
The entire team is later imprisoned by Magneto's powers, binding them to the Liberty Statue. The X-Men reach Liberty Island and battle the Brotherhood again, during which Wolverine defeats Mystique and Storm kills Toad. Jean Grey uses Cerebro, and learns that the Brotherhood is on Liberty Island, wanting to use the machine on the world leaders gathered on nearby Ellis Island. Trying to locate Magneto, Xavier falls into a trap set by Mystique and enters a coma. Using Senator Kelly's memory, Xavier is now aware of Magneto's real plan: He intends to transfer his powers to Rogue and use her to activate his new machine, which would transform normal humans into mutants. Here, the team battles the Brotherhood, this time led by Magneto himself, who defeats the X-Men and kidnaps Rogue - who was his real objective. When Rogue, deceived by a disguised Mystique, leaves the Xavier Institute, Wolverine goes after her, while Cyclops and Storm follow him at the train station. He was defeated, and the two mutants are taken to the X-Mansion, where Xavier informs Wolverine of Magneto's plans. Sent by Professor X, Cyclops and Storm head North to save two mutants, Wolverine and Rogue, from an attack by a Brotherhood member Sabretooth. The group was then disbanded before being reestablished sometime prior to the 21st century. Erik - now going by the name " Magneto", and Darkholme - now going by the name "Mystique", left the X-Men to form the Brotherhood of Mutants. Following this, Erik and Charles' views regarding the path of the emerging mutant race diverged resulting in the end of their friendship.

The team came into conflict with another group of mutants called the Hellfire Club, who were vying for world domination.

Xavier then brought in Erik Lehnsherr to help lead the team, which also consisted of Havok, Darwin, Beast and Banshee. The X-Men's first mission involved stopping Sebastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club. The group that came to be known as the "X-Men" was founded in 1962 by a young Charles Xavier and Raven Darkholme, working in conjunction with a secret department of the U.S.
