The Birth of the X-Men
Mutations have occurred since life began. It was inevitable that eventually mutations would result in beings with extraordinary abilities. These are the mutants, men and women whose actual genetic structure endows them with super-human powers. A mutant named Charles Xavier has formed a team of these mutants called the X-Men.
Professor Charles Xavier has made it his life's work to train the X-Men to use their powers for good. But still, some of those born with an ordinary genome hate and fear the X-Men. These unusual warriors learn to protect those that reject them.
In the X-Men: Mutant Academy, each and every mutant must prove his or her worth in battles against the others. They must learn to harness their rage and utilize their individual special powers.
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Beast
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.
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Cyclops
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.
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Gambit
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.
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Magneto
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.
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Mystique
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.
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Phoenix
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.
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Sabretooth
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.
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Storm
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.
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Toad
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.
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Wolverine
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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