X-verse

name, slang

name, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The fictional world, or universe, which serves as the setting for the Marvel Comics and film series featuring the characters the X-Men. slang

    "First and most common is the charge that numerous characters in Heroes have powers of preexisting comic book characters, especially from the X-Men.[…]Even Isaac Mendez's power to paint the future predates him in a character from the X-verse—Nemesio from District X."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of X-Verse. alt-of, alternative

Example

More examples

"First and most common is the charge that numerous characters in Heroes have powers of preexisting comic book characters, especially from the X-Men.[…]Even Isaac Mendez's power to paint the future predates him in a character from the X-verse—Nemesio from District X."

Etymology

From X + -verse.

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