Marvel Just Replaced The X-Men's Most Important Heroes
Warning! This article contains spoilers for X-Men '92: House of XCII #1
When the X-Men brought in a new era with House of X and Powers of X, readers were introduced to five particular mutants who would become the key to mutantkind’s future—but their value was recently diminished. Readers were given the impression that they could never be substituted or replaced, but Marvel recently went ahead and showed fans just how unspectacular they actually are.
In X-Men ‘92: House of XCII #1 by Steve Foxe and Salva Espin, fans are given a retelling, of sorts, of the events that happened in House of X by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz but with a classic ‘90s X-Men twist. Beat for beat, the storyline is practically that of the entire House of X side of the House of X/Powers of X miniseries from the formation of Krakoa to the destruction of a Sentinel space outpost. However, where the differences lie is in the details, ones which were changed quite a bit and unintentionally undermine the importance of the five key mutants needed to keep Krakoa running as a flourishing nation.
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In House of X and Powers of X, Charles Xavier, being one of the founders of Krakoa, figures out a way for mutants to cheat death by forming a team of five mutants who collectively have the ability to essentially bring any mutant back from the dead. These mutants, who are known as The Five, are Tempus, Proteus, Hope Summers, Elixir, and Egg. Upon their introduction as a resurrection team, it was seemingly made clear that they were the only ones who could pull off this impossible feat and that if anything happened to one of them, Krakoa would be in trouble. However, with the release of X-Men
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