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 | | Later on, the introduction of Kitty Pryde, a young Jewish mutant, and the revelation that their arch-enemy Magneto had spent time in concentration camps as a boy, made the theme of persecution even stronger. |
 | | When Sam Guthrie, after spending more than a hundred issues of the New Mutants and X-Force as team leader, joined the X-Men, he was suddenly a lot less mature, and was portrayed as the rookie on the team, despite the fact that he'd been around a lot longer than say, Gambit or Bishop. |
 | | The Mutant Menace hysteria card played to death in the X-titles over the years has been reborn as a fear and blaming of teenagers for all our woes, neatly bringing together the two main themes of growing up and persecution into one singular theme, since each is now an integral part of the other. |
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