-Mutants are born with their powers, which will develop in any circumstance, though at different ages (most get them during puberty, some since birth). Mutants have the X-Gene, plain and simple. -Inhumans are just more athletic and healthier humans until they undergo the Terrigen Mists, which activate their powers.
But while the Inhumans and X-Men can appear to have similar powers, the Inhumans are generally superior...but the power comes with a massive price that none of the X-Men have to pay. In 1963, Stan Lee was running out of ideas for the methods of granting superpowers to new characters.
Ms. Marvel was revealed to have both Inhuman and mutant heritage but activated her Inhuman powers before her mutant powers could manifest, which Charles Xavier surmised protected her from the lethal effects of the Terrigen Bomb, as exposure to Terrigen Mist is fatal to mutants.
With world governments now following Orchis' lead on the "mutant issue," the fact that Spider-Man is actually human won't save him from Orchis' lie. In Marvel terminology, Spider-Man is actually a mutate - someone whose genetic structure was altered by an outside force, rather than a mutant born with the X-gene.
Marvel a mutant? As revealed in X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA (2023) #1, the answer is indubitably yes! Ms. Marvel was as surprised as the readers to find out after being resurrected by The Five on Krakoa and given the news that she was Inhuman, human AND mutant.
Mutants vs Inhumans: Which Is More Powerful? (Comicbook Concepts)
Is Scarlet Witch a mutant or Inhuman?
In 2015, it was revealed in Uncanny Avengers (Vol. 2) #4 that she and Pietro are not mutants but humans who received superhuman genetics due to the experiments of the High Evolutionary. In Wanda's case, the High Evolutionary's genetic tampering made her more powerful in magic than she would have been otherwise.
Was Kamala Khan originally supposed to be a mutant?
Amanat said in 2022 that when she and Wilson were creating Kamala, the character was originally going to be a mutant before they changed her to an Inhuman.
Deadpool's not a mutant. His powers come from experiments carried out by the Canadian military, not from a mutant X-Gene. What makes it a little confusing is that the experiments were attempts to duplicate Wolverine's powers, so while he's not a mutant himself, his healing factor is derived from mutant biology.
Contrary to popular belief, Deadpool lacks what differentiates Mutants from Humans, that being natural abilities that sprout from birth due to the X-Gene.
“Mutants are actually extremely common,” says OMRF scientist Dr. Chris Sansam. “Someone without any mutations would be the real anomaly.” Mutations are changes to a person's genetic code, and they can come about from exposure to an external environmental factor, such as cigarette smoke or radiation.
Some mutants, among them the "Homo Killcrop" (or Changelings), are activated at birth. Powered beings activated at birth or before puberty are witnessed with surprise or even defiance towards their mutant status. Other mutants even activated themselves in the womb and are able to use their powers.
In DC Comics, the term is used loosely in most instances to refer to any human or human-like being with extraordinary powers, abilities or other attributes, either cosmic, mutant, scientific, mystical, skill or technological in nature.
Still, Thanos is an Eternal, a type of super human who, according to the Celestials, was meant to be a protector of Earth. And, with a twisted mind, he took his cosmic duty to heart.
While Cain Marko is not the most powerful villain that the X-Men ever faced, the Juggernaut has proved himself to be a formidable foe countless times in battle, often only being defeated by trickery or removing his ability to be an "unstoppable force." Mutant heroes like Lost, Xavier, Cyclops, and Beast have all ...
Calling this one a victory is admittedly a stretch, but Black Bolt was able to slow Thanos down. Unfortunately, Thanos survived the blast and beat Black Bolt into unconsciousness, proving that Thanos can alloy victory with defeat.
In some cases, a mutant might fall under two different classifications if they have multiple powersets. Wolverine's enhanced senses are a Beta Level powerset, while his healing factor makes him an Alpha Level Mutant. In these situations, the mutant is classified based on whichever powerset is the strongest.
Carol Danvers is a Human/Kree hybrid and a military warrior known as the high-flying super hero Captain Marvel. With no support from her authoritarian father, a young Danvers took to the sky in the Air Force by herself as a promising cadet, escalating to rank of colonel as an intelligence agent.
The first recorded (with a clear date) human mutant on Earth was Selene, born in Central Europe 17,000 years ago, "after the Oceans swallowed Atlantis" and "before the rise of the sons of Aryas", during the Hyborian Age, and even clashed with Kulan Gath over 10,000 years ago.
Now soaring among the stars, Carol Danvers is known as Captain Marvel. Carol Danvers' mutated DNA gave her the capacity to generate and produce concussive energy blasts from her hands.
The Avengers were a team of non-mutants superhumans, tasked into hunting mutant threats. Formed by General Castle, some of them already mutant hunters, such as Redback.
