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The X-Men Were Built for a World That No Longer Exists

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When Society Changes Drastically and Literature Doesn't Keep Up

The X-Men Were Built for a World That No Longer Exists When Society Changes Drastically and Literature Doesn't Keep Up John Weyermuller Jan 29, 2026 13 4 2 Share In my pre-teen and early teenage years, in the mid 1990s, my best friend lived 2 houses up the street, and together we discovered comic books. Down the hill in a small town called Montrose, a comic store, that’s long gone, opened in a new shopping center, and once or twice a week, we would make a trip down to it and buy various comic books. While I preferred Superman, my friend Vincent loved the X-Men, and we would spend hours reading

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