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Originally Posted by bmorr

You said that Cap and Spidey are mutants.

No, I didn't. You really need to re-read my post. But I'll explain further, just the same:

I said that they could be considered mutants if the definition for mutant was anyone who was mutated or had their physical form altered/changed in some fashion. Like Cain and Karl are considered mutants (or at least referred to that way), even though neither one of them was born with the X-gene and both obtained their powers later in life due to other means (the retcon of Cain, notwithstanding).

By using that broader definition of "change = mutant", you would be able to include Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thing, Invisible Woman, Johnny Storm, Reed Richards, etc, into mutantkind as well.

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They were not born with their powers.

Yeah, I know. I've known about their origins for about oh, thirty-five years or so. Been reading and following comics a long time, mate.

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Originally Posted by MADREVJACK

I agree that marvel uses mutants, mystic or ancient magic, and alien intervention too often in explaining powers.
But I don't know what I would rather they use? I mean we are explaining super powers, it seems like there is a finite amount of ways to get flashy powers.

While the list for superpower origins may be finite, Marvel writers seem to favor a few of them a little too much. Personally I'd like to see a few of my personal favorites come back:

-getting bitten by something or someone (radioactive or not)
-chemical bath
-radiation poisoning
-member of an alien race
-new invention (suit, serum, tech, etc)
-blood transfusion
-no powers at all, just highly-trained or a human prodigy

(Longshot falls under the third one, yet he is still considered a mutant and an X-man)