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The Birth of the X-Men Beast Chapter Hencry McCoy's father, Norton, worked at a nuclear power plant where he was exposed to massive amounts of radiation during an accident. Norton was unharmed, but the radiation affected his genes, and as a result his son Henry was born a mutant.

The Birth of the X-Men Cyclops Chapter When Scott was a child, he suffered a head injury after an attack that killed his parents. The injury damaged the part of Scott's brain that would have enabled him to control his optic blasts.

The Birth of the X-Men Gambit Chapter A homeless boy wandering the streets, Gambit was adopted by Jean-Luc LeBeau, head of the council of the Thieves Guild. Gambit is a master thief aided by his mutant power to charge objects with explosive energy. He employs playing cards charged with kinetic energy as his trademark weapon.

The Birth of the X-Men Magneto Chapter The man now known as Magneto spent his early teens imprisoned with his family at the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz, Poland. The only member of his family to survive the camp, Magnus here learned how brutally human beings could treat minorities whom they considered different. Years later Magnus reemerged as Magneto, who was determined to conquer the human race to prevent their oppression of mutants.

The Birth of the X-Men Mystique Chapter Mystique has concealed her superhuman powers and criminal intentions so well over the years that she was able to rise rapidly through the US Civil Service to the trusted position of Deputy Director of the Defense Advanced Research Planning Agency (DARPA) in the United States Department of Defense.

The Birth of the X-Men Phoenix Jean Grey Chapter Jean Grey is the younger daughter of John Grey, a history professor at Bard College in New York Stage, and his wife Elaine. When Jean was ten years old an automobile killed her best friend. Jean's outpouring of emotion as she held her dying friend activated her latent telepathic powers.

The Birth of the X-Men Sabretooth Chapter The full origin of Sabretooth is unknown. However, he is a superhumanly powerful mutant. Sabretooth is said to be the ultimate warrior and survivor, and for years he has been driven by psychotic needs to hunt, fight, and kill other human beings.

The Birth of the X-Men Storm Chapter Storm is the descendant of an ancient line of African priestesses, all of whom have white hair, blue eyes, and the potential to wield magic. Professor Charles Xavier recruited her into the new team of X-Men he was assembling. She was given the code-name "Storm" after he power to affect the weather.

The Birth of the X-Men Toad Chapter Mortimer Toynbee was discovered by Magneto and recruited for his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Magneto gave Toynbee the alias of Toad because of Toynbee's powers, appearance, and personality.

The Birth of the X-Men Wolverine Chapter Logan was taken by a group of scientists as part of the Weapon X program, to perfect and use a technique that would bond the indestructible element adamantium to human bone cells. Logan's skeleton was bonded to the adamantium, and he was indoctrinated into the Weapon X assassin program.

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