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References to and Quotes about
X-Men

Beyond Comprehension (Mar. 2014): "Maximum System Efficiency", page 133:

"...can I try my French on you guys?" Sariah asked... "Si Robbie et Max peuvent à la fois lire dans les pensées et parler par télépathie à un autre, alors sont-ils Professeur X de X-Men? Si c'est le cas, ce serit cool!"

Max and Robbie[:] "No!... We may be able to read minds... but we are nothing like Professor X from X-Men. Sorry."

Captain America (vol. 1) #178 (Oct. 1974): "If the Falcon Should Fall--!", page 3, panel 2:
Lucifer/Rafe Michel: "I have challenged the X-Men -- Iron Man! I use this human's body solely -Unnhh!-"
Falcon (punching Lucifer): "Solely whatever, you can't just use anybody's body, man! Maybe you were hot stuff once-- but you're only out cold now!"

Captain America Annual #4 (Nov. 1977): "The Great Mutant Massacre!", page 25, panel 6:
Captain America (thinking): "If only I'd been able to reach Xavier last week! I'd feel a lot better about facing Magneto with the X-Men by my side!"

Magik (vol. 1) #3 (Feb. 1984): "Soulquest", page 3, panel 3:
Illyana Rasputin (narrating): "...Kitty Pryde... I can never forget that what's happened to her is my fault-- as are the deaths of most of fellow X-Men, including my beloved brother, Piotr Nikolievitch."

Note: There are other references to the X-Men. The team itself is not seen, except in the alternative timeline form of Story (Ororo) and Cat (Kitty Pryde), the remaining X-Men team members in Limbo.

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #1 (Jan. 2005): "Breakout! Part One", page 2, panel 4:
Siri (figure in shadows): "Our intelligence says that the Fantastic Four are out of the country, and the X-Men are preoccupied.The Avengers called it quits. We believe the time is now."

The New Avengers (vol. 1) #5 (May 2005): "Breakout! Part Five", page 7, panels 6-7:
Captain America: "Where're the X-Men?"
Wolverine: "Teaching class. We got kids to look after."
Cap: "You just came out here by yourself?"
Wolverine: "Done it a bunch."