Muties

In the early 2000s, Marvel's Muties offered a gritty, street-level look at the lives of mutantkind's outcasts, focusing not on the X-Men but on those left behind by the superhero world. Written primarily by Karl Bollers, this six-issue series was visually defined by the raw, expressive pencils of artists like Salgood Sam, Charlie Adlard, and Dean Haspiel. Published in 2002, it captured a moment when the mutant metaphor was explored through the lens of everyday prejudice and survival.