Q 01/05

Which artist co-created the X-Men with writer-editor Stan Lee in 1963?

A) Jack Kirby

B) Steve Ditko

C) John Romita Sr.

D) Gil Kane

Answer · why

A) Jack Kirby

Jack Kirby drew the heroes Lee decided were simply 'born that way': Lee admitted he made them mutants so he wouldn't have to dream up another radiatio...

Q 02/05

Why did Marvel's publisher reject Stan Lee's first X-Men title, 'The Mutants'?

A) A rival used it

B) Too obscure a word

C) The Code banned it

D) It sounded scary

Answer · why

B) Too obscure a word

Too obscure a word, publisher Martin Goodman ruled: nobody would know what a mutant was, so Lee took the X from Professor Xavier and the kids' 'extra'...

Q 03/05

Which hero was one of the original five X-Men introduced in 1963?

A) Banshee

B) Havok

C) Angel

D) Polaris

Answer · why

C) Angel

Angel, the wealthy Warren Worthington III, later had his feathered wings amputated and was rebuilt by Apocalypse as the metal-winged Archangel.

Q 04/05

After sales slumped in 1970, what filled The X-Men for the next five years?

A) Old reprints

B) Horror tales

C) Villain stories

D) Solo adventures

Answer · why

A) Old reprints

Old reprints ran from #67 after new stories stopped with #66, and the drought ended only when an all-new team arrived in 1975.

Q 05/05

Which living island captures the original X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (1975), forcing Xavier to recruit a new team?

A) Krakoa

B) Muir Island

C) Monster Island

D) Madripoor

Answer · why

A) Krakoa

Krakoa was first shown as an island mutated into a single hungry creature by nuclear tests; decades later it became the X-Men's own homeland.