X-Men Annual (1970) #15
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The daughter of former X-Men member Sean Cassidy, a.k.a. Banshee, and Maeve Rourke, Theresa Rourke was raised by her first cousin once removed, mutant terrorist Thomas Cassidy, a.k.a. Black Tom.
When Tabitha Smith's mutant nature manifested at age 13, she ran away from her abusive home and eventually hooked up with the New Mutants and, subsequently, X-Force.
One of the oldest and more powerful mutants ever, Amahl Farouk has been a threat to mankind at least for decades. He was the first evil mutant met by Charles Xavier, convincing him of the need of the X-Men.
Shatterstar is Gaveedra Seven, the product of bio-engineering on an otherdimensional world, who was at one point merged with an Earth mutant named Benjamin Russell, the nature of whose genetic mutation remains unknown.
British-born Mortimer Toynbee, abandoned by his parents so early in childhood that he cannot remember them, was placed in an orphanage where the other children, who regarded him as a freak due to his ugliness, his unusual physique and his leaping ability, continually tormented him.
James Proudstar was once a member of Professor X's New Mutants and is currently a member of the X-Men black ops team, X-Force.
Born with super-human senses and the power to heal from almost any wound, Wolverine was captured by a secret Canadian organization and given an unbreakable skeleton and claws. Treated like an animal, it took years for him to control himself. Now, he's a premiere member of both the X-Men and the Avengers.
Feared and hated by humans because they're different, the X-Men are heroic mutants, individuals born with special powers who've sworn to use their gifts to protect mutants as well as humans.