Two major publishers dominate the world of comics: DC Comics and Marvel Comics. DC Comics promotes superheroes like Batman, a vigilante who began fighting crime solely to avenge his parents' untimely death. He possesses no unique superhuman abilities, other than a considerable fortune inherited from his late parents. Yet, Batman comics audiences still adore their hero. In contrast, Marvel Comics promotes superheroes such as the X-Men, a superhero team that possesses the X gene, a DNA mutation that gives each member a different ability. Under the leadership of Professor X, this team fights to protect their world from evil. Despite the X-Men's many successes, society persecutes them. In fact, when the X-Men first try to recruit Wolverine, he refuses: "Be an X-Men? Who the hell do you think you are? You're a mutant. The world out there is full of people who hate and you're afraid of you and you're wasting your time trying to protect them?” (House 140) Because people see the X-Men as mutants, not humans, they refuse to treat them as equals. As a result, Marvel's X-Men comic series discusses the philosophical dichotomy between equal human rights and discrimination, revealing that everyone deserves human rights even if they are different. In simpler terms, human rights are those that undoubtedly belong to every person. These rights, from a philosophical point of view, have some characteristics that distinguish them from all others. According to Richard Wasserstrom, author of the article "Rights, Human Rights and Racial Discrimination", human rights encompass several characteristics. First, and perhaps most obviously, human rights are those that belong exclusively to human beings (Wasserstrom 631). Also, Wasserstrom... center of card... Uncanny Argument in the Mutant X-Verse. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2009. PrintIrwin, William and David Kyle. Johnson. Presentation of philosophy through pop culture: from Socrates to South Park, from Hume to House. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010. Print.McWilliams, Cynthia. "Mutant Rights, Torture, and X-Ray Testing." X-men and philosophy: surprising insights and mysterious arguments in the mutant X-Verse. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2009. PrintRobichaud, Christopher. "Professor X wants you." X-men and philosophy: surprising insights and mysterious arguments in the mutant X-Verse. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2009. PrintSher, George. “Reverse Discrimination, Future and Past.” Ethics. 90. 1 (October 1979) Wasserstrom, Richard. "Rights, human rights and racial discrimination". The philosophy journal, 61.20 (1964).