# x-men:whos still kicking?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-whos-still-kicking/182426>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 17, 2003, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-whos-still-kicking/182426 "2003-06-17T11:59:05Z")\
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**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:** [June 19, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-whos-still-kicking/182426/21 "2003-06-19T12:06:44Z")

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No, but he no longer has neandrotholic forearms, tusks, huge feet, claws that don’t retract all the way, and his nose has grown out. And he no longer talks in scratchy talk. Hey, we just figured out the key to man’s evolution. Somewhere, Lucy got endowed with an adamantium skeleton, and ta-dah! Modern man. Once again, comics solve the mysteries of the universe!

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**Author:** ![Alcibiades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cab0a1/32.png) [@Alcibiades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alcibiades)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-men-whos-still-kicking/182426/22 "2003-06-19T13:57:03Z")

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I gave up X-men with #300, after collecting for 15 years. It just got too confusing. Doesn’t sound like things have become better either.

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> Angel (who’s apparently completely over the whole Archangel thing [stupid rassmfrassmcharacterretconsbypeoplewhojustdon’tunderstand]),

Eh. Shame. He was much more interesting as Archangel.

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