Professor X, It's all in your head.

Reading the first edition of X-Men, then moving on to the other episodes, it was interesting to see Professor X's role change. One really intriguing difference that stood out between the first and later editions was that in the beginning of the first book, Professor X's dialogue to the entire student body as well as to individuals, is all done through his thoughts (represented through thought bubbles). I get that his power is being telekinetic and having these great mental powers, but it doesn't really make sense why he cannot talk directly to the other X-Men in the beginning of the story. Then, unceremoniously on page 21, he says "You have mastered reading my thoughts perfectly and now I shall return to normal speech communication". This scene comes off as lazy and nonsensical, why does he randomly switch? It's hardly a test for them as Professor X is the greatest mind in the world.

I think the my main issue, which this instance comes about because of, is that there is really no origin story to this first issue of X-Men. It just starts with describing who Professor X is and giving names for his students, no more information about who they are or how they got their powers is provided. For me, this was an unsettling start to the series, as I have some general knowledge as to how the X-Men got their powers but was saddened that there was no origin stories about them from the beginning. Was this because they Lee didn't have a reason for them being the way they were yet? Was the origin thought of later? I genuinely don't know the answer to these questions. I do know, however, that the first issue of X-Men diverges greatly from the other first issues of superhero comics we've read in class with the lack of origin story right at the beginning. An origin story would have been a great time to introduce real scientific knowledge about genes and mutations, a la Tezuka.