Immortal X-Men (2022-) #1

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Hope lobbying for the Five to have a representative on the Quiet Council once Magneto's seat opens. This is the culmination of the Five becoming increasingly discontented with the Council and their questionable stances on resurrection policies throughout Reign of X (especially in Vita Ayala's New Mutants and Leah Williams' X-Men: The Trial of Magneto). In Paris, 1919, Nathaniel Essex meets with Irene Adler. Essex sits whistling the melody of "Nimrod", a piece by Edward Elgar. Irene confides that when she heard first heard the song during its premier, she had a fit. She tells Essex that a war is coming that will change everything, and that while she knows he is an evil man, their fates are joined and she wishes for them to be on the same side. She whispers something in Essex's ear, whereupon he suddenly dies, mumbling "You're a ghost" as a he expires. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Bizarrely, Selene, who is otherwise a total sociopath, cares for the External Mutants and is quite pissed Apocalypse killed them and used their bones to make the External Gate. While initially this might seem like BS, her inner monologue in issue #14 confirms that she is quite genuine. Mutantkind's future seems pretty Sinister in a new first look at Kieron Gillen and Paco Medina's IMMORAL X-MEN (2023) #1, which takes place a decade into SINS OF SINISTER.

Hassan, Chris (April 11, 2022). "X-Men Monday #151 – Kieron Gillen Discusses 'Immortal X-Men #1' ". AIPT Comics . Retrieved January 2, 2023. Shame If Something Happened: Hope interrupts Selene's bid for Magneto's seat to nominate herself, leaving with the inference that her standing among Krakoa would make declining her politically risky, something Sinister lampshades. Selene, feeling jilted, also adds that something might happen with the External Gate, outright affirming that she is making a threat. Sinister believes she's bluffing but she follows through by animating the gate as a giant monster. Galpin, Kieran (January 24, 2021). "Every Member Of The Quiet Council, Ranked". Screen Rant . Retrieved January 2, 2023. Conveniently Interrupted Document: Partial documents have been a recurring theme in the Krakoan Age books. The first issue of Immortal X-Men adds a new version of the Orchis Protocol to the list. The Classified Information option is used to redact some detail, including the names of their "Culture / Narrative" and "Sociology / Modelling" leads.Emma informs The Quiet Council that Orchis villain Doctor Stasis is another version of Mister Sinister. Internal Homage: The first issue starts with Essex and Adler meeting on a park bench, echoing the House of X meeting between Xavier and Moira that launched the Krakoan Age storyline. And much like that meeting, whatever's whispered to Sinister leaves him speechless. Playing Both Sides: A recurring theme with Emma is that while she is on Krakoa's side, when it comes to votes she will abstain if it looks like her first choice won't win, rather than make a moral stand, or possibly make a choice of petty spite. Kaiju: Selene animates the External gate, made from mutant bones, as a huge undead monster, and then sets it rampaging across Krakoa. Prepare for sinister secrets to be revealed and learn that some secrets are more sinister than others...

Part of what makes it difficult for Kate to countermand Colossus; while he is being controlled to say hurtful things and undermine Krakoa, some of his criticisms — such as how Destiny nearly caused the destruction of Iceland in Judgment Day— are spot-on. Heroic BSoD: Charles's state after Fall of X. He's just been sitting on Krakoa completely broken, save for using his powers to drive off any Orchis goons who come near. Yet Emma’s point is still prudent. What felt like an odd plot beat in the early issues of Sins of Sinister has returned as a point of contention. Should Storm have recognized sooner that the Council was corrupted? Is it too much to ask that she step in prior to five years of Sinister’s infection? Emma argues yes, and it’s hard to disagree. Save Scumming: Sinister's approach to his clones of Moira. If a decision leads to a future he dislikes, he uploads the details to a clone, kills her, and resets the timeline. It's implied that he's already done this 25 times, with the current Sinister being version 26 - he also mentions hoping to make it through Judgement Day this time, so at least one previous timeline he's reset was more advanced than where he was up to then.. Not His Sled: Internally: When the Quiet Council begins to vote to determine if Hope should be allowed to join, Sinister knows in advance how the votes will land (outside of himself; he went in always planning to vote "No"). But when Destiny votes against, even though Sinister knows she originally voted the other way, that causes him to realize that she knows what he does, forcing him to change his vote.RELATED: The X-Men’s Latest Dark Future Confirms the Team’s Most Dangerous Member IMMORTAL X-MEN #1 Switching P.O.V.: Each issue showcases a different Quiet Council's internal POV as they react to the events happening around them, the cast lists highlight this by coloring in the profile of the issue's character lead. Destiny is trying to navigate between many possible bad futures. The one we see most of in the third issue is "the eXpanse", where Exodus, powered by a trillion-strong mutant church-empire with Phoenix imagery, hunts down Sinister. However, Destiny is also motivated by the fact that for her, any bad future is one where Mystique isn't alive. And she can't see any future where Mystique lives. Only Sane Man: Nightcrawler is the only member of the Quiet Council who hasn't gone all in on "mutant superiority". He is appropriately horrified by the rest of the Council's seemingly growing and sociopathic disregard for humans and robots, and disgusted when Exodus deems humans as stupid after hearing about a suicide. (It should perhaps be noted in total fairness, however, that Xavier is also clearly deeply troubled as a result of this.) Colossus would be in the same category as Kurt but, unfortunately, he's been compromised by the Russians and is an unwilling mole instead. Dramatic Irony: The Mutants of Krakoa remain blissfully unaware Mother Righteous is another Sinister, and in issue #17 it turns out even the "main" Sinister has no idea she even exists.

Cyclops' strategy guide on fighting different kinds of threats features a section on battling Kaiju… and includes a specific subsection about battling giant atomic, fire-breathing lizards in particular. Let No Crisis Go to Waste: Shaw figures Krakoa is going to crash and burn, and when that happens plans to take the entire island. Rotating Protagonist: The book centers on the members of the Quiet Council, focusing on a different character in each issue. Early issues start with the council members who aren't also appearing in other titles, leaving characters such as Nightcrawler and Colossus until later.The short answer is yes! The longer answer is that Immortal X-Men #1 works really well as both a continuation of the general X-line — and, in a pleasant surprise, Hellions — as well as a jumping-on point for new readers. Bad Powers, Bad People: Selene is a semi-immortal Mutant who feeds on people to keep living. She couldn't give a damn about Krakoa's benefits or the possibility of altering her power so she doesn't have to keep eating people. She wants to eat people. She likes eating people.

Issue #13 as a whole suggests that with Cypher's condemnation the Quiet Council might be able to course correct before things get too bad. Then, quite suddenly, Krakoa grabs Doug and spirits him away. And in-between there and issue #14, Fall of X starts. In 2022, Immortal X-Men won the IGN's Best Comic Book Series or Original Graphic Novel [16] as well as Dragon Awards for Best Comic Book. [17] In the second issue Mr. Sinister uses a serum to temporarily transform himself into a huge pale version of Weapon H.From Bad to Worse: Issue #12. Colossus works with Shaw to install Selene on the Quiet Council. While Mystique and Destiny might be opposed to Shaw's machinations, Mother Righteous arranges it so Mystique suddenly kills her wife, and Shaw uses this to exclude Irene from the Council, allowing him to solidify his control. With Nightcrawler gone, Piotr also manages to seize his vote, and decides to reveal the truth about the Sinister timeline to the entire world, which will completely tank Krakoa's reputation. And I Must Scream: Issue #12 has Colossus, still under psychic control, hoping desperately that Kate or Ororo will notice how blatantly Not Himself he is and do something to stop him. They don't. Meaningful Echo: In the first issue, Destiny tells Sinister that there is no "the" future. In the third issue, she simply says that there is "no future", because she can see no future in which her wife Mystique survives. In 2023, CBR.com ranked Immortal X-Men 2nd in their "Top 100 Comics of 2022" list. [18] It was also nominated for the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book at the 34th GLAAD Media Awards. [19] Not Quite the Right Thing: Knowing there's little way to trust that Sinister's machinations haven't infected the Quiet Council, Ororo removes Charles, Emma, Hope and Bennet from the Council. Unfortunately, with Nightcrawler also taking off from Krakoa over in Sons of X and Colossus still being The Mole, this leaves her up against Mystique, Destiny and Shaw with only Kate on her side.