If comic readers loved the famous Wolverine vs. Sabertooth duels in the comics, then they will not be disappointed with the feature film.

Will the feature feel the success that the animated series did? Early reviews say it will! TM & © 1996 Saban. All Rights Reserved.

"With such a big mix of characters, there is at least one hero a reader or viewer can identify and empathize with," Lee says. Arad agrees, "Every kid with braces and glasses is a mutant at least to themselves initially. Until they look around and say, 'I'm not that bad. There are other kids like me.'" The X-Men animated series ran for six years and a new version is scheduled for the fall. In every country it ran it created debate over these same issues. Each character is an archetype for a greater meaning. When coming back to the question, 'Will people from all walks of life go to see this superhero picture?' I think Arad sums it up best, when he says, "The compelling thing is that this is a very dramatic movie, laden with action. This isn't just an action picture. It has a message. It has an intelligent touch to it. It deals with something that two minutes into the movie your going to feel pretty involved -- pretty interested. You'll look at yourself and say, 'I remember me being a mutant. I remember my friend who was a mutant. I remember people mistreating people for all the wrong reasons."You'll walk out of the movie thinking."

By day, Rick DeMott is the Associate Editor of Animation World Network and writer of AWN's Animation Flash. By night, he fights crime under the identity of Yam Boy and baffles his enemies with his keen power of reciting useless facts about movies, comic books and sideshow freaks.