A classic piece of X-Men technology seems to influence X-Force in promotional art for the series' relaunch.
In April 2022, writer Benjamin Percy and artist Robert Gill continue their work on Krakoa's most dangerous mutant team in the pages of X-Force. Marvel's teaser image for the title shows X-Force members Wolverine, Quentin Quire, Sage, Beast and Forge connected to a giant machine that looks eerily similar to the Cerebro helmet currently worn by Professor Xavier. The team is depicted with unnatural smiles and glazed-over eyes, suggesting that the device is manipulating them to some degree. The text accompanying the image also points towards something sinister impacting the heroes, reading, "Beneath the sunny surface of Krakoa... hide secrets... and MONSTERS."
The shift in X-Force's mission coincides with the start of "Destiny of X," a new status quo that will shape the X-Men line in 2022. After Colossus and Destiny joined the Quiet Council, the governing body that controls the fate of their race, Marvel's mutants will enter the Second Krakoan Age of X-Men and try to achieve the full potential of their supposed destinies. In total, there will be nine titles featured in the lineup of books, including Immortal X-Men by Kieron Gillen and Lucas Werneck and Marauders by Steve Orlando and Eleonora Carlini.
Earlier this week, Marvel concluded its latest X-Force series, which began in the wake of Jonathan Hickman's landscape-changing House of X/Powers of X titles. The book positioned the team as Krakoa's intelligence, security and military all-in-one, becoming the mutant equivalent of the C.I.A. Throughout the series, the team was also responsible for protecting both Xavier's body and his business assets as humanity attempted to bring down Krakoa by collapsing their fiscal structures. Marvel's teaser for the relaunch hints at Professor X's involvement with the team continuing, though perhaps with a more direct approach. The publisher claims X-Force's mission will become "even deadlier" during "Destiny of X," possibly positioning the team for a dark future.
Before X-Force returns, the team's field leader will be the centerpiece of X Lives of Wolverine/X Deaths of Wolverine. Written by Percy and drawn by Joshua Cassara and Federico Vicentini, the dual miniseries tell an intertwining narrative that sees Logan reliving his life's struggles while traveling through time to prevent the death of a key figure from mutant history. The storyline is one of Wolverine's biggest adventures to date and lays the foundation for the new X-Force series. Marvel's promotion for the series claims that X Deaths of Wolverine #4 will be a "major turning point for the X-books," making it essential reading for anybody interested in X-Force's relaunch.
Source: Marvel Comics