Thread:Uncanny X-Factor/@comment-5041674-20171111011311/@comment-5927539-20171111060819

Yeah, in the real world mutations would take thousands upon thousands of years to get to that level, and every generation before would have it. A line of psychics, a line of teleporters, etc. It's pretty much the case that the main mutations would be super-strength, senses, regeneration, etc. Maybe animal-like traits, shapeshifting too. But metal body, elemental control, heat vision...unless you became part cyborg, it's unlikely those would ever become true mutations. I've considered writing a reality where only mutants like Exodus and Apocalypse exist in the present day, and the X-Men don't even come around until at least 2099 or possibly further down the line because that same concept bugged me so. But I wouldn't be sure. Excellent query though. It's part of what I call "comic sense of disbelief." Same way we assume Bruce Banner didn't get cancer or just die immediately.