A cult-favorite Marvel mutant is now becoming one of the most powerful X-Men of all time
The X-Men may be about to christen a new Omega level mutant. These high-powered mutants are the most powerful in the four-tier X-Men mutant classification system, and there are only 25 known to exist. The list is so exclusive that Professor X doesn't even make the list - and he wrote the list.
In 2019's House of X #1, Charles Xavier defined an Omega-level mutant as a "mutant whose dominant power is deemed to register - or reach 0 an undefinable upper limit of that power's specific classification."
So, just who is the possible new Omega-level mutant? Well, that would be spoiling the issue.
Spoilers ahead for X-Men #7 by Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles
It appears that Generation X alum Synch (real name Everett Thomas) could be growing in power, and become the 26th Omega-level mutant the X-Men know of. That's at least what mutantkind's resident medical expert on mutant biology, Dr. Cecilia Reyes, writes in the backmatter to X-Men #7.
Reyes' analysis comes following a brief mission earlier in the issue in which Synch steps up in a fight between some mutated animals sent by Doctor Statis and a short-staffed X-Men team. Only four members of the team (Cyclops, Wolverine, Sunfire, and Synch) are available for the mission, as the remaining three (Marvel Girl, Polaris, Sunfire) are far, far away on Mars.
That doesn't seem to matter though, as Synch not only uses his normal mutant powers to replicate the abilities of the nearby mutants Sunfire and Cyclops in the field but is also able to tap into Jean Grey's telekinetic abilities even though she's literally worlds away on Mars.
"Everett... how did you... she's in space…" his colleague Sunfire reacts after he manifests Grey's power. "Did you somehow synch
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