One of the ways X-Men is unique is that they are a group of ordinary people (albeit with extraordinary powers). This change in pace, from a singular lone superhero to a group of people struggling with both everyday and world-threatening issues is a great one. This allows X-Men to be great in many ways, but what I noticed is that I had a hard time recognizing all the different characters- especially through the different issues, where more characters had been introduced and they were drawn in a different style.
What helped me is the costumes they put on- while out of costume the X-Men looked very average and I couldn't distinguish between one or the other, with their costumes I had little trouble. I think the relationship between costume and no costume plays an important role in discerning the identity of X-Men, and mirrors the issue between "normal" and "mutant" very well.
It is also interesting to note that while the characters look normal in real life, they feel like they belong in the world with their costumes on.
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