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Marvel has just relaunched a newX - Menseries , and the roster is a mixture of authoritative character and fan - dearie from the 2000s and beyond . Each member of Cyclops ' squad inX - Men ( 2024)has their own complicated chronicle , and this guide will take readers through all the ins and outs of each fiber , from the main combat squad to their back - at - substructure support staff . From killers to heroes to knockoff to … pink blob , this team has it all .
reader get their first glimpse at the new team inX - Men#1 by Jed MacKay , Ryan Stegman , JP Mayer , Marte Gracia and VC ’s Clayton Cowles . Operating out of an abandon Sentinel manufactory in Alaska , the new X - Men squad will act as mutant revolutionaries in a world that fears and hates them . The first issue see Cyclops leading the field squad on a mission to deliver Wolverine and six other mutant from Fourth School , a group of humankind who seek to become a new species that is a mixing of humans , A.I. and mutant .
The X - Men ’s young From the Ashes era is set to start , and incoming writer Jed MacKay explains the difference between it and the Krakoan form .
1Team Leader - Cyclops
Scott Summers is a Skilled Field Commander
The field leader of this new squad is Scott Summers aka Cyclops . One of the original five hug drug - Men , Cyclops fires concussive clap of pure force play from his eyes . Thanks to a traumatic oral sex accidental injury , these blasts can only be hold back by his deep red quartz chicken feed or visor . One of the most consistent ten - Men leaders , Cyclops has shifted from a die - hard Xavier jockstrap tobeing a more ultra figurein the 2010s , to every position in - between . There ’s no - one with a tactical mind quite like his , which makes his role on this new X - Men team a rude one .
Cyclops , a.k.a . Scott Summers , is the X - Men ’s core team loss leader and one of the first characters to appear in the franchise . As a human / mutant hybrid , Cyclops has the office to launch massive bursts of energy from his oculus that are determine through the function of a specially designed visor . Despite his composure and call for demeanor , he tend to lose it when in the comportment of a fellow team member , Wolverine .
2The Brains - Beast
This Hank McCoy is a Clone of the Original
Henry " Hank " McCoy is the Beast , another found X - gentleman’s gentleman and former Avenger . Beast has enhanced potency and legerity , visibly magnify hands and feet and , since drinking an experimental formula , is also profane and furred . After a moral lantern slide downwards since the mid-1990s , Beast finally went full supervillainin the Benjamin Percy - writtenX - Force ( 2019 ) . The series saw Hank create a good clon of his younger self who finally replaced him full - clip after the original ’s supposed end . It ’s this knockoff who ’s conjoin the team inX - Men ( 2024 ) , and it ’ll be gripping to see how he adapt to having missed decades of his own history .
As X - Men permanently kills off a found member , a new hero is taking their place – one whose creation rewrite four decades of Marvel history .
3The Psychic Ninja - Psylocke
Kwannon is Back in Her Original Body
Kwannon aka Psylocke is one of the most recognizable X - Men , but also one of the most complicated . Originally intend by author Chris Claremont to be a organic structure - qualify Betsy Braddock , the original ( British ) Psylocke , author Fabian Nicieza alternatively established Kwannon as her own character , a Japanese bravo who swapped eubstance with Betsy . After this , Kwannon ’s own telepathic power was bolstered by Betsy ’s ability , let in adopt Betsy ’s use of a " psychic knife . " Kwannon then died of the mutant - killing Legacy Virus in Betsy ’s body , leaving Betsy in Kwannon ’s original body for decades .
It was only latterly in 2018 withHunt for Wolverine : Mystery in Madripoorthat Kwannon returned , and the organic structure - swap was reverse . The keep an eye on Krakoan era thenhelped to install Kwannon as Psylockein her own right field with a starring theatrical role inHellions ( 2020),written by Zeb Wells , as well as electric arc in writer Tini Howard’sExcalibur ( 2019)dealing with the Kwannon / Betsy fallout .
Hunt for Wolverine : Mystery in Madripooris written by Jim Zub , drawn by Thony Silas , colourise by Felipe Sobreiro and letter by Joe Sabino
Now , Kwannon is firmly her own graphic symbol , and one of the most adequate to extremity of this novel X - Men squad , a surreptitious operator specially compared to the squad ’s powerhouse who are detail next .
The mutant Psylocke ’s substantial backstory is too complicated to ever be include in the MCU - unless Marvel changes one affair about her .
4The Sorcerer - Magik
Illyana Rasputin is No Longer the Queen of Limbo
Illyana Rasputin aka Magik was first preface as the little sis of Colossus . She was then snatch and spent several metre - speed years in the hell - like dimension Limbo being tortured by demons . During this time she dominate both black magic and her mutant king to produce teleporting " stepping phonograph record " to move in and out of Limbo . Returning as a teenager , Magik struggled with her darker side , the Darkchylde , and became a member of the New Mutants .
The effect ofInfernobrought her struggle to a head as Limbo attempt to overrun Earth . Magik sacrificed herself to stop the result , leaving behind an innocent child rendering of herself . Unfortunately , child Illyana became one of the first victims of the Legacy Virus , dying and only recall as a teenager a decade later when the reality - warpHouse of Mled to her inadvertent resurrection .
Originally positioned as morally grey , the render Illyana became a much more large and heroic graphic symbol in writer Brian Michael Bendis’Uncanny X - Men ( 2013 ) . She ’s been a vast 10 - Men case ever since , withX - Men ( 2024 ) # 1emphasizing Bendis ’ characterization of her as a supporter on par with Juggernaut , the other meatheaded bruiser on the squad .
Magik is the foremost magic - wielder of mutantkind . Even a god such as Loki honour Ilyana enough to allow when the ex - Men phallus is her better .
5The Muscle - Juggernaut
Cain Marko’s Journey From Villain to Hero is Complete
Cain Marko aka the Juggernaut is the only extremity of this new X - Men team who ’s not a mutant . Cain is the step - brother of Professor X and happened to find the mystical Crimson Gem of Cyttorak while serving in the Korean War with Xavier . The jewel change state Cain into the unstoppable Juggernaut , one of the X - Men ’s first foes . Cain has fluctuated between Hero of Alexandria and villain over the decades since , but is now a full hero , having renounced the demonic Cyttorak andinstead take up the demon’sCrimson Bandsas this new X - Men ’s roster ’s ball of fire .
As a young geological era begins for the X - Men , Juggernaut is n’t just on the team - he has a herculean new partner who turns his powers up to 11 .
6The Moral Center - Temper
Idie Strayed From Her Moral Path During the Krakoa Era
Idie Okonkwo , formerly do it as Oya but now called Temper , is a Nigerien mutant with the power to manipulate temperature . Idie was one of the " Five Lights , " the first five fresh mutants to appear after the Scarlet Witch Delaware - powered the absolute majority of mutants at the finis ofHouse of M. Idie ’s unassailable Catholic nurture and guiltiness over accidentally killing her menage with her great power made her ab initio reserved , but during the Krakoan geological era Idie had a more revolutionary political awakening learning from former supervillain Nekra . Now , inNew X - Men ( 2024)Idie has join the team to keep them virtuously good .
7The Wild Card - Kid Omega
The One-Time Revolutionary is On the Straight and Narrow
A controversial ten - Men grapheme , Quintavius Quirinius " Quentin " Quire was introduced in Grant Morrison ’s seminalNew X - Menrun , a major touchpoint forX - Men ( 2024 ) # 1 . When introduced , Quentin was a snot - nosed , radical 10 - Men student whose mental attitude and styling mimicked that of a young neo - Nazi . sense apart after kinsfolk revelations and rejection by his crush , Sophie Cuckoo , and spurred on by the drug Kick , Quentin and his crew of fellow rebels incited a riot at Xavier ’s . This top to the demise of Sophie and Quentin ’s own overdose from Kick , call on him into an incorporeal being .
Later storey , commence with Jason Aaron ’s ladder onWolverine and the X - Men ( vol 1),began to rehabilitate a returned Quentin , chant down his bad aspects and wander him as a bratwurst who ’d do the ripe matter when push came to shove . Quentin also began a relationship with the aforementioned Idie , withX - Men ( 2024 ) # 1positioning them as tiff exes . Also referenced in the event is his clock time on ( evil ) Beast ’s X - Force , which had a running jokeof Quentin dying every missionand lift the doubtfulness of how Quentin feels about the raw Beast .
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8The Professor - Magneto
The Master of Magnetism is Filling Professor Xavier’s Role
Magneto , born Max Eisenhardt , is one of the most iconic 10 - Men heroesandvillains . As a holocaust survivor , Magneto was radicalized to believe that humans and mutants could never puzzle out together in heartsease , put him in direct conflict with his sometime friend Charles Xavier . Using his Z - level big businessman to contain magnetism , Magneto became the X - Men ’s most dogged foe , but became far more sympathetic once his backstory was established in the eighties under writer Chris Claremont . Oscillating between hero and scoundrel , Magneto lapse into villainy during the 1990s , but come around again by the 2010s , becoming a nearly - permanent fixture of X - team .
Now , Magneto is taking the traditional function of Professor X on this newfangled X - Men team as the erstwhile leader who mostly stays at bag . He ’s alsoonce using the name Max , which he reclaimed in writer Al Ewing’sX - Men Red ( vol 2)after discarding it for decades . With Professor X again on the out with mutantkind , it ’ll be enchanting to see how Magneto navigates the role his ally once hold , and whether he mousse or butts heads with the fresh X - Men squad .
The old and well - known adversary of the X - Men , Magneto has been a part of Marvel Comics since the mutant squad was inclose . accept powers over charismatic bailiwick , he views mutants as ranking to normal homo , and drive to progress a world where world are dominant . The only matter stopping him is Professor X and his team of heroes .
Cyclops, a.k.a. Scott Summers, is the X-Men’s core team leader and one of the first characters to appear in the franchise. As a human/mutant hybrid, Cyclops has the power to launch massive bursts of energy from his eyes that are regulated through the use of a specially designed visor. Despite his calm and collected demeanor, he tends to lose it when in the presence of a fellow team member, Wolverine.
As Magneto leads the X - Men , he adopt a few new claim and fresh look to seal his role as mutantkind ’s defender and protector in an uncertain hereafter .
9The Support Team – Glob Herman and Xorn
Two Formerly Violent Mutants Have Embraced Peaceful Paths
Like Quentin Quire , bothX - Men ( 2024)support member Glob Herman and Xorn were put in in Grant Morrison’sNew X - Men . Glob is by far the less complicated of the two . Introduced as one of Quentin ’s crowd , Glob ’s see - through soundbox is made of pinkish gel . He also participated in the debauch at Xavier ’s , but over time softened even more than Quentin himself . These days , Glob is more often a comedic fictitious character , a beauty who raises chicken and , as ofX - Men ( 2024 ) # 1 , has discovered a love of horticulture , help to arise the X - human beings ’s supplies in Alaska .
Kuan - Yin Xorn , well known as Xorn , is , by comparison , a snarl of retcons . He was first introduced as a Formosan mutant healer who had to wear a masquerade to contain the miniature star that was his head teacher . Originally , Xorn was intended by writer Grant Morrison to actually be Magneto in disguise , drive to further rabidness by Kick and the genocide of the mutant nation Genosha . However , Marvel column objected to get Magneto being so vicious , and retconned it so that Xorn waspretendingto be Magneto to garner documentation , with the genuine Magneto alive and comparatively heroic all along .
A second Xorn was then introduce as Xorn ’s twin , the black - mess - headed Shen Xorn , who kept the depiction that the original had before the Magneto " reveal . “This was elaborate by the Krakoan era , which resurrected the original Xorn , who ’s likely the one inX - Men ( 2024)since he sports the Frank Quitely - designed leather jacket crown fromNew X - hands . How this Xorn fits into the team , especially with Magneto as a fellow member , remain to be seen . He ’s only one of the manyX - Menmembers whose interpersonal kinship are certain to cause flicker , just how readers like it .
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The X - Men franchise , create by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby , centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities . Led by the brawny telepath Professor Charles Xavier , they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threaten humanity . The series explore themes of diversity and acceptation through a blend of activity , drama , and complex characters , traverse comics , animated serial , and blockbuster cinema .
The oldest and best-known adversary of the X-Men, Magneto has been a part of Marvel Comics since the mutant team was introduced. Bearing powers over magnetic fields, he views mutants as superior to normal humans, and aims to build a world where humans are dominant. The only thing stopping him is Professor X and his team of heroes.
Cover by Ryan Stegman w. JP Meyer (inks) and Marte Gracia (colors)
The X-Men franchise, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, centers on mutants with extraordinary abilities. Led by the powerful telepath Professor Charles Xavier, they battle discrimination and villainous mutants threatening humanity. The series explores themes of diversity and acceptance through a blend of action, drama, and complex characters, spanning comics, animated series, and blockbuster films.
