To cover all of the key characters in one entry would take not only forever but would probably crash your browser. So, I have decided to cover this in separate parts. We are first starting off with the Original "Pre-Giant Sized X-Men" team. This era is from Uncanny X-Men #1 to #93).

The one thing you gotta know is that the original X-Men were a lot different than the team they are now. The team was more of the clean cut heroes that everyone was familiar with in the golden and very early silver age. In fact, the book was not a success at all, and was nearly canceled.

So, we are covering the main characters in that era, including the original team and the first version of The Brotherhood of Mutants.

The Original X-Men

Professor X aka Charles Francis Xavier

The paraplegic founder and leader of the X-Men, and also the Headmaster of the X-Mansion (which has gone by several different names over the years). He has very advanced telepathic powers. His hope for the world is for humans and mutants to co-exist. Also has more skeletons in the closet than you can shake a stick at.

Who's Who? is Comic Book Beginner's Info's very simple column where you can attach faces to the name (and/or names to the faces) with brief introductions. Think of it as Comic Book Flash Cards (no not that Flash!).

Please note that these are not complete lists because A. This page would take forever to load and B. You will more than likely learn the rest of the characters as you read through the books! These are just the main ones you are going to frequently encounter. :-)

With The Dark Knight out, I am sure we have several new potential readers of the Batman comic. Its a great read, guys, and I highly recommend starting off with Batman: Year One by Frank Miller.

Anyway, some of you might need introductions to the main characters you will run into. So here you go...

The Good Guys

Batman

Bruce Wayne, our hero. His parents were killed by a mugger. Now he is out to strike fear in the harts of criminals by being scary, using his gadgets, and using martial arts training.

Who's Who? is Comic Book Beginner's Info very simple article where you can attach faces to the name (and/or names to the faces) with brief introductions. Think of it as Comic Book Flash Cards (no not that Flash!).

Please note that these are not complete lists because A. This page would take forever to load and B. You will more than likely learn the rest of the characters as you read through the books! These are just the main ones you are going to frequently encounter. :-)

THE HEROES

Superman:

Our Hero... The Man of Steel.

Who's Who? is Comic Book Beginner's Info very simple article where you can attach faces to the name (and/or names to the faces). Think of it as Flash Cards.

Please note that these are not complete lists because A. This page would take forever to load and B. You will more than likely learn the rest of the characters as you read through the books! These are just the main ones you are going to frequently encounter. :-)

SpiderMan: