[quote=@Raptorman]
Fallen. I believe that there have always been metahumans to some degree but that they were much less common in the past then they are now. For example there were a decent number who came out of the woodwork in World War 2 but then there were less again. At least that was my understanding based on being the guy responsible for the WW2 metahuman stuff for the most part.
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That helps. Reason I asked, I had about 2 man-made metas in my intro for Racheli. If they are as common as X-men was in the later comics, then Rach would be paranoid and expect high power trouble. Not to mention there would be meta human paranoia spreading though the city in recent months/years/whatever. However if that event was as uncommon as you said, she'll pass it off as an event that likely will never happen again. 

Two, Genecorp starts abducting Metas for labrats at some point but I didn't have enough information to actually know or judge realistically how to approach this or how the arcs actually change this. So I couldn't progress that plot line and I much rather not keep in the shadows, waiting until the arcs are over to get my answers.