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“abnormality,” 8–12 race and, 187 Abrams, . H., 45–46 Arendt, Hannah, 39–40 #1, 108 Ariel. See Pryde, Kitty (Kate, , 105, 165 Shadowcat) African Americans, 64 Aristotle, 71, 74–78, 109 African characters, 2 Asian characters, 2 Age of , 167 Astonishing X-Men #25, 186 Ahab, 89 Atlas Shrugged (Rand), 79–80 “Allegory of the Cave” (Plato), autonomy, 33, 103, 104–105 109–110 , 68, 90, 91 “alterity,” 210 Avengers Annual #10, 94 of Kavalier and Avengers Disassembled, 91 Clay, The (Chabon), 41–42 America, Captain, 22, 42 Bacon, Sir Francis, 70–74, 78, 79 Angel, 1 “bad faith,” 41, 93 cure and, 175–178 , 187 existentialism and, 44 (character), 108 normality and, 8, 11 Batman (Kane, Finger), 41 phenomenology and, 202 Baudrillard, Jean, 91 Animalibus, De (Aristotle), 74 Beak (Morrison), 120 personal identity and, 20 Anti-Semite and Jew (Sartre), 39 telepathy and, 155–156 anti-Semitism, 39–44 (Hank McCoy), 1, 54, 71 Apocalypse COPYRIGHTEDcure MATERIAL and, 44, 178–179 cure and, 44 disability and, 181 genetics and, 53, 58, 60, 65 existentialism and, 96 personal identity and, 22 normality theme and, 8, 11, 13 phenomenology and, 204, 206 personal identity and, 20 race and, 187 race and, 186, 189 telepathy and, 161 telepathy and, 149, 168 Becker, Ernest, 205 cure and, 180 benefi cience, 177–178

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Bentham, Jeremy, 129, 144 Celestials, 186, 187 , 115–116 , 126–127, 129, 213, bioconservative movement, 14 216, 219 bioethics, 54–55, 63–65 Chabon, Michael, 41–42 biological essence, 188 cheating, morality and, 30–31 biological race, 187–188 “Civil Disobedience and Nuclear biometrics, 58–60 Protest” (Dworkin), 149 , 167, 192 Claremont, Chris Black Queen, 87 existentialism and, 42 Blackwell Dictionary of Western race and, 190–191 Philosophy, The (Bunnin, Yu), 109 suicide and morality, 27, 34–35, 36 Black Womb project, 63, 64 Blake, William, 193 existentialism and, 42, 43 , 73, 161 genetics and, 59 Bloodstorm, 92–93 normality and, 9 brain, 25. See also personal identity race and, 187 Brickman, Mallory, 93 medium Brotherhood of Evil Mutants closure in, 112–114 existentialism and, 90, 94 as collaborative effort, 116–121 genetics and, 58 confl ict and, 61–63 morality and, 140–151 conformity, 6–8 mutants’ rights and, 103 consent, to experimentation, , 22 104–105 “Butterfl y Effect,” 67 consequentialism, 28–36, 105–106 Byrne, John, 27, 34–35, 36, 120 Cuckoos, 155–156, 167–168 cure, 170–171, 212 (character) dilemmas of, 175–178 genetics and, 59 medical model and, 171–172, phenomenology and, 204 173–174 race and, 192 persecution and, 178–179 Cable & (comic book social model and, 171–172, series, 2004–2008), 110 174–175 #30, 115 as weapon, 179–181 #36, 119 (Scott ), 1, Caelo, De (Aristotle), 74 30–31, 34–35, 82 , 11 disability and, 173 Campbell, Dr. Roderick, 89 existentialism and, 43, 44, 86, 87, Camus, Albert, 45–48, 94–95 88, 96 Cannonball, 187 genetics and, 59, 60 #1, 42 normality and, 8 Carosella, Guido (), 73 phenomenology and, 204 Cassidy, Theresa (Siryn), 69, 73, 78 technology and, 225, 228 categorical imperative, 30 telepathy and, 161–163, 164–165

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Dante Alighieri, 74 as, 173–174 Darkholme, Raven, 93 persecution of, 178–179 Dark Phoenix, 87 See also cure Dark Phoenix , The syndrome example, 100, (Claremont, Byrne), 27, 170–171, 177, 181 34–35, 36 Drake, Bobby, 174, 177, 178. See , Charles, 55–57, also 125–127, 136 “dream work,” 224–226 David, Peter, 24, 69 duties, 158 Dawkins, Richard, 128 Dworkin, Ronald, 149 “” (Uncanny X-Men #141/142), 19, 88, 95, Eichmann in Jerusalem (Arendt), 40 187, 190–191 Einstein, Albert, 136–137 DC Comics, 119 Eisner, Will, 41, 42 Deadpool #36, 119 Esme, 167–168 Deadpool: Sins of the Past “essence,” 86–87 (miniseries), 110 Essex, Nathaniel (), Deadpool: The Circle Chase 53–54, 58, 60, 63–65 (miniseries), 110 ethics Deadpool (character), 107–108 as illusion, 132–136 comic book exposition and, of mindwriting, 153–168 112–121 See also morality history of, 108–112 eugenics, 59–61, 180 Deadpool (comic book series, Eugor, 146 1997–2002), 110 evolution Deadpool (Kelley), 111, 114–115 Darwin on, 55–57, 125–127, 136 Deadpool (Priest), 117 Homo superior, 103–104 deafness example, 175 mutants and, 99 , 203–205 Spencer on, 57–59 Death (character), 22 Xavier on, 183 Deathstrike, Lady, 2 See also genetics Day, 69, 70, 75–76, , 88, 95 81–82 Excalibur Vol. 1 #52, 89 Dennett, Daniel, 126, 128–129, “existence precedes essence,” 86–87 130, 136 existentialism, 38–39 deontology Abrams on, 45–46 immorality and, 28, 30–31, 36 Holocaust comparison and, telepathy and, 162–165 39–44 Descartes, René, 156, 198, 229 Myth of Sisyphus (Camus) and, descriptive, prescriptive vs., 6 45–48 “dirty hands” excuses, 166–168 X-Women and, 85–97 (See also disability, 170–171 individual names of characters) disability activism and, 174–175 See also normality

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experimentation mutants’ rights and, 99–106 rights vs. benefi cial conse- mutations as, 61–63, 227–229 quences, 105–106 Spencer on evolution, 57–59 torture and, 104–105 See also disability; race eyesight example, 175 , 44, 63, 190–191 Giant-Size X-Men #1, 17, 42, 92, 160 , 154 Goldberg, Rube, 73–74 Fantastic Four Annual #23, 89 Great Lakes Avengers, 115 , 73 Green Lantern, 41 fear, power and, 211–212 Grege, Gottlob, 137 Feiffer, Jules, 41, 43 Grey, Jean, 44, 60, 86, 179, 228–229 female characters (X-Women) existentialism and, 87–88, 88, 89 existentialism and, 85–97 morality and, 27–36, 131–135, as leads in storylines, 2 142, 143 See also individual names of normality and, 8, 9 characters personal identity and, 20 Finger, Bill, 41 power of, 214, 217, 221–222, fl ying, 230–231 230–231 Forbidden Planet, 226 power of, as disabling, 173–174, , 81–82 176, 177, 178 existentialism and, 93 telepathy and, 153–154, 156, race and, 187 161–163, 164–165, 168 “Formula of in Itself,” Grounding for the Metaphysics of 30–31 Morals (Kant), 31, 32 “Formula of Universal Law,” 30–31 happiness. See well-being Foucault, Michel, 9–10 Harris, Sam, 132 Freud, Sigmund, 44, 224 Hasen, Irwin, 41 Frost, Emma, 27, 86, 96, 161–163 , 160 normality and, 9 Heidegger, Martin, 39, 197–198, telepathy and, 68–69, 153–154, 203 164, 167–168, 168 Hellfi re Club, 96 “hex-spheres,” 90–91 Galt, John (Rand character), 79 Hill, Thomas E., Jr., 33–34 Galton, Sir Francis, 59–61 Historia como sistema (Ortega y , 187 Gasset), 89 “Genejoke,” 191 Hobbes, Thomas, 128 genetics, 53–54, 65 Holocaust bioethics and, 54–55, 63–65 storyline and, 99, 180, Darwinism and, 55–57, 211, 231 125–127, 136 World II, 39–44 eugenics and, 59–61 Holocaust (character), 44

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Homo superior, 18, 103–104, “knowledge is power” 183–193 genetics and, 55 , 17, 23, 66, 68, 81, 91 as ’s motto, 70–78 #2, 186 Krell, 226 #4, 67–68 House of Solomon, 72 Lake, Ronnie, 93 Howlett, James, 21. See also Larry, 62 Last Stand, The (comic book), 11 Hudson, Heather, 22 Lee, Stan, 2, 38, 85–86 Hudson, James, 22 , 167 , 17, 21, 192 Lehnsherr, Erik, 126. See also Hulk #180–182, 17, 21 Magneto (Fantastic Four), Levinas, Emmanuel, 209, 214, 218 154 Liefeld, Rob, 110 Husserl, Edmund, 197 Locke, John, 19–21 Logan, 19, 21–22, 127, 136, 174. Iceman, 1, 94. See also Drake, See also Wolverine Bobby Lorenz, Edward, 7 identity. See personal identity Luthor, Lex, 44 Incredibles, The, 47 , The (Dante), 74 Macchiavelli, Niccolò, 165 , 70 MacTaggert, Moira, 54, 59 “In Memoriam” (Tennyson), 56 Madrox, Jamie integrity, 149–150 Layla Miller and, 69, 71, 73, 80 personal identity and, 23–24 Janssen, Famke, 87 telepathy and, 164 Jason, 129, 212 Madrox (miniseries) (2005), 23 Jews Magneto, 1, 68 as comic book authors, 42, 47 cure and, 173, 180 Holocaust and, 39–44 existentialism and, 42–43, 44, , 2, 187 86, 90 , 154, 202 genetics and, 58 justice, 149 morality and, 125–138, 141 mutants’ rights and, 99, 103, 105 Kane, Bob, 41 normality and, 13 Kant, Immanuel, 30–31, 32 power and, 211–212, 213–214, Kelley, Joe, 111, 113, 114–115, 215–217, 218–220 117, 119 technology and, 225, 227, 230–233 Kelly, Senator, 101, 133–134, 216 telepathy and, 155–156, 165 Kent, Clark. See Marko, Kurt, 63 Kill Bill: Vol. 2, 43 Marriage of Heaven and Hell, The Kirby, Jack, 41, 42, 85–86 (Blake), 193

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Marvel Comics, 40, 41, 119–120 modernism, 108–109 Comics Presents #72–84, 22 Mold, Master, 62 Presents (Weapon Moore, G. E., 131 X stories), 17 morality See also comic book medium; of joining X-Men vs. Brotherhood individual titles of works of Mutants, 140–151 Marvel Girl, 1, 86 Levinas on, 218 Marvel Girl II, 88, 90 personal identity and, 19 , 11–12 rights of mutants and, 102–103 Maximoff, Pietro (Quicksilver), 70, suicide and, 27–36 73, 79 See also ethics Maximoff, Wanda. See Moreau, David, 63 Witch (Wanda Maximoff) , 11–12 McCloud, Scott, 112–114 Morrison, Grant, 20, 120 McCoy, Henry (Hank). See Beast mortality, 203–205 (Hank McCoy) Mother Askani, 88 M-Day, 204 Ms. Marvel #16, 93 medical model, mutant cure and, Munroe, Ororo. See 171–172, 173–174 (Ororo Munroe) Meditations on First Philosophy Mutant Registration Act, 126, (Descartes), 156 133–136, 148, 149–150 memory, personal identity and, mutants 19–21 confl ict between government , 90 and, 61–63 Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 198, cure for (See cure) 199, 201 “Muties,” 181 Merryweather, Irene, 118 normality and, 7–8 Messiah CompleX, 66, 81 “personhood” of, 18–19 metaethics, 54 race and, 183–193 Milbury, Dr. Nathan, 63 rights of, 99–106 Mill, John Stuart, 158–159 See also disability; genetics; Miller, Layla, 66, 91, 94 power; race; individual names ability to anticipate future of characters (“know stuff”), 66–70 “Mutants, The” (Lee), 2 burden of responsibility on, Mutate #9601, 22. See also 78–82 Wolverine “knowledge is power” motto of, 70–78 cure and, 177 , 161 disability and, 181 mind reading. See telepathy existentialism and, 92, mind wipes. See ethics; personal 93–94, 96 identity morality and, 146

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normality and, 12 paradoxes of, 6–8 power and, 213, 214, 215 normative ethics, 54 Myth of Sisyphus (Camus), 45–48, Nosferatu, 63 94–95 , Cassandra personal identity and, 19–21 Nagel, Thomas, 206 telepathy and, 155, 157–158 narrative form comic books and, 114–116 ontology, 108–112 of X-Men, 233–234 Organizer, 180 nationality, race and, 187 (2002), 21 American characters, 2 Origin of Species (Darwin), 56, “Naturalistic Fallacy,” 131 125–127 natural law theory, 14 Ortega y Gasset, José, 89, 91–92, Natural Theology (Paley), 56 95–96 Nazi Germany. See Holocaust New Atlantis (Bacon), 72 pain, pleasure vs., 144–146, 158–159 New Avengers #7, 25 Paley, William, 56 , 45, 88–89, 110 Parfi t, Derek, 23–24, 25 New X-Men “passing,” 8–12 #121, 155 Patch, 21–22. See also Wolverine #122, 155 peace, power and, 209–210, #128, 161 218–222 #131, 162 “Peace and Proximity” (Levinas), 210 #133, 164 perception, 199–201 #140, 167 personal identity, 17 New X-Men (Morrison), 20 of body vs. mind, 21–23 Nicieza, Fabian, 110, 111, 115, defi ned, 18–19 118, 119 Locke on, 19–21 Nietzsche, Friedrich, 15–16, 81 Parfi t on “sameness of brain” and, 23–24, 25 existentialism and, 42, 94 technology and, 227 normality and, 8, 9, 12 phenomenology, 197–198 phenomenology and, 202, 206 abilities/limitations and, race and, 189 201–203 telepathy and, 160 “being-there” and, 199 , 94 mortality and, 203–205 nonconformity, 7 mutantcy and, 205–206, 207 nonmalefi cence, 177, 178 perception and, 199–201 normality, 5–6 Phoenix, 96–97, 103, 204, 217, “abnormality” and, 8–12 221–222. See also Grey, Jean cure for mutants and, 172 , 32–34, 36, 87–89, escapism and, 12–16 89, 230

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Phoenix II, 88, 90. See also as social, 188–191 Summers, Rachel X-Gene and, 184–186 Saga, 155–156 Rand, Ayn, 79–80 Plato, 74, 77, 109–110 reality, 109–110, 120–121 pleasure, pain vs., 144–146, 158–159 religion, Layla Miller on, 78–82 , 93, 160 Richter, Julio Esteban “” postmodernism, 107–112, 116 Layla Miller and, 71, 75–76, 78 power, 209 race and, 187 fear and, 211–212 rights, of mutants, 99–106 mutation and, 40 Robbins, Cody, 94, 146 peace and, 209–210, 218–222 technology and, 226–227 disability and, 173–174, 178 uniqueness and, 213–214 existentialism and, 94–95 war and, 214–217 morality and, 146 prescriptive, descriptive vs., 6 normality and, 5, 8, 10–11, 13 Priest, Christopher, 111, 117 phenomenology and, 202–203 “Problem of Other Minds,” 156 power and, 216, 219–220, 232 prudential concerns. See well-being technology and, 231 Pryde, Kitty (Kate, Shadowcat) Rube Goldberg machines, 73–74 existentialism and, 42, 88, 94, Ruse, Michael, 132–136 95–96 Russell, Bertrand, 156 morality and, 27 normality and, 9 , 25, 177, 178, 232 phenomenology and, 206 “sameness of brain,” 23–24, 25 Pryor, Madelyne, 60, 87 same-sex marriage example, 192–193 psionic mind, 229–231 Samson, Doc, 80 (character), 25 Sartre, Jean-Paul, 39, 41, 86–87, 93 Punisher Vol. 3 #16, 25 (Wanda Maximoff), punishment 68–69, 90–92 personal identity and, 19 existentialism and, 97 , 127, 213 personal identity and, 23 pyrokenesis, 230 race and, 184 School for Gifted Youngsters, 1, Quicksilver (Pietro Maximoff), 70, 86, 175, 213, 231 73, 79 Schuster, Joe, 41–42, 44 Quinn, Edward, 108–109 selective breeding, 60 “Self-Regarding Suicide” (Hill), race, 183–184 33–34 biological, 187–188 Sentinels, 62–63 difference between mutants Shadowcat. See Pryde, Kitty and, 192 (Kate, Shadowcat) mutants as “racelike,” 192–193 She-Hulk (Byrne), 120

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Shi’ar Empire, 20, 155, 160, 164 , 119–120 Siegel, Jerry, 41–42, 44 technology, 223–224 Simone, Gail, 111, 119 “dream work” and, 224–226 Sinclair, Rahne (Wolfsbane), 73, Magneto’s mutant machine and, 78, 187 232–233 Sinister, Mister (Nathaniel Essex), mutations as genetic and, 53–54, 58, 60, 63–65 227–229 Siryn (Theresa Cassidy), 69, 73, 78 narrative structure of X-Men Sisyphus (Camus character), and, 233–234 45–48, 94–95 normality and, 13–14 slavery, 190–191 psionic mind and, 229–231 social model, mutant cure and, technological powers of X-Men 171–172, 174–175 and, 226–227 social model, of race, 188–191 telepathy and, 231–232 Socrates, 74 telepathy, 153–154, 229–232 Spencer, Herbert, 57–59, 65 deontology and, 163–165 Spider-Man, 40, 192 mindwriting and, 159–161 , 42 reliability of, 155–159 St. Croix, Monet (M), 73 “telepathic affairs” and, 161–163 Storm, Johnny, 154, 157 trust and, 154–155 Storm (Ororo Munroe), 2, 42, Tennyson, Alfred Lord, 56 92–93, 161 Terrigen Crystals, 70 cure and, 171, 178–179, 180 Thing, 40 morality and, 140–144 “Third Realm,” 137 normality and, 5, 8, 10 Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 71, 74–75, power and, 225 77–78 race and, 187 torture, 104–106 Stryker, Colonel William, 129, touch, 94–95, 202–203 212, 216 transhumanist movement, 14 suicide Trask, Bolivar, 62 existentialism and, 47, 87 Tuskegee syphilis study, 64 morality and, 27–36 Summers, Nate, 87, 89 Uncanny X-Men Summers, Rachel, 87, 88–90, #2, 161 95, 96 #3, 161 Summers, Scott. See Cyclops (Scott #12, 157 Summers) #13, 154, 161 Sunder, 11–12 #16, 160 Sunfi re, 187 #19, 161 Superman, 43, 108 #38, 160 “survival of the fi ttest,” 57 #100, 21 symbolism, 225 #129, 95

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Uncanny X-Men (continued ) disability and, 181 #141, 88 existentialism and, 42, 43, 44, #309, 164 94, 96 #141/142 (“Days of Future genetics and, 68 Past”), 19, 88, 95, 187, morality and, 127, 131–132, 190–191 140–141, 142, 143 uniqueness, power and, 213–214 mutants’ rights and, 105 U.S. Constitution, 102 normality and, 8, 9 U.S. Declaration of Independence personal identity and, 17–26 (1776), 101–102 power and, 212, 219–220, U.S. Supreme Court, 102 226–227, 232–233 utilitarianism, 28–36, 158–161, race and, 187 166–167, 224–225 telepathy and, 159, 165 Utilitarianism (Mill), 158–159 Wolverine Vol. 2 #145, 22 Wonder Woman, 85, 108 vampires, 92–93 Worthington, Warren, II, 171, , 161 172, 175–178, 181, 186, 212 virtue ethics, 27–29 Worthington Labs, 170–171, 172 , 18, 90 , 25 Voght, Amelia, 164 Wright, Bradford, 42 , 164 X-2: X-Men Unite, 12, 211–212, 220 Wagner, Kurt, 220 X-3, 213–214, 217, 220–222 Walzer, Michael, 166 Xavier, Brian, 63 war, power and, 214–217 Xavier, Charles (Professor Xavier), Watchers, 76 1–2 , 17, 19, 22, 63, 64 disability and, 173, 176, 178 , 113 existentialism and, 40–41, 46, Wein, Len, 42 96, 99 well-being genetics and, 54, 59 morality and, 28–29 Layla Miller and, 71 pleasure vs. pain, 144–146, morality and, 125–138, 140 158–159 normality and, 9 preferences and, 142–144 personal identity and, 17, 19–21 White Phoenix of the Crown, 87 phenomenology and, 204 Wilson, E. O., 130 power and, 209, 211–212, 214, Windsor, Dr. Robert, 63 217–222 Windsor-Smith, Barry, 22 race and, 183 Winter Soldier, 22 technology and, 228, 230–232 Wolfsbane (Rahne Sinclair), 73, telepathy and, 153–154, 155, 78, 187 156–157, 158, 160, 161, 168 Wolverine X-Cell, 73

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X-Factor, 228–229 #235, 191 X-Factor #478, 160 #1, 185 X-Men: Deadly #6, 264 #8, 79 X-Men: The Last Stand, 5, 11, 105, #70-90, 24 148, 203 X-Factor (David), 24, 69 mutant cure theme of, X-Factor Investigations, 69 170–182 X-Gene, 184–186 power as theme of, 209–222 X-Men, 1–2 on X-Gene, 186 morality of X-Men agenda, X-Men (fi lm), 101, 103 140–151 X-Men United, 13, 135 title of, 38 X-Men Vol. 2 #25, 165 See also mutants; individual names , 86, 159 of characters X-Women. See female characters X-Men (X-Women); individual names #1, 183 of characters #4, 90 #149, 155–156 Zarathustra (Nietzsche character), 16

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