There’s definitely a shift starting about just how numerous mutants were. Particularly in the pre All New All Different era, each individual mutant was treated like a major deal who could tip the balance of power.
And then you find out there’s an entire civilization under the streets that Cerebro somehow missed.
I blame crappy cell reception for the Morlocks staying off grid. Yes, in 1983.... ot's the MU, Reed Richards and Tony Stark probably had the internet by 1966 but didn't tell anyone (Reed just forgot he'd invented it, and Tony was waiting for the best moment to launch it)
Later retcons would link the Morlocks existence to Dark Beast, so he might have come up with some shielding tech.
I'd actually forgotten that particular retcon, which has never made a lot of sense. But I could certainly have seen him doing something to make mass detection more difficult.
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And then you find out there’s an entire civilization under the streets that Cerebro somehow missed.
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(How exactly did Cerebro miss that?)
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Later retcons would link the Morlocks existence to Dark Beast, so he might have come up with some shielding tech.
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