Reading the other poster's question, I think that maybe you shouldn't be so short to avoid the magneto/xavier comparisons for Scott/Alex. Alex is in the mutant face of the most "Xavier's Dream" comic you guys have ever published. Scott is currently a mutant terrorist training kids to defend themselves above all else with Magneto at his side. I think it's a pretty marketable/high-concept way to break it down even if it doesn't completely encapsulate things.
I think it’s a simple analogy, but not an accurate one–especially when there are other parties, such as Wolverine, in the mix as well in as prominent a way.