Marvel's Lord of the Rings Team Debuts in Knights of X Preview
The time to save Otherworld is finally here as Captain Britain assembles her team of mutant knights in Marvel Comics' new series Knights of X by Tini Howard. Mixing Lord of the Rings-style High Fantasy with classic X-Men lore, Knights of X will explore Betsy Braddock's war against the villainous Merlyn, King Arthur, and their Furies in a bid to save Otherworld, Krakoa, and all of mutantkind.
The build up to Knights of X has been a long time coming, since Tini Howard and Marcus To's already-iconic relaunch of the Excalibur franchise in 2019, which saw Betsy (formerly known as Psylocke) take on her brother's mantle of Captain Britain and become the mutant ambassador between Otherworld and Krakoa. Otherworld, a mysterious and mystical realm, has a long and sordid history with mutants, who Otherworld citizens refer to as «witchbreed.» And because of the mutants' political connections to Great Britain, which has also taken a strong anti-mutant stance, the fight for Otherworld is really a fight for all mutants. Merlyn has dethroned Saturnyne, Universal Majestrix, and transformed the Starlight Citadel into the monstrous Lunatic Citadel.
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In Knights of X #1 — written by Tini Howard with art by Bob Quinn - Captain Britain is finally forming her «Fellowship» after the disastrous conclusion of the Excalibur series which saw Merlyn take over Otherworld and destroy the gate to Krakoa. In exclusive preview images given to ComicBook.com Betsy can be seen convening her growing team of mutant Knights, including Shatterstar, Rictor, Gambit, Gloriana, Rachel Summers, Bei the Blood Moon, somehow bringing them to Otherworld after the Krakoan gate was destroyed in
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