Marvel Comics provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Immortal X-Men #1, by writer Kieron Gillen, artist Lucas Werneck and colorist David Curiel. In the preview, Irene Adler/Destiny approaches Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister in a way that mirrors a key event in mutant history.
CBR's preview of Immortal X-Men opens with Mister Sinister in Paris just after the end of World War I. Destiny, whose power is precognition, approaches him and warns of a coming war, and Mister Sinister declares that he intends to be on the winning side. While Destiny knows Mister Sinister is evil, she believes they should be on the same side. Destiny then whispers something in Mister Sinister's ear that surprises him. What she says, though, isn't revealed in the preview.
The entire sequence mirrors one from 2019's Powers of X #1, by writer Jonathan Hickman, artists R.B. Silva and Adriano Di Benedetto, colorist Marte Gracia and letterer VC's Clayton Cowles. Part of the "Dawn of X" relaunch, Powers of X #1 opened with Moira MacTaggert approaching Charles Xavier/Professor X while he was on a bench and telling him about the various lifetimes she'd experienced. She did this so they could manipulate and change the future. In addition to the content of the conversation being similar, Mister Sinister and Destiny's talk is also paneled in a way that mirrors what happened in Powers of X.
Announced in December, Immortal X-Men focuses on Krakoa's Quiet Council and the drama and politics informing their struggle over the mutant nation. Immortal X-Men is part of "Destiny of X," which is meant to relaunch Marvel's line of mutant-centered comics in a way similar to House of X/Powers of X. New titles in the relaunch include, among others, Knights of X and Legion of X. In an interview with CBR, Gillen teased Immortal X-Men delving more into Mister Sinister's betrayal of Krakoa.
You can read CBR's exclusive preview of Immortal X-Men #1 below alongside the solicitation information for the issue.
IMMORTAL X-MEN #1
- Kieron Gillen (W) • Lucas Werneck (A) • Cover by Mark Brooks
- Design Variant COVER by Tom Muller
- Headshot variant COVER by Todd NAUCK
- Carnage FOREVER variant COVER by TBA
- Quiet Council Variant COVER by Phil Noto
- Promo Variant COVER by Leinil FRANCIS Yu
- Teaser Variant COVER by Lucas Werneck
- Variant cover by Peach Momoko
- Variant cover by Oscar Vega
- WOMEN’S HISTORY VARIANT COVER BY EMA LUPACCHINO
- IN THE QUIET COUNCIL, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM!
- The Quiet Council rules the Krakoan age, for better... or worse. Now, shaken by INFERNO and X LIVES / X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE they strive to hold together, no matter how much they want to tear each other apart. Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, ETERNALS, The Wicked + The Divine, Die) returns to the world of X with artist Lucas Werneck (TRIAL OF MAGNETO) to bring us all into the room where it happens. “It” being “the most powerful people on Earth deciding the fate of the whole planet.” Prepare for sinister secrets to be revealed and learn that some secrets are more sinister than others...
- 48 PGS./Rated T+ …$5.99
Releasing March 30 from Marvel Comics, Immortal X-Men #1 features covers from Mark Brooks, Tom Muller, Todd Nauck, Phil Noto, Leinil Francis Yu, Werneck, Peach Momoko, Oscar Vega and Ema Lupacchino. The next issue of the series after that hits shelves on April 27.
Source: Marvel Comics