Thread:Helacondrummer/@comment-3406131-20140608111951/@comment-24378500-20140608223529

To my knowledge Tad Carter is the first modern appearance of a mutant in the real world that is. Obviously chronologically in the marvel universe earth-616 there have been multiple mutants appearing before then. I'm sure that the original Tad Carter story would be all but forgotten if not for him being brought back in X-Men: The Hidden Years. I've also read a lot of the old sub-mariner comics and I don't recall that he is ever referred to as a mutant until modern in comics. This I think makes Tad Carter's story that much more important historically.

In Amazing Adult Fantasy #14 it isn't revealed who the mutant is who takes him. I haven't yet read any of X-Men: The Hidden Years, so I'm not sure if it is revealed during any of those issues. I planned on re-editing this page after I had done so. I just thought that the original story needed to be mentioned in more detail in his bio. I'm sure that there is more that needs to be added, but I left the mention of Tobias Messenger mostly the way it was until I or someone else could clear this information up better.

Hope that clears up any confusion.