X-Men

Faithful adaptation of Marvel characters with no notable race or gender swaps of established figures.

Strong female characters like Storm, Jean Grey, and Rogue are featured, but men are equally competent and heroic; no demotion messaging.

• Storm and Rogue are powerful team members alongside Wolverine, Cyclops, and Gambit

No LGBTQ+ content present in this early-90s kids' cartoon.

The team is diverse (Storm is African, Nightcrawler German, etc.) but this reflects the long-established comic lineup, not a quota.

• Storm as an African weather goddess, faithful to source comics

The mutant-prejudice allegory is a core theme and occasionally explicit, but it's woven into the comic's longstanding metaphor rather than modern activist sermonizing.

• Recurring storylines about mutant rights and persecution
• Sentinels and anti-mutant registration plots as bigotry allegory

No framing of masculinity or the West as inherently villainous; conflict is mutants vs. anti-mutant forces.

Widely regarded as a faithful adaptation of the X-Men comics, including major arcs like the Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past.

• Adapts the Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past closely from the comics