District X
| District X (Mutant Town) | |
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District X, as depicted in New X-Men #127.
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| Type | Neighborhood |
| Race(s) | Mutants |
| Notable locations | Alphabet City, Manhattan |
| First appearance | New X-Men #127 |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| District X/Mutopia X | |
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Cover to District X #5, featuring Bishop and Ismael.
Art by Steve McNiven. |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Marvel Comics |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date(s) | July 2004 – August 2005 |
| No. of issues | 19 |
| Main character(s) |
Bishop Ismael Ortega Mister M The Porcupine |
| Creative team | |
| Written by | David Hine |
| Artist(s) | David Yardin Lan Medina |
| Inker(s) | Alejandro "Boy" Sicat |
| Collected editions | |
| Mr M | ISBN |
District X, also known as Mutant Town or the Middle East Side, is a fictional location in Marvel Comics. It is a neighborhood in New York City primarily populated by mutants, first seen during Grant Morrison's run on the series New X-Men in New X-Men #127. The ghetto was established in Alphabet City, Manhattan (also known as Loisaida), a neighborhood in the East Village (located between Avenues A to D, and between Houston and 14th Streets). This would fall within New York's 12th congressional district and the New York City Council's 2nd district. According to the front cover of X-Factor #31, it had a population of 743, but was more populated prior to the Decimation.
District X also refers to a short-lived comic book series, which ran for 14 issues between May 2004 and June 2005, about the neighborhood and its inhabitants. The series was a police procedural, starring Bishop and Ismael Ortega, who investigated crimes committed by and against the ghetto's mutant residents. The series also explored Ortega's complicated personal relationships and gradual descent into drug abuse and adultery. The series was renamed Mutopia X for five issues, between July 2005 and November 2005, as part of the crossover House of M event, prior to its cancellation. The series was written by David Hine.
The rise in Manhattan's mutant population, coupled with racism among normal humans, led to mutants forming their own community in Manhattan's Lower East Side (described as the fictional 'Middle East Side' in Peter David's X-Factor). Although humans lived in this neighborhood, they formed a minority. NYX established that District X is an official title for the region.
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