolverine is one of the best pound for pound scrappers there is and he’s virtually indestructable. Nightcrawler looks really cool and he can teleport. Real Life - Professor X. His and Jean Grey’s powers would probably come in handy most often in real life. I mean seriously, how often do you need to blast something with your eyes or rip someone up with your claws? (Don’t answer that.) ---
**Author:** ![Kallisti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@Kallisti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallisti)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/3 "2003-04-21T16:38:26Z")
I have always had an afinity for storms. When others are covering their ears and ducking, I revel in the thunder and gale winds, and I fly in my dreams all the time. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/4 "2003-04-21T17:15:55Z")
Wolverine. Sure, you may not need the claws much in real life, but the unbreakable skeleton and healing factor make for a great life as a stunt man. 🙂 Also, the healing factor with the increased life span really appeals to me. There’s a lot I’d like to do in life, so having a bit of extra time (like, apparently 4 times as much time) would be very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/5 "2003-05-13T06:53:49Z")
You also get a nice long life with Wolverine. Wasn’t he born in the 1890’s? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/6 "2003-05-13T06:57:46Z")
Shadowcat. Being able to phase would be _incredibly_ convienient. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/7 "2003-05-13T07:00:24Z")
Wolverine’s the easy answer, but I could do without the whole “painful surgery” bit. And, the claws were a neat idea until I heard the “Does it hurt when they come out like that?” “Every time.” bit in the movie. Plus I’d feel too self-conscious with the hairdo. I’d go with Beast. Seems to me that he’s got it made: super-smart, but can still go apeshit and tear things apart with his bare hands. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/8 "2003-05-13T07:14:23Z")
Mimic, easy. I could get everybody else’s abilities if I stayed close enough to them. If I wanted to ace a test, I’d hang out near the smart guy… if I wanted to work out, I’d hang around one of you Wolverine’s since I wouldn’t have to worry about the toxins in my muscles building up or tearing a muscle, and so on. Whoo! ---
**Author:** ![Apos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@Apos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apos)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/9 "2003-05-13T07:53:13Z")
Iceman. After seeing what emma frost could do with his powers… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/10 "2003-05-13T11:34:49Z")
Archangel. Filthy rich, he can fly, chicks dig him. Forget who’d win in a fight, that’s the life for me! ---
**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/11 "2003-05-13T12:37:51Z")
Nightcawler or Beast. I like blue fur, must have watched too much Sesame Street when I was little. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/12 "2003-05-13T13:14:40Z")
\>\>Shadowcat. Being able to phase would be incredibly convienient. Hey, I read those science books in third grade! The ones that told me that atoms are mostly empty space. So I still feel cheated when I can’t phase (and I do still try it, but not when you’re looking… ). ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/13 "2003-05-13T15:03:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krokodil \* > \*\*Archangel. Filthy rich, he can fly, chicks dig him. Forget who’d win in a fight, that’s the life for me! \*\* Yeah, but having to deal with those giant wings sticking out of your back 24 hours a day must get to be a real pain after a while. For me, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for **Havok.** He has the whole “I have a terrible power I can barely control” angst thing going for him. Plus, he can blast things. 😉 In fact, back when I played _Champions_ (the super-hero role playing game), I made a version of myself as Havok. I played that Havok-based “me character” in more games than any other of my characters except for Tracer himself. I still nickname my webserver Havok. ---
**Author:** ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/14 "2003-05-13T16:34:53Z")
I’ve always liked Forge’s powers. He can build anything! He could probably duplicate any of the other X-men’s powers. I’d build myself some IronMan type armor with Darth Vader’s voice oh and a light saber! And a holodeck! Gotta have a holodeck! ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/15 "2003-05-13T19:52:36Z")
Mystique. How cool would it be to be able to look and like anyone you want? ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/16 "2003-05-13T20:03:31Z")
Well I would love to be Magneto. Nor bad to be the second most powerful mutant in the world. As smart as tony Stark or Reed Richards, can get billions of dollars anytime he wants. Yeah, definitely, Magneto. ---
**Author:** ![Major\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Major\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Major_Kong)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/17 "2003-05-13T20:47:12Z")
> [@](#): > > As smart as tony Stark or Reed Richards Magneto is not as smart as Reed Richards. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/18 "2003-05-13T23:15:58Z")
Angel. Not only are the wings cool, but think of the BtVS crossover possibilities! ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2003, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/19 "2003-05-13T23:35:58Z")
**Cisco** has a really good point. My answer would be totally different depending on how the question is put. To become one of the X-Men in the Marvel universe, I would probably go with Kurt as well. His powers are awesome and would be _fun_ to have, everybody likes him, and he’s way ahead of the game in the sexual activity department; he’s been with so many more hot women than any X-character I can think of (he had the Captain Kirk factor going _strong_ back in the day in the Cross Time Caper or whatever it was called). In real life, though, I wouldn’t want to look like that. If there weren’t other X-Men to hang around with your life would pretty much totally suck. I think I’d have to go with Jean’s powers. She can do most of the stuff Xavier can and she’s also got the telekinesis. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2003, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055/20 "2003-05-14T00:13:47Z")
I’d be Gambit. He’s smooth, stealthy, and can charge things and blow them up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-marvel-comics/170055.md?page=2)