The following contains spoilers for Immortal X-Men #18, on sale next week
Ever since the Krakoan Age of the X-Men began in Jonathan Hickman's House of X/Powers of X, the idea of someone becoming an all-powerful "Dominion" has been a key point, and it has been something that has particularly been pursued by the four clones of Nathaniel Essex - the established X-Men foe, Mister Sinister, as well as his fellow Essex clones, Doctor Stasis, Orbis Stellaris and Mother Righteous. Sinister's pursuit of Dominion status was the driving forces behind the Sins of Sinister crossover event. In Immortal X-Men #17, it appears as though Mother Righteous has discovered her path to becoming a Dominion, and it involves capturing Jean Grey within the White Hot Room, the place outside time and space that Jean goes while she recovers from death and prepares to return to life due to her role as the Phoenix. We see her plan unfold in this CBR exclusive preview of next week's Immortal X-Men #18.
Immortal X-Men #18 is from writer Kieron Gillen, artist Juan José Ryp, colorist David Curiel, letterer Clayton Cowles, and, of course, yet another stunning cover by Mark Brooks, and it continues the adventures of the thousands of mutants who were trapped in the White Hot Room, where the majority of the Krakoan mutants ended up after Charles Xavier was forced to send the vast majority of the Krakoan mutants (basically any mutant not able to fight off Xavier's telepathic commands) through teleportation gates during this year's Hellfire Gala, which was attacked by the villainous anti-mutant organization, Orchis.
The mutants were seemingly aided by Mother Righteous in Immortal X-Men #16, but last issue, we learn that it was all pretext for her to capture Jean Grey before Jean is resurrected, and this apparently has some role in bringing the villain to Dominion status.
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IMMORTAL X-MEN #18
- KIERON GILLEN (W) • LUCAS WERNECK (A)
- Cover by MARK BROOKS
- QUIET COUNCIL VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
- X-MEN 60TH VARIANT COVER BY STEVE MCNIVEN
- FOREVER CHANGES!
- Being immortal means nothing when you've run out of time. There's no future. There's no past. There's no way out.
- 32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Meanwhile, Mister Sinister, who is currently resigned to only existing in the back of Charles Xavier's mind (a previous ploy by Sinister saw the villain implant a piece of himself in the minds of every Krakoan mutant who was ever resurrected, but now he has been removed from their minds, and is only left within Xavier's mind alone) is trying to aid Xavier in stopping Mother Righteous' plan, as while Xavier cannot trust Sinister, he knows he can trust that Sinister's spite in trying to stop one of his fellow clones from reaching the god-like status he was unable to achieve himself.
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In the preview pages, we see Mother Righteous escorting a captured Jean Grey through the desert in the White Hot Room, while explaining how she was able to harness the power of the gratitude the Krakoan mutants had for her for helping them earlier into magic enough to turn on them.
We see that Destiny, who Mother Righteous had mortally wounded with a stab wound to prevent her from warning the others of Mother Righteous' plan, is now healed by the mutant healer, Elixir. Destiny's powers typically don't work in the White Hot Room (since it exists outside of time and space, so precognition doesn't exist there), but she is teasing that she CAN do something that no one else can. What that is will be revealed next week in the series finale of Immortal X-Men!
Source: Marvel
