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From: ellen@reed.UUCP (Ellen Eades)
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Subject: Re: X-Men's ages
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Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 21:03:02 EDT
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> In article <3182@decwrl.UUCP> jayembee writes:
>>Rachel --- the one in the F[uture] H[istroy] issues and is now in
>>the present, is likely in her late 20's, which would actually make
>>her older then the current Scott!
> 
>How old is the "current" Scott?  I thought he was in his early thirtes,
>or even mid-thirties.  
> 
>BTW, trivia question:  How old was Scott in X-Men #1 when Prof. X spirits
>him away from the orphanage?  For that matter, how old were each of the 
>X-Men, both the originals and the newer crew, when they were recruited,
>and how old are they now?  (Replies to the net.)
> 
> 						Harry
I *think* that Scott was supposed to be 26 in 1980 when Jean
died, which would make him 30 or so now, but Marvel frequently
reiterates that they do not keep real-world time (which seems
reasonable to me, since the issues only come out monthly). Jean
was supposed to be 24 or 25 at the same time;  and I think that
Scott was 17, Jean 15 or thereabouts when they joined the X-Men,
Bobby Drake somewhat younger than Scott (16, maybe?) and Hank
McCoy and Warren Worthington 16 and 17.  On the other hand, one
of the early X-Men has a "photo" of all the X-Men taken upon
"graduation" from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters,
diplomas and all.  Does that mean they were all contemporaries?
Also -- apparently Xavier discovered that Jean, the daughter of
his friend Professor Grey, was a telepath at the age of 10.
What was she doing between 10 and 15 when she joined the X-Men?

No one knows how old Logan is; he's apparently fought in WWII
but is very close-mouthed both about that and the origin of
his claws and skeleton (claiming amnesia).  I think Kitty Pryde
was 13 when she joined (see Scott's comment on Kitty in #138,
"Elegy");  Ororo and Kurt -- who knows; and Peter probably
around Warren's age -- 17 or 18.  

Any of this could be flawed;  I'm dredging it up from vague
memories of conversations and net comments.

Ellen Eades
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