In the mid- 2010s, Marvel was trying to make the Inhumans a thing. Introduced back in Fantastic Four #45, they were one of those concepts that was uniquely Marvel - a group of humans who had been experimented on by the Kree millennia ago, when they were exposed to a catalyst called the Terrigen Mists they gained amazing powers.

Of course, all the reasons behind this weren't exactly influenced by the creative side of things - Fox still owned the rights to the X-Men and Marvel needed a mutants analogue they could use in merchandising and movies. Mistakes were definitely made but in the end, fan apathy and outright hostility killed the whole experiment. This list is going to look at why it's a good thing that they are gone and also why we miss them.

10 Thing We Miss: Karnak

Most Inhuman stories focus on the Royal Family and one of the coolest members of the Royal Family is Karnak. Karnak is a Zen warrior philosopher and Black Bolt's head advisor with his ability being the power to see flaws in things.

For years, this just meant being able to hit something or someone in a place that would end the battle, but as years went by, writers expanded it, allowing him to see the flaws in everything and exploit them. This made the character much more interesting and useful than before, and one of the coolest Inhumans of them all.

9 Thing We Won't Miss: The Retcon

When Marvel was trying to make the Inhumans into their mutant substitute, they retconned the entire species. In the beginning, the Inhumans lived in sealed off, inaccessible places because their systems couldn't handle the pollution and germs of the outside world for long periods of time.

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To make their new idea work, they had to have Inhumans that existed in the outside world. So they retconned the whole thing without ever explaining how people with Inhuman genes were able to handle the dangers of the outside world.

8 Thing We Miss: The Political Intrigue

One of the hallmarks of the best Inhumans stories, like the 1998 Marvel Knights maxi-series The Inhumans, is the political machinations of the Royal Family and its enemies. This isn't something that readers get a lot of in superhero comics and the Inhumans are the perfect vehicle for it.

It's one of the greatest tragedies of the loss of the Inhumans - Marvel was so busy trying to make them into the X-Men, they pretty much ignored the things about them that would make fans really like them.

7 Thing We Won't Miss: Ulysses

Ulysses sees the future in Civil Wars II

It's not controversial to say that Civil War II wasn't exactly popular with fans. Far from it, actually. The conflict lacked the oomph of the previous Civil War and the series meandered a bit on its way to its ending. The catalyst for the whole thing was an Inhuman who could see the future known as Ulysses.

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The character only existed to be the bone of contention between the two sides of the conflict. Although he was taken off the table at the end of the story, if the Inhumans had gained popularity, writers would have brought him back and let's be real - no one would be happy about that.

6 Thing We Miss: Maximus

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Maximus is Black Bolt's insane younger brother and the best villain the concept created. After the two underwent Terrigenesis, Black Bolt spoke and emitted an ultra sonic blast which drove Maximus crazy.

Maximus's powers allow him to control the minds of anyone he speaks to, making him a unique threat that can't just be punched out and can turn friends and family against each other. He's also just so much fun to read and makes for a great villain.

5 Thing We Won't Miss: Eugenics Based Caste System

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Genetics is a very big deal in Inhuman society. In fact, their caste system is based on it. Those with the more powerful and "useful" powers are bred with others of the same power level so as the better chance that their offspring will have powerful and "useful" abilities upon Terrigenesis. Those who don't are basically second class citizens.

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This whole approach to breeding is called eugenics and in the real world, it's lead to some terrible things. It's kind of hard to root for any society based on it.

4 Thing We Miss: Lockjaw

Lockjaw is a giant bulldog who can teleport anywhere. He is the goodest boy and deserves all the head pats and cuddles. There are very few dogs in comics and Lockjaw is one of the first and still one of the best.

People rave about the Pizza Dog issue of Matt Fraction and David Aja's Hawkeye, but Lockjaw was the first to get his own issue of a comic in the 1998 Inhumans. 

3 Thing We Won't Miss: They're Slave Owners

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So, yeah, this one is a biggie. The Inhumans live in the beautiful cities full of advanced technology, but under those cities, the sewers, power plants, and just about every other industrial process is run be the Alpha Primitives. Their entire life is tending to what they call "the Machine." They can't go into the city, they can't own any property, and they have no rights.

They are slaves. There's no other way to say it. The Inhumans, portrayed as heroes, own slaves.

2 Thing We Miss: Black Bolt

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Black Bolt is the best part of the Inhumans and everyone knows it. His merest whisper can destroy mountains and he can control and manipulate electrons. Add to that vast strength, durability, and flight and Black Bolt is one of the most powerful characters around.

However, what makes him so great isn't his powers - it's him. He's a man who has to be constantly in control of himself, lest he kill everyone around him. He loves his wife and his people more than anything and will do anything to protect them. Losing him is the biggest tragedy of this whole mess Marvel started.

1 Thing We Won't Miss: Marvel's Folly

Black Bolt leads the Inhumans while Magneto leads the mutants in a Marvel Comics battle

Marvel tried to replace their civil rights allegory - mutants - with a group of characters who are defined by monarchy, eugenics, and slave ownership. Now, they tried to downplay all of that, but what happens when a new fan goes back and reads some old Inhumans story and sees that they are pretty much the opposite of what Marvel was trying to make them into?

It's just so remarkably tone deaf that it's pretty much soured the entire concept of the Inhumans. The Inhumans work for certain things but they cannot replace the X-Men because everything about them is antithetical to everything mutants stand for.

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