I'll admit that my view of comic books is a bit skewed. As a child of two English teachers, I was not allowed to spend my money on comic books while growing up. So when I discovered a treasure trove of comics at my grandparents' house that belonged to my uncle when he was growing up, I devoured as many as I could as often I as I could. These were classic Marvel Comics properties like Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, and yes - The X-Men. Since then, I've had a soft spot for animated projects that feature Marvel properties and tend to watch whenever I can.
The X-Men is a group of mutants led by Professor Charles Xavier (aka Professor "X"), a powerful telepath who runs a school to help mutants come to terms with and learn to control their abilities. Professor X tries to work with, not against, the government to help let mutants and humans work together in peace. As always, there are those people who fear, resent, and must destroy the things they don't understand. Because of this, humans are divided on whether mutants should be locked up or remain free.
On the other side of the equation is Magneto, a powerful mutant who controls magnetic energy. He feels that mutants are the next level of evolution of humans and should therefore control their less evolved brethren. He and his Brotherhood of Mutants seek to goad world governments into attacking mutants overtly, thereby triggering a war between mutants and non-mutants to settle the matter once and for all.
Wolverine and the X-Men started a couple of years ago and aired on the Nicktoons channel. The series began with an explosion at the Xavier School, leveling the mansion and somehow spiriting away the Professor and Jean Grey, a telepath and telekinetic with the X-Men. The remaining X-Men disband and go their separate ways without the leadership of the Professor. The first season then focuses on getting the group back together to figure out what happened and stop the coming war.
Though they find the Professor early on, he is in a coma and cannot help the team directly. Instead, they find that he wakes up several years in the future in a world destroyed by the war between mutants and non-mutants. Professor X works in this future Earth with a group of mutants to figure out just what happened and what Wolverine and the X-Men can do to stop it.
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