COMICS: Marvel Reveals THE FIRST X-MEN; The Team Founded By...Wolverine?!

Or, to spin it another way...

From their "Next Big Thing" Liveblog:

"At the beginning, Stan and Jack were experimenting. You had Professor X, bald and in a wheelchair. These strange kids already in costume. It seems to me like this was not the beginning of the story, but the middle." -Neal Adams

"Of all the mutants on Earth, Professor X could easily pass as a human. Why would he want to get involved in this? Maybe all this was going on before Professor X was Professor X...when Professor X was a teenager. Maybe mutant kids were getting abused by the military, by the government. Somebody would have been looking out for them, but maybe that person came to Charles Xavier, realizing he couldn't protect these kids. That was my pitch." -Neal Adams

"In those early X-Men stories, everybody hates and fears them, but we never really know why. It's so core to the concept, but it was there before the series started. Here we found out why mutants are so hated and feared in a way that is different from any other super heroes." -Nick Lowe

ummm...ok

...and then he gets shot by adamantium bullets and forgets everything.......(sigh)

Wolvie is my favorite character (after Thanos, of course) but seriously? No. Him getting his own school was good. It shows how he has grown as a character, but to learn he started the whole damn thing? Weak.

Lulz, just another move in Marvel's slow but certain effort to make Wolverine the center of the X-Universe. In one year he's taken Xavier's job, his house and now his origin. All he needs to do now is nail Xavier's girl Lilandra and it's a clean punk out.

Dumb. Dumbdumbdumb. Just because he's popular doesn't mean he needs to be in everything..

Its not saying that the X-men were founded by Wolverine its saying that Wolverine brought a team together.

DAMMIT MARVEL STOP USING WOLVERINE. No this is retarded we do not need another first X-men team the first was Cyclops, Jean Gray, Beast, Iceman, and Angel. Wolverine is so freaking overplayed stop using him can he die for a while like a good year or two kill the bastard so we can be rid of him I hate seeing him everywhere in Marvel. The X-men movies were ruined for me because how it all became about Wolverine it was kinda like Transformers. That should have been called Humans guest starring the Transformers well those movies should have been called Wolverine guest starring the X-men. I HATE WOLVERINE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

This idea is so ridiculous. I agree with all that this team would not be called X-Men. They would be a mutant militia or something. His being a leader now shows his character's evolution. Doesn't anyone remember how he has been a loner until he joins the X-Men? Did we all forget that the trauma of the adamantium also amplified his healing factor?
I would much rather read about a Sub-Mariner led team or some other character. Heck, I'd rather read more Invaders stories or (gulp) Defenders--the most boring team with the most interesting roster.

Neal Adams = Awesome!

Jesus and I thought warner bros were bad with Batman but this has taken the cake.

Wow for a bunch of "Comic Book Fans" I'm surprised at all the hate. Ya I get the criticisms, but how is anyone gonna write this off before they even read it? Everyone here has a comic book that looked stupid but turned out great after a read. I'll be honest I was VERY skeptical of Miles Morales' debut, but I read it and actually liked it. What if they come up with a sick idea? It's just immediately written off before reading? Come on trolls...stop hatin and give it a chance.

@Ironman53 - how old are you ?

I'm a huge fan of the X-Men and Wolverine but this concept of Wolvie forming an X team before giant size X-Men #1 really sucks.

Ugh I really hate the idea. Bad move Marvel.

it's Marvel dickriding Logan in every possible way.

this is so [frick]ing stupid