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The X-Men has been one of the most popular superhero franchises in comics for more than a generation, and the big screen adaptations helped kick off the current wave of superhero films, including X-Men: Apocalypse, which arrives in North American theaters this weekend. The world of the X-Men is packed with relatable themes, from the simple school setting to more complex ideas about alienation and persecution. If you love the X-Men and what they stand for, here are five of the best independent comics that reflect the themes and message of Charles Xavier’s gifted students.

Today, Image Comics became the latest publisher to launch their own branded iPad app, which, much like the Marvel, DC, Boom! Studios and Scott Pilgrim apps, is powered by comiXology. There have been Image books available through comiXology before, including must-have titles like "Chew" and huge runs of both "Invincible" and "Walking Dead," but the release of the app

Image Comics has provided Comics Alliance with a 5-page preview of "G-Man: Cape Crisis," #3 by Chris Giarusso, which arrives in stores Oct. 14, 2009. It's brother vs. brother! With the magic of G-Man's cape growing dangerously unstable, things only get worse when G-Man and his brother Great Man disagree on how to handle it... Read More ...

The latest installment of Chris Giarrusso's new super hero series at Image Comics, "G-MAN: Cape Crisis," is going multimedia with a Flash-based online game now playable at Giarrusso's Web site. It's a simple enough game, but it does expand on some more...