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With that in mind, here are 10 perfect mutants that Marvel should use when they reboot the MCU with the X-Men as the new face of the franchise.
10) Jubilee
If the MCU wants people to take the new X-Men team seriously, it can’t be full of characters non-comic fans have never heard of. There needs to be famous mutants on the team, if only from the cartoons. That makes Jubilee the perfect first choice. She was hugely popular on the X-Men cartoons in the 90s, and was back in X-Men 97, keeping her in the public eye. Not only that, but Jubilee has never been part of any of the X-Men movies other than small cameo appearances. At best, the new movies could focus on Jubilee, making her the perfect replacement for how the original trilogy was based around Rogue.
9) Kid Omega
If Jubilee is on the new X-Men team, Kid Omega would be a perfect option as her polar opposite. While Jubilee has been portrayed as being a “bratty:” teenager in the comics and the animated cartoons, she is, at heart, a good person. This means the best idea could be to make another young X-Men member someone who is not a good person, but is a hero anyway. That would be Kid Omega, someone who was also portrayed as a bad teenager, but more of a bully and know-it-all than a brat. Having Jubilee as the light and Kid Omega as the dark could present a fascinating story. Plus, he is one of Marvel’s most powerful telepaths.
8) Iceman
Iceman got a small appearance in the original trilogy with Shawn Ashmore in the role. He had the small role of befriending Rogue when she showed up, and then he got a bigger role in X-Men: The Last Stand thanks to his connection to Pyro, who turned evil and joined the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. He also got a small role in Days of Future Past. However, Iceman is an original member of the X-Men, and he deserved a lot more screentime than he received. Having him here as a young mutant again would work out well, and if the MCU sticks with the later revelations that he is gay, it could offer the representation that the X-Men have represented since Chris Claremont prioritized it during his run.
7) Kitty Pryde
Kitty Pryde was a big part of X-Men: The Last Stand, played by Elliot Page, but she never got to shine as she did in the comics when she was the youngest ever member of the team when she joined. That said, it isn’t the young Kitty that the new X-Men in the MCU need. The new movies need to have some veterans on the team, and Kate Pryde needs to be one of them. She has come so far over her time in Marvel Comics and is a respected and powerful mutant in her own right. Pryde needs to be the strong woman she has become and could be one of the team’s leaders in the MCU.
6) Rogue
Rogue is one mutant that should return, if only to make up for how the X-Men movies ruined her character in the original trilogy. Her sass and dominant personality were nowhere in sight in those movies, and when she took the “mutant cure” to save herself from her powers, it was a colossal disappointment. Rogue needs to be the character she is in X-Men 97, a strong and powerful woman who could stand alongside Kate Pryde as one of the team’s most respected members.
