“Mutation is the key to our evolution,” according to the voice-over introduction to the X-Men movie (Brian Singer 2000) by Professor Charles Francis Xavier. Mutation is also, it seems, the key to characterization in serial narratives. Characters in serial narratives are ‘hyper-mutable,’ that is they change many times and in many ways. The X-Men are … Continue reading The Bold and the Forgetful: Amnesia, Character Mutability and Serial Narrative Form in The X-Men – Radha O’Meara