THE RETRO MEN
of Earth-1038

Membership: Beast, Cable, Gambit, Iceman, Storm, Wolverine, Xavier, numerous unnamed others (see comments)

Purpose: Presumably to fight for peace between mutants and humans

Affiliations: None known

Enemies: Magneto, Mister Sinister

Base of Operations: Presumably the Xavier Institute in Westchester, New York

First Appearance: X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 (January, 2002)

History: (X-Men Millennial Visions 2001- "X-Men: The Retro Men") - As old trends came back into fashion, the X-Men decided to hop on the bandwagon by renaming themselves the Retro Men and going back to their old trend of wearing identical uniforms.

Comments: Created by Fred Hembeck.

    Some other team members who were not identified by name were identified by me by recognizing their Earth-616 counterparts. The ones not mentioned by name are: Angel, Colossus, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Havok, Nightcrawler, Polaris, Rogue, and Shadowcat.

Profile by Proto-Man

Clarifications:

The Retro Men (Millennial Visions 2001) had no known connection to

• any other "X" teams who changed their name with a passing fad

BEAST

Beast appeared to be mostly the same as his Earth-616 counterpart, aside from the change in costume.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"

CABLE

Aside from the new uniform, Cable did not appear to be any different from his Earth-616 counterpart.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"

GAMBIT

Gambit did not seem much different from his Earth-616 counterpart, aside from his wearing of an old X-Men uniform.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"

ICEMAN

Iceman was ridiculously overdressed, wearing a classic X-Men uniform over his already iced-over body. Other than that, he was mostly the same as his Earth-616 counterpart.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"

STORM

While she agreed to wear an X-Men uniform, Storm did not stop wearing her headdress. Other than that, she was the same as her Earth-616 counterpart.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"

WOLVERINE

Wolverine was basically the same as his Earth-616 counterpart, with the exception that he always wore an X-Men uniform.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"

XAVIER

Xavier was the same as his Earth-616 counterpart, except for the X-Men uniform that he wore.

--X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 - "X-Men: The Retro Men"

images:

X-Men Millennial Visions 2001, p36, splash page (all pics)

X-Men Millennial Visions 2001 (January, 2002) - "X-Men: The Retro Men" - Fred Hembeck (text, art)

Last updated: 12/18/05

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