Immortal X-Men #1 is 40 pages of outrageous mutant drama

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Welcome to (another) new age of the X-Men. Jonathan Hickman has made his exit, and you have new gods now a new creative force behind the Krakoan era’s biggest source of juicy drama: the Quiet Council. Immortal X-Men #1 is here to give us deeper insight into the ruling class of mutants in the Marvel Universe and all their Real Housewives of Krakoa antics.

In the wake of all the backstabbing that ensued from the resurrection of queer X-Men icon Destiny,Krakoa’s very own superpowered PTA is at loggerheads. But rather than being trapped by everything that came before, Immortal X-Men #1 builds its own niche with hooks for old readers and new. This is a very powerful creative team making something that fits with the modern X-Men line while staking its own claim on new territory.

Kieron Gillen returns to Marvel’s merry mutants after his decade-old run on Uncanny X-Men. Since then, he’s written many, many comics — including the wildly popular Young Avengers arc and creator-owned smash hit The Wicked + The Divine at Image, both with his regular collaborator Jamie McKelvie. He’s at his most Gillen-ish here with a dense cast of quippy characters constantly out-quipping each other, with none other than Mister Sinister — a character whose Krakoan-era incarnation as an amoral geneticist painted in the tone of high camp can be traced directly back to Gillen’s previous work — as our point of view character.

He’s joined by one of the current X-Office’s more prolific artists, Lucas Werneck, who does a great job balancing the text-heavy story with some quiet character moments, rather lovely art, and bombastic big reveals. Also along are Daniel Curiel on colors, who keeps the book feeling smooth, silky, and in line with the massive slate