Professor X

Real Name
Charles Francis Xavier

Occupation
Mutant rights activist, geneticist, teacher, formerly adventurer, soldier

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
New York City, New York

Known Relatives
Brian Xavier (father, deceased), Sharon Xavier (mother, deceased), Cassandra Nova (sister), Kurt Marko (stepfather, deceased), Cain Marko (Juggernaut, stepbrother), Lilandra (ex-wife), David Charles Haller (Legion, son, deceased)

Group Affiliation
X-Men (founder); formerly Illuminati, Cadre K (founder), the Twelve, Starjammers, New Mutants (founder), U.S. Army

Education
Ph.Ds in genetics, biophysics, psychology, and anthropology, and an M.D. in psychiatry

Height
6'0"

Weight
190 lbs.

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Bald (blond during childhood)

Powers
Professor X is a mutant who possesses vast psionic powers, making him arguably the world's most powerful telepath. He can read minds and project his own thoughts into the minds of others within a radius of approximately 250 miles. With extreme effort, he can greatly extend that radius. Professor X can also psionically manipulate the minds of others, for example to make himself seem invisible, and project illusions into them. He can also induce temporary mental and/or physical paralysis, loss of particular memories or even total amnesia. Within close range, Professor X can manipulate almost any number of minds for such simple feats. However, he can only take full possession of another being's mind one at a time, and he can only do so if he is within that being's physical presence.

Furthermore, Professor X can project powerful mental bolts of psionic energy enabling him to stun the mind of another being into unconsciousness. These bolts only apply force upon other minds; they do not inflict physical damage. Professor X can also sense the presence of other superhuman mutants within a small radius of himself by perceiving the distinct mental radiations emitted by such beings. In order to detect the presence of mutants beyond this radius, he must amplify his powers. He often does this by using first Cerebro and subsequently Cerebra, devices which are sensitive to that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum that contains mental frequencies.

Professor X can project his astral form, the sheath of his life essence, onto abstract dimensions congruent to our own known as astral planes. There, he can use his powers to create ectoplasmic objects. He cannot engage in long-range astral projection on the earthly plane.

Abilities
Professor X is a leading authority on genetics, mutation, and psionic powers, and has considerable expertise in other life sciences. He is also highly talented in devising equipment for utilizing and enhancing psionic powers.

Other Info
When Charles Xavier was a child, his father accidental died and his mother remarried her husband's colleague, Kurt Marko. Kurt's son by a previous marriage, Cain (future mutant, Juggernaut), came to live with them at the Xavier’s Westchester mansion shortly thereafter. Cain's father, as punishment, would beat Cain, and Charles was able to feel his stepbrother's pain firsthand because of his mutant telepathic powers. After their mother’s death, a fire in the family home took Kurt’s life, leaving the Charles and Cain alone. (To learn about Professor X's stepbrother and home, click on the highlighted names above.)

By the time Charles graduated high school, he was completely bald due a side effect of being a mutant. He entered College at age 16 and from there earned many different degrees (most of them are listed above in the "Education" section). At Oxford University, Charles met and fell in love with Moira Kinross. They eventually planned on getting married, but Moira's former boyfriend, Joe MacTaggert, who was a lance corporal in the Royal Marines, was a bully and in Joe's eyes, Charles was a good-for-nothing intellectual, so Charles enlisted in the military after completing his studies at Oxford to validate himself in terms his rival would understand. In the military, Xavier quickly became a legend in the area of search and rescue thanks to his mutant abilities. He also served in the same unit as his stepbrother, Cain. Later, Charles was devastated when Moira broke off their engagement without explanation and Xavier left the Army and began traveling the world. (To learn about Professor X's first love, click on her name above.)

In Cairo, Egypt, Charles encountered Amahl Farouk (Shadow King), a mutant capable of summoning forth the darkness in the souls of others. When Charles battled Amahl, he manifested a suit of "astral armor" (posted above as the fourth picture). He also wielded a large shield and a sword, composed of psionic energies (this armor often manifests when Xavier does combat on the astral plane). This confrontation led to Xavier's decision to devote his life to protecting humanity from evil mutants and saving innocent mutants from human oppression. (To learn about Xavier's first evil mutant he battled, click on his name above.)

Next, Charles traveled to Israel where he befriended a fellow drifter named Erik Magnus Lehnsherr (the future, Magneto). Xavier believed that humans and mutants could coexist, but Erik foresaw mutants as a new minority that would be persecuted and hunted because of their differences. It was here in Israel where Charles fell in love with Israeli diplomat Gabrielle Haller. At the end of his time in Israel, Erik and Charles parted ways with different goals concerning mutant/human relations. Charles left Israel unaware that Haller was pregnant with his son, David (the future, Legion). (To learn about Xavier's close relationships with the above characters, just click on their names.)

On the way to the United States, Charles encountered an alien scout in the Himalayas. To prevent Xavier from interfering in his races planned invasion of Earth, the alien dropped a massive stone block on Charles, crippling his legs. In desperation, Charles called out with his mental powers and touched the mind of a mutant named Tessa (aka Sage). She came to the rescue and was able to help Xavier get airlifted to a hospital. (Now, Xavier was confined to a wheelchair.) At the hospital, Charles met Amelia Voght, a young nurse who fell in love with him and renewed his will to live. (To learn about another mutant, and about another one of Xavier's loves, click on their names above. Note: Sage's bio picture is a little bit revealing.)

Later, Charles ended up in London and he met up, and was able to renew his friendship, with Moira, who had married her former military boyfriend, Joe MacTaggert. She was now a renowned geneticist. Charles and Moira began discussing the idea of founding a school for mutants. (I believe Moira is the lady ant the very end of the third X-Men movie, X-Men: The Last Stand where Professor X's voice is heard through the man in a coma. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, just watch the movie to the very end, past the credits.)

Charles returned to America and continued studying mutation. He worked alongside Doctor Karl Lykos (future mutant, Sauron). During this time, Professor John Grey, a friend of Charles' from college, brought his young daughter, Jean, to Charles for help (she had been traumatized when she telepathically experienced the death of a friend). Charles helped her in her recovery, and helped train her to use her mental powers. Xavier then began his plan to find young mutants and enroll them in a school using his ancestral mansion home as a base to train them to use their powers for humanity's benefit. Amelia (the nurse who fell in love with Charles) remained with Charles until the young mutant Scott Summers (Cyclops) joined the school. She left, fearing a genetic arms race was beginning between Professor X and Magneto. Within the next few months, Charles used the mutant-locating computer Cerebro to assemble his original group of students: Cyclops, Iceman, Angel, Beast, and Jean (at the time shed called herself, Marvel Girl). He called his students the "X-Men," because each of them possessed an "extra" ability that normal humans lacked. Then years later, when his original students had been captured, Charles recruited Banshee, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Sunfire, and Wolverine as a new team to rescue them. After the original team was rescued, Cyclops was the only original member to remain and help Charles train the new recruits. (If you want to learn about Cerebro, or any of the other mutants, just click on their names. Note: Jean is wearing a tight-fitting outfit on her bio page, and definitely beware of Storm's bio page for multiple risque pictures! Also, Cyclops' has Emma Frost in one picture with a revealing and tight-fitting outfit.)

Soon after this, Charles began to experience psychic nightmares from an alien world. These images were sent by Lilandra, princess of the intergalactic Shi'ar Empire, who was seeking assistance to defeat her mad brother, D'Ken. In the course of the struggle, Charles and Lilandra fell in love, and for a time he lived on Chandilar, the Shi'ar throneworld, as her husband. Some time later, Charles and Lilandra, with others, engaged into a battle where Xavier had been turned evil by some alien group. He was eventually able to pull out of it, but to do so, he had to have his body cloned and he was able to control that body. (He now had no disabilities and was able to walk again.) Now, Charles Xavier began to take his most active role ever with the X-Men by accompanying them on missions. During this time, Gabrielle (the diplomat in Israel) requested Charles’ help in treating her son David who suffered from multiple personality disorder. Charles learned that David was his child, and helped him emerge from his autistic condition. Professor X's cloned body eventually began to deteriorate, and he was forced to leave Earth with Lilandra to heal. Then later, Xavier returned to Earth and once again battled Shadow King with his X-men. During the battle, Charles’ spine was broken, leaving him crippled and confined to a wheelchair once more. (To learn about all the different alien stuff, including Xavier's ex-wife, click on their highlighted names above. Note: Lilandra's bio picture is of her in a tight-fitting outfit.)

At one time, Magento was trying to destroy the human race and Professer X had to use his mental powers to shut down Magneto's conscious mind. Unfortunately, during this desperate act, the evil portion of Magneto's psyche attached itself within Xavier's mind. Now that Charles and Magneto were combined together, they became a powerful psionic being known as Onslaught (the picture of Professor X and Magneto as Onslaught is the fifth picture posted above). Eventually, many of earth's greatest superheroes battled Onslaught and were able to bring the original Charles Xavier back. (To learn about the evil entity, Onslaught, just click on his name.)

Later, Xavier's genetic twin sister, Cassandra Nova, was able to switch bodies with Charles, trapping his mind in her own dying form. In Xavier’s body, Nova publicly announced that he was a mutant and now the whole world knew Charles Xavier was a mutant. Jean Grey was able to absorb Professor X's consciousness into her own mind, then she used the new mutant-locating Cerebra device to hide pieces of it in the minds of every mutant on Earth. Now, when Nova went to use Cerebra to kill all of Earth's mutants, she unwittingly reformed Charles’ consciousness and he forced her out of his body. Once Nova was defeated, Xorn, the X-Men’s newest member, healed Charles’ body. (This last bit is a little confusing, but if you would like to learn more Professor X or to learn more in detail about his life, just click on the following link, http://www.marvel.com/universe/Professor_X.)

Elektra

Real Name
Elektra Natchios

Occupation
Assassin

Citizenship
Expatriated Greek citizen

Place of Birth
Unknown

Known Relatives
Ambassador Hugo Natchios (father, deceased)

Group Affiliation
Former member of The Hand

Education
Columbia University (did not graduate)

Height
5' 9"

Weight
130 lbs

Eyes
Blue

Hair
Black

Powers
None

Abilities
Elektra is an Olympic-level athlete and gymnast, possessing strength, speed, agility, reflexes, and endurance at the pinnacle of human performance. She is a superb hand-to-hand combatant and martial artist.

Other Info
Elektra Natchios, the daughter of a Greek ambassador, studied the martial arts as an adolescent. She went to college in New York at Columbia University where she studied political science. This is where she met fellow student, Matthew Murdock, who would later become Daredevil. Murdock revealed to Elektra that he had superhuman senses that compensated for his blindness, and they fell in love. About a year later, Elektra and her father were held hostage by terrorists in a building on campus. Murdock, with Elektra's help, defeated the terrorists. However, a policeman thought Elektra's father was one of the terrorists and shot him dead. Emotionally shattered, Elektra decided she no longer believed in the law and wanted to withdraw herself from the world, so she left America and Murdock. (To learn more about Daredevil, click on his name above.)

She eventually studied martial arts with a sensei in Japan. She left studying with that sensei to join the secret organization of martial artists, headed by Stick, known as the Chaste. (It is interesting to point out that Stick was also Daredevil's sensei.) She spent a year with the Chaste and greatly developed her martial arts skills. But, Stick asked her to leave the group because she was still filled with pain over her father's death and hatred for the world she blamed for it. (Elektra, the movie, did a pretty good job at keeping this part of the storyline.) Since Elektra had to leave the Chaste, she returned to her previous sensei in Japan. Determined to prove herself to Stick, she infiltrated the Hand, a secret order of ninjas devoted to assassination and domination through fear. She intended to subvert their activities, but the Hand instead tricked her into killing her sensei. Taking advantage of Elektra's fragile psyche, the Hand turned Elektra to their dark ways. Later, Elektra was able to break free and escape their control. (To learn more about these different groups, along with their leaders, click on their highlighted names above.)

Elektra spent years as a bounty hunter and assassin for hire. While working in New York City, she crossed paths with Daredevil, whom she discovered was Matt Murdock, her old love. Daredevil strongly opposed her activities, but the two still cared deeply for one another. They fought the Hand together, but then Elektra was hired by Kingpin as his chief assassin. In this role, she even had to fight Daredevil. Later, she fought and was killed by the Kingpin's former chief assassin, Bullseye, who sought to reclaim his former position with the Kingpin. Elektra died in Daredevil's arms. (Daredevil, the movie, didn't really keep to this storyline.) Elektra was later resurrected by a member of Stick's order, and once again became a hired assassin. She did not reveal herself to Murdock for many years, but the two have crossed paths numerous times since, with Elektra helping him in times of great need. But, they have not rekindled their love interest as Murdock is now married. (If you would like to learn more about Kingpin or Bullseye, just click on their names.)

Elektra’s primary weapons are her twin sais. She can throw them with deadly accuracy. She is also skilled with the katana, three-sectioned-staff, and other martial arts weapons.

Elektra does not have any powers. In the movie Elektra, they gave her a power that made it so she could see what will happen in the near future. I thought it was kind of interesting how they gave Elektra a power that she doesn't have in the comics.

If you would like to learn more about Elektra, click on the following link, http://www.marvel.com/universe/Elektra. (Note: If you know what Elektra's costume consists of, then I don't need to explain. But, for those who don't know, Elektra pretty much always has either revealing or tightfitting clothes, or both. So, the Marvel.com bio page for Elektra is no exception. I would block the images on the bio page if you decide to look futher into the life of Elektra.)

Sandman

Real Name
William Baker

Occupation
Professional criminal; former adventurer

Citizenship
U.S.A. with criminal record

Place of Birth
Queens, New York

Known Relatives
Floyd Baker (father), Mrs. Baker (mother), unidentified cousin

Group Affiliation
None; (Formerly) Sinister Twelve, the Sinister Six, the Frightful Four, the Outlaws, the Intruders, the Wild Pack, and reserve member of the Avengers

Education
High school (incomplete)

Height
6'1"

Weight
240 lbs.-450 lbs.

Eyes
Brown

Hair
Brown

Powers
The Sandman possesses the ability to convert all or part of his body into a sand-like substance by mental command. His brain has attained subliminal awareness of all granulated particles of his body. Through conscious effort, he can affect the degree of molecular cohesion between the numerous adjoining surfaces of his particles and thus cause locomotion of discrete volumes, down to the individual grains. His radically mutagenically altered body composition and increased density enable him to compact or loosen the particles of sand that make up his form. Consequently, the Sandman can become as hard as sandstone, or disperse his body so that he becomes invulnerable to physical attacks. He can shape his sand-state body into any continuous shape he can imagine. He can project his sand particles outward at high speeds and, when in the shape of a bulky object, with the impact of a large sandbag.

The Sandman is vulnerable to temperatures over 3,400 degrees Fahrenheit. Such temperatures can cause his highly impure silicate composition to fuse into amorphous silicate (glass). The Sandman maintains mental control of the particles of which his body is composed so that he can reform his scattered grains unless a substantial portion of his body mass has been isolated. Apparently, he can also convert common grains of sand around him into constituents of his body to replenish portions he might lose track of during battle. In this manner, he can increase his overall size and volume (to some as yet unknown limit), or that of his limbs.

There appears to be no limit to how long the Sandman can remain in his sand-state. If he were to be rendered unconscious while in his sand-state, he would remain in that state, although the relaxing of his control over his particles would cause him to become an amorphous pile of sand.

The Sandman's mind continues to function in astral form even when he has turned his head into sand and even when the particles of sand that composed his brain are widely scattered. The limit to how far the particles of his brain can be dispersed before he is unable to reassemble is not yet known.

Other Info
William Baker was abandoned by his father when he was three-years old. William stole and cheated his way through adolescence. He was expelled from school after accepting a bribe to throw a football game, and he was accepted by a gang and adopted the alias Flint Marko (the name used in the movie, Spider-Man 3).

William/Flint was very successful in the New York criminal underworld, but he got arrested, convicted, and forced to spend many years in solitary confinement. When he was released, he discovered that his long time girlfriend Marcy Conroy had left him for Vic Rollins, another member of his gang. In a rage, he got revenge on Rollins and started a lone citywide crime spree.

Later in his life, Marko was escaping from a prison and sought refuge at an atomic testing site near Savannah, Georgia. There, he was resting on a nearby beach when an experimental reactor's steam system exploded which gave him with a massive dose of radiation and apparently bonding his body with the sand. The experience made him go unconcious and when he woke up, Flint discovered his new powers of transforming into a sand and he became Sandman.

On one occasion, Sandman accidently merged with a rival criminal named Hydro-Man. When these two accidently merged, they became a creature named, "Mud-thing." The police captured Mud-Thing and were able to dehydrate it and Hydro-Man and Sandman eventually managed to separate back into their original forms. This whole ordeal traumatized Sandman so much that he began to rethink his criminal life. From this point forward, Sandman has gone back and forth between good and evil. At one point, he was granted a pardon for his crimes. During these times, he developed two big friendships with Spider-Man and the Thing. Some of the teams he joined during this time were the Wild Pack, Outlaws, and the Avengers. (To learn more about the characters and teams that Sandman interacted with, click on their names above. For a complete list of the teams he associated with, see the "Group Affiliation" section above. A picture of Sandman as Mud-Thing is posted above as the fourth picture.)

Sandman briefly used a suit that he created with Reed Richards' stolen equipment. He used it to mix chemicals with his sand to create new affects. Some of the chemicals could make his sand into a slippery puddle, adhere him to vertical walls, and coat him with a substance that would turn into a poisonous powder when he was heated by the Human Torch's flame. (I believe the third picture posted above is a picture of that costume.)

To learn more about Sandman and his interactions with other mutants and mutant teams listed above, or just to learn more about his life, just click on the following link, http://www.marvel.com/universe/Sandman.

X-Men Origins: ??????? Poll Results

A tie for 1st place...X-Men Origins: Mystique and X-Men Origins: Storm!!! Those would be some interesting movies. Nightcrawler came in a close second place. After that came Colossus and Jean Grey, tied for third. I was kind of expecting Storm, Nightcrawler, and Mystique to get a high percentage of votes. I was plesantly surprised to see that Colossus came in third because even though I didn't put him as one of my top two, I have always liked Colossus's powers. I was a little surprised that Lady Deathstrike didn't get any votes though, considering she came in third on the "What Marvel Villain's Superpower Would You Like to Have?" poll a long time ago. But I guess that could be explained by people thinking she had cool powers, but didn't care too much about her history. Also, they probably thought that there were just better options for a X-Men Origins movie. But, by no surprise, Toad and Multiple Man got absolutely no votes.

Thanks again for all those who voted. And stay tuned, because in a few weeks we will be having our second Battle Royal. Who will be the next victor of the Battle Royal 2 poll!?!?

Gambit

Real Name
Remy Etienne LeBeau

Occupation
Unknown; formerly thief, adventurer

Citizenship
U.S.A.

Place of Birth
New Orleans, Louisiana (presumed)

Known Relatives
Jacques LeBeau (foster grandfather, deceased), Jean-Luc LeBeau (foster father, deceased), Rochelle LeBeau (foster grandmother, deceased), Bella Donna Boudreaux (ex-wife), Henri LeBeau (foster brother, deceased), Mercy LeBeau (sister-in-law), Theoren Marceaux (cousin), Etienne Marceaux (cousin, deceased), Marius Boudreaux (father-in-law, deceased), Julien Boudreaux (brother-in-law, deceased)

Group Affiliation
Formerly Marauders, Horsemen of Apocalypse, X-Men, X-Treme Sanctions Executive, X-Treme X-Men, Unified Guilds (patriarch), Thieves Guild (patriarch)

Education
No official schooling

Height
6'1"

Weight
179 lbs.

Eyes
Burning red

Hair
(Originally) Brown; white(as Death)

Powers
Gambit has the mutant ability to tap into the potential energy contained within an object and transform it into kinetic energy upon touching it. When Gambit thus charges an object and throws it at a target, the object releases this energy explosively on impact. Gambit is unable to use this power to charge living objects. As Death: He can control deadly gas

After surgery performed by Mister Sinister, Gambit's powers were restored to their natural potential. He was able to use his power simply by looking at an object that he wished to charge, including living tissue. Gambit could also manipulate the potency of the energy release and could even exercise a measure of control over time. Following his climactic battle with the New Sun, Gambit lost this enhanced level of power.

Gambit's ability to tap energy also grants him superhuman agility and dexterity, as well as creating a static interference that shields his mind from detection and intrusion by even the most powerful telepaths.

Gambit also possesses a hypnotic charm that allows him to exert a subtle influence over any sentient mind. This power allows Gambit to compel others to believe what he says and agree with anything he suggests. More powerful minds have proven immune to Gambit's charm.

Abilities
Gambit is bilingual in English and French, and also possesses the ability to throw small objects - including knives, throwing spikes, and playing cards - with extraordinary accuracy. He is also a skilled duelist and fencer.

Other Info
Gambit was born with black eyes with red pupils. Because of this, he was abandoned at birth. He was kidnapped from his hospital ward by members of the New Orleans Thieves' Guild who referred to the child as "le diable blanc" - the white devil. They believed that Gambit was the child that had been prophesied to unite the warring Guilds. Soon after, he was placed in the care of a gang of street thieves who raised the child and taught him the ways of thievery. Then later, when he was around ten years old, he attempted to pick the pocket of Jean-Luc LeBeau, then-patriarch of the Thieves’ Guild. Jean-Luc took the boy in off the streets and adopted him into his own family (I'm guessing this is the point where Gambit received the name Remy LeBeau). As part of a peace pact between the Thieves’ Guild and their rivals, the Assassin’s Guild, a marriage was arranged between Remy and Bella Donna Boudreaux, the granddaughter of the head of the Assassin's Guild. Bella Donna and Remy loved each other, but her brother Julien opposed the marriage and challenged Gambit to a duel. Remy killed Julien in self-defense, but was excommunicated and banished from New Orleans in an attempt to maintain the nonaggression pact between the two guilds. (To learn about some of Gambit's family members and about what happened with Remy and Bella Donna's relationship, click on their names above.)

Eventually, Remy encountered Storm on the streets. At the time Storm had been transformed into an amnesiac child who had turned to stealing as a way to survive. Eventually they became partners. Later, Storm sponsored Remy's admission into the X-men. This is where Remy fell in love with his fellow X-Man, Rogue. The feeling was mutual, but the two were condemned never to touch because of Rogue's ability to absorb other mutants' abilities when she has skin-to-skin contact (but, there has been times where they both have lost their powers and they were able to finally touch each other). (To learn more about the characters and team above, just click on their names. Note: watch out for the extremely revealing and risque pictures on Storm's Marvel.com bio page. I would block the pictures!)

Later on in his life, Remy served as patriarch of the Thieves' Guild in his father's stead, as well as leading one of two teams of X-Men. Gambit was also responsible for the unification of the Thieves' and Assassins' Guilds into the Unified Guild. He briefly served as the patriarch for the new Unified Guild until he stepped down and turned the Unified Guild over to Bella Donna Boudreaux.

At one point, Gambit joined the Horsemen of Apocalypse as one of the four horsemen, Death (Gambit's picture as Death is the third picture from the bottom posted above). Gambit believed that Apocalypse would be able to save the mutants, and he also believed that he would be able to stop Apocalypse should he betray them. As Death, Gambit attacked his love, Rogue, and his former group, the X-Men. Cyclops arrived with The Avengers to stop Apocalypse and his Horsemen. Apocalypse finally lost, and seems dead for a while. Sunfire, Apocalypse's other Horseman, Famine, rescued Death (Gambit) from battle and they escaped. Afterwards, they returned to take Polaris, who had also become a Horseman of Apocalypse, Pestilence, only to find Polaris had been injured in the last battle and was now in a coma. Death (Gambit) and Famine (Sunfire) lost the next battle and were forced to run. Mr. Sinister found both of them and they joined up with Sinister. As Death, Gambit regretted attacking Rogue and Sinister was able to rescue Gambit from his Death form. (To learn about the many characters and teams listed above, just click on their highlighted names. The Horsemen of Apocalypse has a great one paragraph description on the Marvel.com bio page for the team. The only picture to watch out for is the bottom picture on Cyclops's bio page which shows Emma Frost in tight revealing clothing.)

Gambit uses a variety of objects as weapons, but he most often uses playing cards and a telescopic bo staff. To learn more about Gambit, click on the following link, http://www.marvel.com/universe/Gambit.

Gambit was supposed to be in both X2: X-Men United and X-Men: The Last Stand. In X2: X-Men United, Gambit was supposed to have a cameo at the end when Cerebro attacks all the mutants, (a table where he was playing cards was supposed to explode because of him convulsing from Cerebro's attack) but they eventually cut the cameo out. However, Gambit's name is among a list of other mutants on William Stryker's computer in the movie. In X-Men: The Last Stand, Gambit was supposed to have a role as a minor character and appear in the prison convoy scene of the movie, but this was cut. The director said that they were seriously contemplating about having Gambit in the movie, but he decided against because he thought it was too small of a role for such a big character (I agree, and I think they should make a Gambit break-off movie, or an X-Men Origins: Gambit movie). Gambit does appear in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (second picture posted above) and has a smaller, but awesome, role in the movie. (Even more of a reason to make his own movie!)

X-Men Origins: ??????? Poll

It's the X-Men Origins: ??????? Poll! So, since X-Men Origins: Wolverine came out yesterday (Friday), and X-Men Origins: Magneto is supposed to come out in 2011, I would like to see what other type of X-Men Origins movies you Marvel Maniacs would like to see Marvel Entertainment make. X-Men Origins: ??????? (fill in the ??????? with which character?). I have put Marvel characters that are adults in the X-Men movies as options. I am not including the teenagers such as Rogue, Iceman, Pyro, Angel, and Kitty Pryde. I am only including the adults in the X-Men movies because they would actually have more of a history that could be used for an X-Men Origins movie. I know that there are more Marvel characters than who are in the movies, but I am only using the movie characters because Marvel could actually make an Origins movie about them. (Even though Colossus is a student with the teenagers, it seems to me that he is older and I have included him in the "adult" category. If you don't know who Multiple Man is, he is the guy in X-Men: The Last Stand that could make a lot of copies of himself. And Toad was in the first movie, X-Men.) Hopefully that made sense and hopefully I didn't repeat myself too much. So...vote for your TOP 2 choices of what X-Men Origins movie you would like to see. (If you want to, you can leave your comments about your vote in the "Comments" section below.)

P.S. X-Men Origins: Wolverine pretty much took care of Wolverine and Sabretooth, and it looks like X-Men Origins: Magneto is going to take care of Magneto and Professor X, so I have not included these four characters in the voting.