Inferno #4, the last issue in the limited series that will end writer Jonathan Hickman's X-Men work after two years, launches with a cover by Jerome Opeña hinting at the finale of Mystique's long quest to be reunited with her lost love, Destiny.
Other plotlines teased in Inferno #4 include new insight into the past lives of Moira MacTaggert -- a long-time X-Men ally who was revealed to be a mutant with the power of reincarnation during Hickman's House of X/Powers of X series -- as well as the final threat of Nimrod, the ultimate Sentinel originally featured in the Days of Future Past alternate timeline.
The issue, featuring interior art by Valerio Schiti, ends Hickman's immediate time as showrunner on the X-Men books, which began in 2019 with House of X and Powers of X. Over the course of Hickman's transformative run, the majority of mutants in the Marvel Universe moved to Krakoa, a sentient island and nation-state for mutantkind, and several long-dead mutants returned to life -- with the exception of Destiny.
In an August interview, Hickman said that while he was stepping away from the X-Men books following Inferno, he would still be working on his "Next Big Marvel Thing." He also described his tenure with Marvel's mutants as a "paradigm shift in the entire X-Men line for a prolonged period of time," adding that other creators would be elaborating upon the ideas he seeded during his run.
Inferno #4 goes on sale Dec. 29 from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel