12 Horrifying Secondary Mutations In X-Men That Made Generic Mutants Literal Gods!

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When most mutants get their powers activated for the first time, it is usually some horrific incident or another. More often than not, their abilities first appear under extreme stress, or maybe fear and pain, and in some cases it is some kind of a personal crisis, like a loved one’s death. But see, that is only the first level of mutation, and there exist innumerable mutants who also go through what Marvel called a secondary mutation, and while a secondary mutation sounds like it augments a Homo superior’s power set, that’s not usually the case. Sometimes it gives them new abilities or boosts their existing skillset, but there have been times when a mutant’s secondary mutation looked like little more than a damned curse. Beast explained in New Mutants Vol. 2 #12 that secondary mutations can appear after a mutant’s original powers and may emerge under intense stress. Experiments, severe injury, drugs and magic can also radically change mutants, although those externally induced changes