848 – Another Marvel Mutant, Pre-X

Amazing Adult Fantasy #14 (April 1962) includes the short story “The Man In The Sky!”. In it, Tad Carter is born to an atomic scientist and later develops mutant powers of telepathy and telekinesis. As a young socially awkward college student, he approaches apparent acquaintances and uses his powers on them, trying to convince them […]

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488 – Mutant Prejudice

In “The Mutants!”, a story in Weird Fantasy #10 (September 1951), the tale is told of a future in which mutants are born on Earth thanks to radioactivity from the hydrogen bomb. These mutants are deformed, but incredibly smart. The people of Earth fear and shun them, kicking them off the planet. However, the mutants […]

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