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From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (JERRY BOYAJIAN)
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Subject: X-Men's ages
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[I get the feeling I posted this one already, but I didn't see it come
back around. Apologies if this is a re-posting.]

> From: harry@ucbarpa (Harry I. Rubin)

> 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.)

Well, this gets a little complicated...

First of all, are you acquainted with the fiat at DC that Superman will
always be about 29 years old, regardless of how much time passes in the
real world? Well, some years back, Marvel decided to issue a similar sort
of dictum. At that point (I believe it was circa 1981), they decided that
the Marvel Age Timespan (from the events in FANTASTIC FOUR to date) was
only 10 years, rather than the ~20 that passed in the real world. This
necessitated a revision of Marvel History, but that subject has already
been discussed to death in this newsgroup, so I won't get into that. What
concerns us here and now is how it affects the X-Men.
	The revisionist Timeline had the FF in existance for 10 years;
Spider-Man just a tad less than that; the Avengers for something like 8.5
years; and the X-Men for about 7 years. I believe that the 7 years broke
down into 5 years for the Old X-Men, and 2 years for the New.

I seem to remember this being mentioned in an X-MEN lettercol. Unfortunately,
my comics are packed up (I've moved), but as soon as they are accessible,
I'll try to find this reference. Anyways, the ages of the X-Men were also
mentioned.

When the Old X-Men were first recruited, Scott, Jean, Warren, and Hank were
all about 17, and Bobby, 15. So add seven (or maybe eight by now) years to
that, and you get Scott, etc.'s ages at about 24 to 25. It seems to me that
a lettercol specificly mentioned 24 for Scott's age. I think at that same
time, the ages of the New X-Men were given as: Ororo, 20; Peter, 19; Kurt,
18; Logan, 40's; and Sean, 30's. Kitty, of course, was 13-1/2 when she first
joined, and is now supposedly 15. The OFFICIAL HANDBOOK mentioned that Rogue
is a minor, so I'd guess her age at about 17.

As to the New Mutants, I seem to remember their ages being given in an early
issue: Shan, 19; Sam, 16; Dani, 14; Roberto, 13; and Rahne, 13. Illyana is
the same age as Kitty, and so I presume is Doug. Warlock?? Only God knows.

--- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Acton-Nagog, MA)

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