Rahne is accused of trying to “trick” or manipulate the men, an accusation often leveled at trans women. After trying to hit on her, the men discover that she’s a mutant and attack her using the language and imagery of transmisogyny. The issue sees fan favorite character Rahne Sinclair aka Wolfsbane murdered by a group of men. And that’s exactly what happened in Uncanny X-Men #17. Like many other comics franchises, X-Men can fail when trying to make a point. They have been ostracized, “cured”, imprisoned, monitored, and experienced genocide at the hands of countless corrupt authority figures.īut that doesn’t mean they always get it right. In their thousands of permutations, the X-Men have spent just as much time fighting super-powered baddies as they have defending themselves to humanity. The “mutants as other” metaphor endures thanks to its child-like simplicity: don’t treat people differently just because they are different from you.Īnd most of the time, the parallel works. Mutants have represented a long list of marginalized groups based on religion, race, sexuality, gender, and ability. It’s a metaphor that has found endless applications in the decades-long history of the comics. Since their inception, the mutants of X-Men have long stood in as a powerful parable of discrimination. There are a lot of things the X-Men comics do well.
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