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facts The X-men have been around since the sixties. Created by Stan Lee, they didn't always enjoy the same level of success they now have. It wasn't until the late seventies that the new X-men were introduced and the X-men really took off. And the recent X-men movie has cemented the overall success of the X-men. The X-men had 2 successful cartoon series so far. The Fox cartoon series, and the WB's X-men Evolution. The X-men's television journey began with the NBC cartoon series Spiderman and his Amazing Friends where the X-men guest starred at least twice in the early eighties. A few years later one single episode was created of the X-men similar in style to Spiderman and his Amazing Friends entitled "Pryde of the X-men" but no series came until the Fox network brought its own version of the X-men to the small screen. The Fox Spiderman series also guest starred the X-men, and the Fox network brought a 2 hr movie live action movie with Generation X a comic book spin off of the X-men. Hugh Jackman had to undergo training from a hand-to-hand combat specialist to learn how to handle the Wolverine claws. Despite being 6'1", James Marsden (Cyclops) had to wear platform shoes so that he would appear taller than Hugh Jackman (6'2"). Which Wolverine is supposed to be a very short guy in the comics. Cameo: [Stan the Man Lee] X-Men creator and executive producer is a man near a hot dog stand on the beach when Senator Kelly comes out of the water. There were three types of Wolverine claw - plastic, wood, and steel
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