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Superheroes could often be compared to gods.
They inspire us to be better, they are all powerful, they can do and effect the world
in ways most beings could not.
They are life changing.
Mutants as superheroes could be viewed as gods even more than some of their non-mutant
super counterparts as they are not only loved but equally feared in the Marvelverse.
And beyond that they were born with the capacity for their abilities.
In a sense they were fated to be powerful from birth.
After all Gods don’t usually gain abilities in stories so much as they just have them.
Today we are going to look at some of the mutants who have become or are gods, not just
thematically but power-level wise as well as we count down the top 10 mutants who became
gods.
Be sure to stick around till the end of this list where I will have some bonus content
coming your way.
Alright, let’s get counting.
10 Wolverine
Wolverine has actually gone go god-mode more than once.
Though being as smart and wise as Wolverine is, he has a tendency to shun that kind of
power, understanding the great responsibility that comes with it, and not trusting himself
to wield such immense power.
When Wolverine came into contact and merged with the Crystal of Ultimate Vision he was
granted god-level power and cosmic omniscience.
He used this power to defeat Horde whom the X-Men were fighting at the time and then used
it to return to normal, preferring to be just plain old Logan as opposed to any god-like
being.
A similar instance occurred when he was imbued with the Phoenix Force and rejected it, during
some time traveling adventures that he had with Spider-Man.
9 Juggernaut
One could argue that with the powers granted to him by Cyttorak, Cain Marko became a god
simply when he became the Juggernaut.
With the powers given by the gem, Cain was granted an insane level of strength, virtual
immortality, and a powerful healing factor.
Beyond that he also is almost impervious to exhaustion and does not need to drink, eat,
sleep or even breathe in order to survive.
But if that isn’t enough to convince you, he also became a different kind of god, in
league with the Serpent during the Fear Itself event.
Juggernaut was granted his own hammer which allowed him to become powerful enough to escape
the Raft and set other prisoners free as well, inciting a mass prison break.
He also took on an entire team of the X-Men during this event and overpowered them.
Even when they managed to get his helmet off, he resisted Emma Frost’s attempts to telepathically
control him.
So whether we are talking about Cain Marko as Kuurth Breaker of Stone from Fear Itself
or as Cyttorak’s Juggernaut, he’s pretty god-level.
8 Legion
When Legion utilizes the right personas and personalities, he becomes god-like in terms
of his powers.
While he doesn’t do it as often as some other mutants, he actually has the power to
reality warp.
When Doctor Nemesis was helping to cure David of his multiple personality disorder by going
into his mind and erasing them from existence, Legion’s mind fought back.
It created a new persona to protect Legio.
This persona was known as X.
It adopted the face of Moira Mactaggert and was able to warp reality.
This new reality was one wherein David Haller was seen as a hero, saving his mind from being
tampered with further, and where the X-Men were simply pawns of X’s, used to create
the landscape in which David would be seen this way.
7 Magneto
Magneto once held a Celestial together while the X-Men aimed to defeat Mister Sinister.
Sinister had taken control of the Celestial's head and was using it and Cyclops' psyche
to create an army of Sinister clones to fight the X-Men.
Magneto single-handidly kept the Celestial from falling part as result of losing it's
head, using his electro-magnetic powers.
Beyond his extraordinary control over his power set, one of the things that I have always
thought has helped allow Magneto to achieve god status as a mutant, is his firm belief
that he already is worthy of that title or classification.
His ego and his belief in himself and his abilities.
It's also part of the reason I love him as a character to be honest.
Him and Doctor Doom have this going on as villians.
In House of X volume one, we get a great ego-flex moment from Magneto proving that he sees himself
this way.
When gathering the visiting ambassadors from all over the world in Jerusalem.
They ask why Jerusalem and he tells them that it was chosen for it's symbolism as with Krakoa
and the mutants on the rise, the nations of the world have new gods now.
6 Gambit
In volume 3 of Gambit’s self titled series out of 1999, we meet New Sun who we later
find out is actually Gambit of alternate earth 9921.
This version of Gambit however has had his full potential unlocked and his powers augmented
somewhat with magic.
As a result New Sun eventually reveals that his rise in power led to the devastation of
his earth.
His plan is to prevent this from happening to Gambit's earth of 616 by killing Remy.
During the fight between Gambit and New Sun, Gambit taps in to the full potential of his
powers and manages to overload New Sun with a ton of energy, resulting in New Sun and
his earth's complete destruction.
Afterwards, Gambit returned home, with an even more profound understanding for just
how dangerous his powers really could be if left unchecked.
5 Storm
Storm has been referred to as Goddess for many years in the comics.
One because she is a queen but also because people actually believed she was one.
Well in Black Panther issue 172, Marvel made this title official.
In it we see Storm take on the ancient deity known as The Adversary or alternatively the
Great Trickster, Naze, or Sefako the Twice-Risen God.
And it is during this fight that Storm finally accepts and claims her heritage as a true
divine being and Goddess.
This acceptance grants her the strength to defeat the Adversary and once for all be proven
to be the true Goddess we always suspected she was.
Also this issue is pretty cute.
If you are lover of the Black Panther / Storm ship, you should definitely check it out.
4 The Five
The Five are a group of mutants who were elevated to God status through working together in
the Dawn of X relaunch.
We are first introduced to them as a groupd in the House of X.
On the mutant nation of Krakoa, these five mutants, Tempus, Hope Summers, Elixir, Proteus
and Goldballs, now know as Egg, are revered as Gods would be due to the role that they
play in the new mutant world.
They are responsible for reviving the population of mutants through bringing back mutants who
once perished and in gaurenteeing all mutants of Krakoa's immortality and safety through
means of resurrecting any mutants who die moving forward.
3 Apocalypse
If there was any mutant who could be considered a god in their current form, it would be Apocalypse.
En Sabah Nur has aspired to become like the ancient Egyptian dieties since he was young.
His original ability to alter and control his body on a molecular level was enhanced
when he interacted with the tech on a Celestial ship.
As such he boasts of the power of immortality, enhanced survival and evolutionary abilities
via being able to control his own molecular structure, teleportation, telepathy, telekinesis
and a superbly tough and strong physique.
Being imbued with Celestial energy also allows him to do all sorts of insane stuff when it
comes to energy projection and manipulation.
Apocalypse’s powers have continued to grow as time has progressed and who knows even
how much stronger he will become over time.
He may even surpass god-level at some point, and then we’ll have to invent another word
to even be able to describe how powerful he is.
2 Franklin Richards
Many don’t think of Franklin as a mutant because he is tied to the Fantastic Four but
he is one.
In fact during House of X, Cyclops even reminded the FF tha Franklin would be welcome to join
his mutant-family whenever he so chose in Krakoa.
Which honestly I would love to see happen.
I feel like it would give Franklin’s character more opportunity to grow and become more independent.
Though even while being so intrinsically tied to his family, Franklin definitely has the
ability to be independent at any point should he choose.
His reality warping powers are on a level to challenge any other mutant or super-powered
being with such abilities.
Remember when he saved everyone from Onslaught as a little boy by transporting them to a
pocket universe of his own creation?
1 Jean Grey
With Jean’s intense connection to the Phoenix Force, as it’s more desired and main-squeeze
host, she is likely one of the most powerful mutants around and perhaps one of the most
powerful beings overall in the entire Marvelverse.
Her empathic abilities are what originally drew the Phoenix.
She is able to feel as well as alter other people’s emotions using these abilities.
Though they aren’t always written in as being a thing.
Still even without them Jean has been known to be one of the most powerful telepaths and
more recently telekinetics to ever exist.
There is almost nothing that Jean can’t do with her powers, so great is her control
over them.
Thank you so much for watching, nerd squad.
I hope you enjoyed this list and that helped inspired you to pick up a new comic or revisit
some of the older X-Men material.
Who do you think deserves to be referred to as a God when it comes to the mutants?
Are there any mutants that have been referred to as such but you feel haven’t earned it?
Who would you like to see unlock their true potential when it comes to the full power
of their abilities?
Let us know in the comments below.
And speaking of comments, it’s time to turn to some comments from one of our latest videos,
top 10 newest X-Men hookups.
Johnmburt1960 comments, “Almost sixty years later, the X-Men are still a whole lot like
high school kids…”
Yup.
I’m going to be honest as well, writing about newer mutant relationships is hard for
just such a reason, as it tends to be the same high-school-esque romantic drama on repeat
throughout the years.
Which I must confess I still love but it’s also nice to see things presented more subtextually
in the relaunch.
I like when it’s more about speculation than full out X-Men fighting over who gets
to date who.
Matthew Mohri says, “‘Jean and Emma have had some playful touches in their Giant Size.’
Lol.
Just taking that out of context especially ‘giant size’ made me laugh.
So Amanda you seem a little excited by this topic…”
Uh, yeah!
I’m totally into the idea of a Jean and Emma ship.
They’d be such a power couple and I’ve always loved their dynamic.
I have always thought it would be cooler to see them link up than watch them fight over
Scott.
I don’t know if they’ll ever officially get to be a thing in the comics, but hey,
I can dream, can’t I?
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